What films need to see the light of day before this golden age ends?

[Visceral]

what needs to finally escape development hell?

 

[fallenAngel]

Eh the Hobbit?

and what's this golden age. We are not in a golden age of movies by anymeans. Unless maybe you are talking about Superhero movies, and even those are starting to fall flat.

 

[Movies205]

Eh the Hobbit?

and what's this golden age. We are not in a golden age of movies by anymeans. Unless maybe you are talking about Superhero movies, and even those are starting to fall flat.

Actually a good majority of them suck I mean what movie is going be remembered 10-15 years from now outside of Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2...

 

[jimmylace]

you think the spider man movies are going to be remembered 15 years from now???? theyll be well forgotten in 10...

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Sorry, but this is kind of a useless topic. This isn't a golden age of cinema. Now the 70's certainly was, but these years....no. This is the Pointless remake/sequel/adaption era.

As far as Spider-Man movies, I've already forgotten them. Good movies, but terrible rewatchability.

 

[Visceral]

oh come on you know what i meant, sorry golden age may not be the right word. but this is a cinematic era in which old 80's heroes are getting one last hoorah, superheroes are being dumped out of development hell like crazy, and any book gets an adaptation.

i was wondering who wanted to see what before it ended

 

[Movies205]

you think the spider man movies are going to be remembered 15 years from now???? theyll be well forgotten in 10...

Notice how I said Spider Man 2... Spider Man 1 and 3 are meh to me, and I haven't seen Spider-Man 2 since the theatres so I'm going based off memory... None the less my original point still stands most of the super-hero movies have been completely mediocre...

 

[04nbod]

Actually a good majority of them suck I mean what movie is going be remembered 10-15 years from now outside of Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2...

and X2 - genius moviet:

 

[Bat Attack]

Batman Begins will be remembered in 10 years? Half the people I know have already forgotten about it (they aren't comic book fans, just average people). I ask them if they want to watch it and they go "Oh yeah, which one was that?".

 

[fallenAngel]

Actually a good majority of them suck I mean what movie is going be remembered 10-15 years from now outside of Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2...

I didn't mean they were good, I meant that every superhero title is getting a movie. I mean Ghost Rider?

and Spider Man will be remembered, I mean Super man still is.

 

[Movies205]

Batman Begins will be remembered in 10 years? Half the people I know have already forgotten about it (they aren't comic book fans, just average people). I ask them if they want to watch it and they go "Oh yeah, which one was that?".

Ah... WHo cares... I threw Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2 so I wouldn't incite an argument however IMO there the only two movies that have any chance of having any staying power. As for being remembered, the characters will be remembered but the movies won't... Especially Superman Returns...

 

[fallenAngel]

Sorry, but this is kind of a useless topic. This isn't a golden age of cinema. Now the 70's certainly was, but these years....no. This is the Pointless remake/sequel/adaption era.

As far as Spider-Man movies, I've already forgotten them. Good movies, but terrible rewatchability.

I can personally rewatch Spider man 2 over and over again. I love that movie.

and it's hard to classify an era as being a Golden Age. The seventees certainly had a lot of really good movies that were both influential and products of their time but are also timeless. However, every decade has its fair share of crap. Things look different in retrospect because all we see are the good things that manage to get carried over decade after decade and generation after generation. And sadly there aren't that many movies right now that will be. I mean just look at what gets parodied again and again, that's always a good indication of what has staying power.

so far the 2000's are pretty forgetable in terms of movies. Right now its all about revival (Aka beating a dead horse) and cgi and opening day records.

 

[Bat Attack]

Ah... WHo cares... I threw Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2 so I wouldn't incite an argument however IMO there the only two movies that have any chance of having any staying power. As for being remembered, the characters will be remembered but the movies won't... Especially Superman Returns...

I wasn't asking if you cared, I was giving a small example of how Batman Begins really was not that memorable to average movie goers (atleast the ones I know).

 

[Movies205]

I wasn't asking if you cared, I was giving a small example of how Batman Begins really was not that memorable to average movie goers (atleast the ones I know).

Then you completely missed my point by focusing on some minute point, because what does it matter? I was making the point that most of hte films won't be remembered except for maybe one, whatever that maybe

 

[Movies205]

I can personally rewatch Spider man 2 over and over again. I love that movie.

and it's hard to classify an era as being a Golden Age. The seventees certainly had a lot of really good movies that were both influential and products of their time but are also timeless. However, every decade has its fair share of crap. Things look different in retrospect because all we see are the good things that manage to get carried over decade after decade and generation after generation. And sadly there aren't that many movies right now that will be. I mean just look at what gets parodied again and again, that's always a good indication of what has staying power.

so far the 2000's are pretty forgetable in terms of movies. Right now its all about revival (Aka beating a dead horse) and cgi and opening day records.

You can judge it by it's impact on film and while the 70s was a good era, I got give it to the 60s as the last golden age... Lawerence of Arabia, Dr. Strangelove, The Graduate, and the list goes on...

 

[Steelsheen]

what needs to finally escape development hell?

before i answer this, Golden Age of what? Comic Book Movies? Fantasy/ Children's book movies? Sci-Fi movies?

 

[Bat Attack]

Then you completely missed my point by focusing on some minute point, because why does it matter? I was making the point that most of the films won't be remembered except for maybe one, whatever that maybe

And I said it wouldn't be Batman Begins. Don't seem to have missed the point at all.

 

[DACrowe]

What golden age?

Golden age Hollywood was the '30s and '40s. Golden age evolved was the 1970s. I do think this is actually the golden age of maybe indie cinema coming to the mainstream, but it is not the golden age for that cinema in general.

I would say hoever, that this decade is actually going to be remembered as a strong decade for films outside of the tentpole tripe relatively compared to the '80s and '90s. The '80s were much worse for action explosions and sequel madness and the '90s are a vague memory of CGI effects, monsters and disasster flicks, for the most part.

While superhero movies will be remembered (negatively) as defining this decade as well as CGI blockbusters (like Pirates) a good deal of strong material has been pushed this decade by studios and the independent market has begun entering the mainstream and watching foreign films is no longer a foreign concept.

But the '70s it ain't.

As for superhero movies. I do think the only ones that will be remembered fondly are the Spider-Man movies by non-fans. Batman Begins will have a cult following and maybe X2. I think Batman may change depending on just how good and how big of a series of hits Nolan's sequels are.

But Batman Begins is unfairly lumped by the general public with the old franchise and the only one remembered well is Tim Burton's Batman evven though Batman Returns was more his style and deeper. The rest are a haze.

I think people may not disect scene for scene each Spider-Man film in the future, but like Burton's Batman or the original Donner Superman, they will be remembered with fondness and nostolgia for their era impact and being good enough to show their kids. I don't think any other superhero franchise this decade has acheived that, even if BB is better than 2/3 of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies.

LOTR and unfortunately the SW prequels and POTC movies (even the sequels) will be looked back upon, perhaps the POTC sequels with the same disgust as Dante's Peak or Independence Day...but superhero movies left their mark now, not later.

 

[fallenAngel]

What golden age?

Golden age Hollywood was the '30s and '40s. Golden age evolved was the 1970s. I do think this is actually the golden age of maybe indie cinema coming to the mainstream, but it is not the golden age for that cinema in general.

I would say hoever, that this decade is actually going to be remembered as a strong decade for films outside of the tentpole tripe relatively compared to the '80s and '90s. The '80s were much worse for action explosions and sequel madness and the '90s are a vague memory of CGI effects, monsters and disasster flicks, for the most part.

While superhero movies will be remembered (negatively) as defining this decade as well as CGI blockbusters (like Pirates) a good deal of strong material has been pushed this decade by studios and the independent market has begun entering the mainstream and watching foreign films is no longer a foreign concept.

But the '70s it ain't.

As for superhero movies. I do think the only ones that will be remembered fondly are the Spider-Man movies by non-fans. Batman Begins will have a cult following and maybe X2. I think Batman may change depending on just how good and how big of a series of hits Nolan's sequels are.

But Batman Begins is unfairly lumped by the general public with the old franchise and the only one remembered well is Tim Burton's Batman evven though Batman Returns was more his style and deeper. The rest are a haze.

I think people may not disect scene for scene each Spider-Man film in the future, but like Burton's Batman or the original Donner Superman, they will be remembered with fondness and nostolgia for their era impact and being good enough to show their kids. I don't think any other superhero franchise this decade has acheived that, even if BB is better than 2/3 of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies.

LOTR and unfortunately the SW prequels and POTC movies (even the sequels) will be looked back upon, perhaps the POTC sequels with the same disgust as Dante's Peak or Independence Day...but superhero movies left their mark now, not later.

I agree with most of this. However, the 90's did have an off beat semi independent surge as well, mainly from Pulp fiction. It may not define the decade as a whole but it just goes to show you that certain film movements aren't exactly decade specific.

 

[matrix_ghost]

God this thread itself is turning into develment hell with everyone one of you guys whining about why this is the golden age.

The guy asked a question and already said why he used that expression . Let's move to the real subject of this thread please

From a personal preference i'd glady see another Matrix Trilogy.

Also the Hobbit , a Silent Hill sequel(s) , a panel-by-panel direct adaptation of all 6 six akira novels.

That's all i can't think atm

 

[Rezzo]

Been more like the dark age of movies but I definitely wanna see Metal Gear Solid and Watchmen get good treatment cause they deserve to be turned into excellent movies

 

[matrix_ghost]

MGS and Watchmen aren't in Development Hell anymore

 

[fallenAngel]

^ are they actually making a MGS movie?

 

[Visceral]

God this thread itself is turning into develment hell with everyone one of you guys whining about why this is the golden age.

The guy asked a question and already said why he used that expression . Let's move to the real subject of this thread please

From a personal preference i'd glady see another Matrix Trilogy.

Also the Hobbit , a Silent Hill sequel(s) , a panel-by-panel direct adaptation of all 6 six akira novels.

That's all i can't think atm

yup this thread is like a derailed train that hit a squirrel.

thanks for actually answering me.

as for me the only franchises I still care about are superman, batman, Indiana jones, and bond.

the others seem like they are about to crash and burn, even superman is looking tiresome.

I dont see the fantasy genre goin past potter, the hobbit, and narnia.
after rambo and jones the last hoorah of the 80s will be over unless robocop comes back.

as for superheroes I think the only bankable characters left are Captain America, Wonder Woman, The flash, and Green Lantern, but i am worried that they wont make it unless The dark Knight banks at the BO.

 

[matrix_ghost]

^ are they actually making a MGS movie?

Yup. There a thread on it

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165595.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;1
News broke that the MGS movie was indeed moving forward with SOny Pictures working on it.




Variety said this of the MGS movie :

Sony is bringing hit vidgame franchise "Metal Gear Solid" to the bigscreen.
Michael De Luca will produce the adaptation, with vidgame creator Hideo Kojima as exec producer. A bigscreen adaptation of the futuristic vidgame has been rumored since last May's E3 confab, but negotiations with Konami Digital Entertainment have been ongoing. Sony chair Yair Landau confirmed it was in the works following his keynote speech Thursday at the DICE vidgame confab in Las Vegas.

Columbia co-prexy of production Doug Belgrad hailed the franchise as especially cinematic in its storytelling and "loaded with well-developed, intriguing characters."

"Metal Gear Solid" has sold more than 20 million units since 1998, but its roots date back even further; the first "Metal Gear" game came out in 1987. Stealth action title became one of the industry's biggest hits and has four sequels, the last three of which came out under the "Metal Gear Solid" moniker. Another sequel is set for release this year.

"Metal Gear" games involve political intrigue and have a generally antiwar message.

CAA represents Konami and negotiated the deal.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/788/788169p1.html
Hayter won't be involved in MGS