What are your most anticipated 2011 movies?

[Jennifer Walters]

Scream 4 - Pretty much the first film in 2011 I want to see. The original cast and crew are back and I love the direction they are going.

Thor - I love the character. I'm still unsure of a few things about this film, but I trust Marvel's judgement.

Pirates 4- These will always be fun little Blockbuster popcorn movies.

X-Men First Class - This franchise wears me out fan wise at the moment, we've haven't had a truly good X-Men movie in years, but I'm still anxious to see another X-Men movie on film.

Super 8 - If only because it's reminding me so much of Cloverfield right now, which is something I was extremely hyped for.

Rise of the Apes - I love the Planet of the Apes movies, minus Burton's remake, so I'm willing to give this a shot.

Harry Potter 7, Part 2 - Just because.

Winnie the Pooh - It looks adorable and had a great trailer.

Captain America - Same as Thor, if more amped for this one, as I'm not as iffy about it.

Cowboys and Aliens - Just looks like a fun popcorn adventure.

Fright Night - It has a pretty great cast for a remake of a film that sort of has no business being remade.

The Muppets - Who DOESN'T love the Muppets? I mean really? It's also the first time I'll probably ever see them on the big screen.

Sherlock Holmes 2 - I loved the first one and liked the chemistry between Downey and Law, so I'm up for more.

 

[JP]

Most anticipated in bold.

March - Sucker Punch
April - Your Highness, Scream 4
May - Thor
June - X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Green Lantern, Rise of the Apes
July - Harry Potter 7, Winnie The Pooh, Captain America, Cowboys And Aliens
November - The Muppets

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn - Spielberg AND Tintin?! Yes please.

Thor - My favorite Marvel comic book character so I'm definitely looking forward to this.

The Tree of Life - The trailer looked gorgeous and the plot yet vague sounds intriguing.

Winnie the Pooh - It's Winnie, nobody can resist him.

Cowboys & Aliens - This looks great plus Harrison Ford is in this.

 

[Chris B]

For me:

Green Lantern
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Captain America

But I am interested in Sherlock Holmes 2 and Cowboys vs. Aliens.

 

[Dark Victory]

Probably will end up seeing...

Green Hornet - I'm in love with the second trailer. This looks awesome.
Adjustment Bureau - looks kind of interesting. Huge fan of Philip K. Dick.
Rango
Cosmopolis
Dangerous Method
Super 8
Rise of the Apes
Paul
Sucker Punch
Your Highness
Green Lantern - Really underwhelming footage and pics so far. Please don't suck.
Thor - Didn't look that good judging from the trailer. Doubt it will be much.
X-Men: First Class - I like James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender
Kung Fu Panda 2 - **** yes
Tree of Life
Transformers 3 - why the **** do I want to see this?
Harry Potter 7 - Last one was much better than the last few. This looks alright.
Captain America - Pics looks pretty cool so far. Should be alright.
Cowboys and Aliens - Looks decent. Not in 3D.
Contagion
Immortals
Hugo Cabret
Mission Impossible 4
Girl with Dragon Tattoo - Liked the book, but wasn't that impressed with the movie. Can't wait to see how Fincher handles it.
Adventures of Tintin



Maybe...
We Bought a Zoo
War Horse
The Darkest Hour
Conan
Fright Night
Real Steel
The Thing

Priest
Source Code
Scream 4
The Way Back - Awful trailer. Could be good, though.
Drive Angry - I love Nicolas Cage. Could be entertaining.
Battle: Los Angeles - Haven't been impressed by any footage so far.

 

[bullets]

Scream 4
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part two
Captain America
Thor
Battle
Fast Five
POTC 4
Green Lantern
Muppets
Sherlock Holmes 2

 

[Doctor Jones]

Probably will end up seeing...

Green Hornet - I'm in love with the second trailer. This looks awesome.
Adjustment Bureau - looks kind of interesting. Huge fan of Philip K. Dick.
Rango
Cosmopolis
Dangerous Method
Super 8
Rise of the Apes
Paul
Sucker Punch
Your Highness
Green Lantern - Really underwhelming footage and pics so far. Please don't suck.
Thor - Didn't look that good judging from the trailer. Doubt it will be much.
X-Men: First Class - I like James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender
Kung Fu Panda 2 - **** yes
Tree of Life
Transformers 3 - why the **** do I want to see this?
Harry Potter 7 - Last one was much better than the last few. This looks alright.
Captain America - Pics looks pretty cool so far. Should be alright.
Cowboys and Aliens - Looks decent. Not in 3D.
Contagion
Immortals
Hugo Cabret
Mission Impossible 4
Girl with Dragon Tattoo - Liked the book, but wasn't that impressed with the movie. Can't wait to see how Fincher handles it.
Adventures of Tintin



Maybe...
We Bought a Zoo
War Horse
The Darkest Hour
Conan
Fright Night
Real Steel
The Thing

Priest
Source Code
Scream 4
The Way Back - Awful trailer. Could be good, though.
Drive Angry - I love Nicolas Cage. Could be entertaining.
Battle: Los Angeles - Haven't been impressed by any footage so far.

God, really man? I'm surprised. That trailer was a cheesfest.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Scream 4 - Absolutely love the first two and now that Williamson is back, I'm super excited. Now I hope to no to be spoiled.

Green Lantern - Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern. My man crush on him knows no bounds. The trailer wasn't the greatest thing but this is the first sci fi comic book film. I think it could be better than the trailer is letting on. At least the Oa scenes will be great.

Thor - I'm seeign it because it's Marvel and I've liked the footage enough. It could underperform, but I'm curious to see how this fits in with the Avengers and Hemsworth's performance. As it's hard to tell how he'll do.

Pirates 4 - Loved the trailer it it looks to be getting back it the first movie's ways (hopefully)

Captain America - everything about this movie I'm on board on. The cast, director, pictures, everything. Thank God Evans was cast. Can't wait for the trailer.

Super 8 - intriguing and it's JJ Abrams

X-Men First Class - I have a feeling this will be the best X-Men film since X2. I've not one negative feeling about it.

Transformers 3 - No Megan Fox, now the GA can actually focus on the robots instead of her, and the plot is really cool. I dug the trailer and I love Bay. I'm glad Bay has acknowledged the second film and is willing to fix the problems. Call me a sucker, but I'm looking forward to it.

Harry Potter 7 - I'm not missing this for the world

Cowboys and Aliens - James Bond and Indiana Jones teaming up to fight aliens. Need I say more?

MI4: Tom Cruise still rocks and Renner cast is a cool addition. And Josh Holloway. It could surprise us.

Sherlock Holmes 2 - Loved the first and I'm lookign forward to Harris as Moriarty and everyone back.

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - I'll see anything Fincher does. I think he can make a better film than the original.

Tintin - I've really liked the pictures and the angle on it so far. Jackson and Spielberg teaming up is not to be missed.

 

[Dark Victory]

God, really man? I'm surprised. That trailer was a cheesfest.

Yeah, even my friends started to make fun of me for wanting to see it. The trailer definitely wasn't anything special (Surface of the Sun overload, the flashcards, etc.) and some elements of the movie look pretty hazy, but I hoenstly think it could be alright.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Maybe, but man, it could be just the trailer. It's one of those trailers where I'm embarassed to be watching it with an audience. At least it wasn't Country Strong cheesy.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Movies I'm eager to see because I'm expecting them to be really good
Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor - Iron Man 2 was somewhat of a letdown, but still, the cast and crew they've assembled for these two are great, I enjoyed the Thor trailer a lot, and I think these will be great fun.

Cars 2 - I would put this in the Cautiously Optimisticcategory (because, even though I really enjoy Cars, it's by far the movie I would least expect a sequel to out of everything Pixar's done)...if it weren't Pixar. We've underestimated Pixar before, and that's a mistake. I'm not expecting Up or Toy Story 3 greatness, but I'm hopeful.

Cowboys & Aliens - Not a movie I'd thought anything about until recently, but the talent is exciting and the trailer is just what you want from a trailer: enough to pique your interest (for an original project not based on a comic book, video game, board game, breakfast cereal, or what have you) without giving too much away. Who knows how the union of western and sci-fi is going to work - it's been tried before, sort of, and not really succeeded - but this looks like a really good time.

Green Lantern - The trailer was fine, it didn't make me want to see it any more (or less), but then, I've been sold for a long time, not only because it's a DC vehicle that isn't Batman or Superman (as much as I love those characters, it's great to finally see them exploring another of their characters), but because of Martin Campbell, the director who reinvigorated the James Bond franchise in 1995 with GoldenEye, brought Zorro back to pop culture awareness in 1998 with the very entertaining The Mask of Zorro, and reinvigorated the James Bond franchise again in 2006 with Casino Royale. He seems like a great choice for this, I'm so looking forward to it.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Big Harry Potter fan, I've loved all the movies (some more than others), and I was very happy with Part 1.

Hugo Cabret - Martin Scorsese. Nuff said.

Rango - Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski reteaming on a quirky-but-not-overly-so, seemingly-accessible-for-all-ages-but-geared-more-to-adults comedy-western animated film about a chameleon with an identity crisis? Sold!

Sherlock Holmes sequel - The first may not have been great, but it was entertaining, and Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law both made it stand out, so there's no reason to not look forward to a reunion.

Source Code - It's not mind-blowing greatness, but Moon is the kind of debut film that leaves you very curious, very eager, to see what the director behind it does next. And what Duncan Jones has done next is Source Code.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Fincher. David Fincher coming right off of The Social Network. David Fincher and this book.

The Muppets - I have been looking forward to this one for a while. I have a soft spot for the Muppets, of course, and it's been a long time since the Muppets have starred in a good movie (probably since The Muppet Christmas Carol in '92), and with Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller writing it, it feels promising. Fingers crossed.

Movies I'm cautiously optimistic about
Ghost Protocol - I like Mission: Impossible III a lot, I think it's easily the best of the series (so far), and it's a good sendoff for Ethan Hunt. Except it's not a sendoff for Ethan Hunt anymore. It's not surprising that Cruise is coming back - to hand the baton over to the really-only-a-few-years-younger Jeremy Renner - but I would so much rather see a return to the concept of the original TV show, with a real team dynamic, which would be something fresh for this franchise. The only reason I'm looking forward to it even a little, the only reason it's here in Cautiously Optimistic, is the presence of Brad Bird as the director.

Scream 4 - I love this franchise; love the wit, the fact that it combines its satire with scares, and usually real scares, not just obligatory gore and boo! moments, and, above all, love the cast, of Neve Campbell's Sidney, Courteney Cox's Gale, and David Arquette's Dewey. They're the reason I really want to see this, because I'm guessing the film overall will be a pretty uninspired rehash.

X-Men: First Class - Fox has really rushed this thing (SHOCKING!), but with Matthew Vaughn directing, Bryan Singer producing, a solid cast (especially Michael Fassbender as the young Magneto), and a '60s setting that I like, I like that it's a prequel rather than a reboot, it's hard to believe that a bad movie can come out of this. But not that hard to believe.

Movies I'm, above all, curious about (or, "What the hell?!")
Sucker Punch - I wouldn't call myself a Zack Snyder fan exactly, but this certainly looks like an interesting ride, and it's an original, isn't it? Or at least original in the sense that it's not based on anything specific?

Super 8 - J.J. Abrams! Steven Spielberg! Train crash! Mystery!

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn - I don't know what to expect from this, I've never read the comic, I'd never heard of the comic before I heard of this movie series, but hey, it's Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

The Beaver - I really have no idea what to expect from this one. I want a highly strange, acerbic dark comedy (I'm resisting using the word 'quirky'). I do not want my heart warmed. I do not particularly want an allegory, accidental or not, for Mel Gibson's recent scandals. The trailer didn't do anything for me, but I have to imagine this being a very difficult one to sell, so I remain very, very curious.

The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick is a composer of some stunning cinematic imagery. Beyond the vague "coming of age story about a boy in Texas," that's all I know from the trailer. Is that all there is to know? Is the movie as oblique as the trailer or is the trailer playing that up? It could be stunning, it could be frustrating, but this feels like one that just has to be seen.

 

[Iron_Stark]

May
Thor
Kung Fu Panda 2
Hangover 2

June
X-Men First Class
Green Lantern

July
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys and Aliens

August
Conan

December
Sherlock Holmes 2

These for sure I'll be seeing at the theater.

 

[Kane52630]

*Note: These films are not necessarily "most anticipated" movies, just films that im interested in seeing

January - none

February - none

March - Battle: Los Angeles, Sucker Punch, Red State

April - Source Code, Fast Five, Your Highness, Hanna

May - Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Hangover: Part II

June - X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Green Lantern, Rise of the Apes

July - Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Captain America, Cowboys & Aliens

August - Conan the Barbarian

September - Johnny English Reborn

October - Real Steel, The Thing, Paranormal Activity 3

November - The Muppets

December - Sherlock Holmes 2, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, War Horse

updated.

 

[BestGirl]

Sherlock Holmes 2
Captain America
X-Men: First Class
Thor

I'm looking forward to the first two the most; Thor and X-Men a little less. There might be more but I can't think of them right off-hand.

 

[Nirvana]

Captain America: The First Avenger
Green Lantern
Thor
Cowboys & Aliens
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Tree of Life
Sherlock Holmes 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Muppets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

 

[dude stannis]

1) The Mechanic. Looks like it could be Statham's best solo effort yet as well as director Simon West's return to Con Air territory.

2) The Hangover 2. The first is probably my favourite all time comedy.

3) Sherlock Holmes 2. It's RDJ. He's got my ticket.

4) X-Men: FC. I think I'm kind of done with conventional superhero movies, but the talent pool behind this one is too delicious to ignore.

5) Contagion. There's a real aura of mystery behind this and once again the creative and acting talent could pull off something amazing.

6) Immortals. Sounds like the film Clash of the Titans should've been.

7) Fast Five. Vin Diesel vs. Dwayne Johnson. No super powers, no spandex, just guns, cars and fists.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I'll probably throw Hanna and Horrible Bosses onto my list. Saw the trailer for the former and it looked very good, and the latter seems like it has a lot of potential (I'm looking forward to seeing Aniston's role).

 

[Kane52630]

anybody else?

 

[Punisher Rising]

Scream 4
Battle: Los Angeles
Cowboys And Aliens
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Green Lantern
Super 8
The Smurfs