2009 watchlist

or the list of 13 movies i must not miss this year. screw new year resolutions.


1. transformers 2: revenge of the fallen
gimme more giant robots fighting! more michael bay assplosions! gimme soundwave! gimme devastator!!!

2. the wolfman
did you see that pic of benicio del toro strangling a guy? he looked like a werewolf without any makeup. creepo. anyways, this hopefully will be the new definitive werewolf movie.

3. slumdog millionaire
oh danny boyle, danny boyle. you gave me trainspotting, 28 days later and now you've got this highly acclaimed movie about who wants to be a millionaire. versatile.

4. the wrestler
the mickey rourke film that everyone's buzzing about. no surprise there since it was directed by darren aronofsky. not sure how this would impact the "realism" of wwe but mankind/mick foley says it's close to the real deal so, i dont know.

5. terminator salvation
even more robots, only this time they're out to kill bruce wayne! jumpin jupiters!

6. where the wild things are
a movie that seemed like it would never see the light of day is finally on its way to the theaters. yay, spike jonze.

7. g.i. joe
cant wait to see how they'll pull off cobra commander, destro's gold noggin and a swordfight between snake eyes and storm shadow. if knowing is half the battle, seeing is three-fourths?

8. the curious case of benjamin button
three things: weird premise. david fincher. and the guy who shot some other guy because his son wouldnt shut up and then just sat right back in his chair to finish the movie. i am sold. let's see this next week, love?

9. wolverine
here's hoping they don't fuck gambit or deadpool up, ma cheri.

10. up
pixar. nuff said.

11. sherlock holmes
i still feel i made better casting choices in a previous post but who the heck am i? rdj, i can get down with. but jude law as dr. watson?!

12. inglorious basterds
when i met quentin tarantino and shook hands with him a few years ago, i swore to him that i will watch every movie he makes for as long as i live. ok, so i actually didnt say that because i couldnt even speak at his presence, but im pretty sure i was thinking it, among other things.

13. watchmen
the guy who gave us 300 has just torn the pages off the best graphic novel ever made and transferred the panels to film. yet the legal battle continues and the future looks dim. if you have no idea what's going on, here's a great article written about it. basically, fox had the rights to the movie gathering dust for 20 years and they sued warner bros for making it. it's a money thing and sadly the law just might side with fox. basterds.


p.s. not looking forward to: akira, friday the 13th, dragonball, whatever shit they got for the next manila film festival.
p.p.s. my stomach hurts.