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2005 Most Anticipated Movies by C Bottomly (VH1)
Posted by Ed and Lois
So 2004 is gone and what have we learned? Ray Charles is greater than Alexander the Great. We’d rather see a movie with Mariah Carey than the Phantom of the Opera. And the world’s biggest star is a green Scottish ogre. As for what we’ll be talking about in a year’s time, there’s a mix of epics, musicals ... and the second coming of Batman and Darth Vader. Fasten your utility belt for 2005’s most
Sin City
Frank Miller’s graphic novels define neo-noir, all hardboiled head-cases and inky shadows. Spy Kids auteur Robert Rodriguez used both digital backdrops and a dream cast—Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Mickey Rourke (!) among them—to bring this most pulpiest of fictions to two-fisted life.
Release date: April 1
Kingdom of Heaven
The Middle East, religious tolerance, and studly Orlando Bloom are all at the center of Gladiator, director Ridley Scott’s latest blood ‘n’ guts pageant. Bloom plays a blacksmith who finds himself defending Jerusalem against evil Frenchmen and Muslim insurgents. Watch out: it’s set during the 12th Century.
Release date: May 6
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells’ novel is not just about mankind’s battle against invading Martians for survival, it’s also a modernist fable on imperialism, human complacency and the death of God. We have a feeling Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise will be focusing on the man vs. Martians part.
Release date: June 29
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby’s sporting memoir is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to know what makes men paint their faces in the Miami Dolphins’ colors. Transplanting Nick’s passion from soccer to baseball, this comedy finds Drew Barrymore coping with Jimmy Fallon’s love for the Boston Red Sox.
Release date: October 7
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
For those suffering from Rings-withdrawal, J.R.R. Tolkein’s old drinking buddy C.S. Lewis provides the fantastical fodder for the first in what might be a NINE-movie series. A quartet of London brats discover another world on the other side of the titular cabinet, where good and evil slug it out.
Release date: December 9
The Producers
For those who can’t afford the $300 seats on Broadway, the inevitable big screen transfer of the musical made from Mel Brooks’ 1968 movie reunites Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as producer Max Bialystock and bean-counting mensch Leo Bloom.
Release date: December 21
Cinderella Man
Russell Crowe decides to throw his fists in the service of movies for change. Director Ron Howard re-teams with his A Beautiful Mind star for the inspiring story of boxer Jim Braddock, who battled his way from palookaville to a 1935 showdown with heavyweight champ Max Baer.
Release date: July 3