What blockbuster films will you see in 2007?

[David Bailey]

I'm definitely planning to see:

• Sin City 2 (possibly several times )
• 300
• Spiderman 3
• Shrek the Third

Any other big films people are looking forward to?

[WittyBird]

The new Tarrantino double bill, he is doing with another director (the one who did Shaun of the dead) Half slash half zombie oooOOOOooo can't wait Due out in March me finks
In fact there's a few I'm planning on seeing just can't remember any of the names

[Beowulf]

Beowulf.. obviously

[Dai]

Spiderman 3, Harry Potter (although i think the next book will be better than this years film)

[Cruella]

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Can't wait.
Went to see Eragon a couple of days ago. The effects were well done but the storyline was rather predictable.

[Caro]

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Can't wait.

then here's a good (and cheap) news for you

[Cruella]

Oooops, i meant the Order Of The Phoenix.

[David Bailey]

Oooops, i meant the Order Of The Phoenix.

Well, it's an easy mistake to make, they're all the same anyway. Boy wizard gets older, shock horror, battles Evil, shock horror, and finishes adventure by the end of term, which is handy.

[Cruella]

Well, it's an easy mistake to make, they're all the same anyway. Boy wizard gets older, shock horror, battles Evil, shock horror, and finishes adventure by the end of term, which is handy.

Don't diss them, they manage to entertain me and keep me quiet for 2 or more hours. What more do you want?
Have you watched any of them DJ? (Or is it another one of your psychic reviews of things and places you haven't experienced?)

[straycat]

300
Transformers (it just has to be done)
Stardust
The Simpsons Movie
Some silly film about Caribbean Pirates, in the hope that it's better than the second installment.
Spidey 3

[straycat]

Well, it's an easy mistake to make, they're all the same anyway. Boy wizard gets older, shock horror, battles Evil, shock horror, and finishes adventure by the end of term, which is handy.

HEY!!!! I haven't seen any of them yet, and you just ruined the whole lot for me

Big meanie

[David Bailey]

Have you watched any of them DJ?

Yep - 3 of them. And read 3 of the books.

I wish to God I understood the whole Harry Potter mania.

I've spent 30+ years devouring this sort of material voraciously, I must have read literally thousands of fantasy novels, but that stuff is at best second-rate. Way behind Tolkein, Lewis, Pullman, Pratchett - and frankly not even up to Feist levels; about on a par with Eddings I'd judge. Very little is memorable or even quotable, from what I recall...

If someone could explain Why It's Good to me, that'd be great...

Transformers (it just has to be done)

It's like a guilty pleasure, innit? for admitting it in an open forum though...

(I may see Rocky 6 too, in that same vein)

[Stuart M]

Not awaiting the blockbusters with bated breath, but my three most anticipated media items are:

Film: Hot Fuzz
Book: Fatal Revenant (book 2 of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
TV Series: Life On Mars Series 2

[Barry Shnikov]

Book: Fatal Revenant (book 2 of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)

Really!?? I found Donaldson literally unreadable. This from someone who has read some Barbara Cartland (though, to be fair, her entire output would probably fit between the covers of a single Donaldson volume), at least one Jeffrey Archer book (can't remember which) and The da Vinci code.

[straycat]

Really!?? I found Donaldson literally unreadable. This from someone who has read some Barbara Cartland (though, to be fair, her entire output would probably fit between the covers of a single Donaldson volume), at least one Jeffrey Archer book (can't remember which) and The da Vinci code.

I've not read Ms. Cartland's work, so cannot comment there, but as for the others - surely it's a bit unfair to compare children's fiction to novels with the depth and literary merit that Donaldson's best works exhibit?

[Cruella]

Yep - 3 of them. And read 3 of the books.
I wish to God I understood the whole Harry Potter mania.

So you read 3 and watched 3, they couldn't have been that bad then!
Perhaps the appeal is they are lighter reading than the likes of TolkIEn.

[Stuart M]

Really!?? I found Donaldson literally unreadable. This from someone who has read some Barbara Cartland (though, to be fair, her entire output would probably fit between the covers of a single Donaldson volume), at least one Jeffrey Archer book (can't remember which) and The da Vinci code.

Did the irony level of the Forum change while I was away?

[Stuart M]

As an aside, I just realised that the central conceit of Life On Mars is similar to that of the Covenant novels, at least, the First Chronicles. Individual is translocated in a manner which defies rational explanation, and is fearful of accepting the reality of the situation.

[David Bailey]

So you read 3 and watched 3, they couldn't have been that bad then!

I read the first out of curiosity a while back. Out of sheer boredom I read my (10 year-old) nephew's copy of the "Half-Blood Prince" on summer holiday last year - which frankly was dire. I then thought "Am I missing something?" and read the "Phoenix", which was marginally better.

The three films were watched (under protest) with various kids aged between 5 - 12 over the years. Under similar circumstances, I've seen Cars, Happy Feet, Ice Age 1 - 2, and Garfield - and apart from Garfield, all those films were better than Harry Potter...

Perhaps the appeal is they are lighter reading than the likes of TolkIEn.

I've nothing against escapist fiction - I'm a big big fan of Pratchett. But they're just not, you know, very good.

[Juju]

Boy wizard gets older, shock horror, battles Evil, shock horror, and finishes adventure by the end of term, which is handy.

If someone could explain Why It's Good to me, that'd be great...

Well, I like it mostly because it reminds me of my time at school.

TV Series: Life On Mars Series 2

God, yes.