The Year In Film 2010...I Hope

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Wow. August 20th, 2009? My last post? Whoa.

Well, life has been a bit like drinking from a firehose, but five months IS a long time. I never really got to discuss my '2009 Summer of Movies' but maybe I can do a thing on that in the upcoming weeks. Especially since part of the subject of this little entry is the upcoming film year.

I have to admit, the last few years haven't exactly lit my match, movie-wise. And the ones I thought would be good were in most respects, disappointing. But it looks like 2010 may have several offerings that, to me, might make it one of the best film years in a long time. I checked out 'Ain't It Cool News' and found and great article summarizing the upcoming features for the year and these are the ones that have the most promise (to me, anyway):

YOUTH IN REVOLT (January 8, 2010)
THE BOOK OF ELI (January 15, 2010)
EDGE OF DARKNESS (January 29, 2010)
KICK-ASS (April 16, 2010)
IRON MAN 2(May 7, 2010)
ROBIN HOOD (May 14, 2010)
THE A-TEAM (June 11, 2010)
TOY STORY 3 (June 18, 2010)
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (July 23, 2010)
THE EXPENDABLES (August 20, 2010)
THE AMERICAN (September 1, 2010)
DUE DATE (November 5, 2010)
RED DAWN (November 24, 2010)
TRON LEGACY (December 17, 2010)
THE GREEN HORNET (December 22, 2010)
THE BEAVER (Late 2010)
BUNRAKU (TBD 2010)
PAUL (TBD 2010)
THE RUM DIARY (TBD 2010)

There's also a new John Carpenter film (finally!) called "The Ward" but I can't tell from the brief clip I've seen if it's a return to works like "The Fog" (1980) or "The Thing" (1982) or a cheap "Ghost of Mars" meets "Saw" disaster. So I'll hold off for now putting it on the above list.

I'll also get into some politics in the coming weeks, mainly just to say 'Nyeah nyeah nyeah' to all the liberals who thought their pure vinyl messiah was going to give them the world on a platter. Remember my blog right after the election? Well, I was dead nuts on. The polls have collapsed on Der Chicago Furher's big, pointy ears and the Dems are going to take a Minnesota beat down once the cold rains of November come (reference the score of the Cowboys-Vikings Divisional playoff game to truly get my reference there).

I also need to kind of gloat about the University of Texas getting it's orange burnt by the Crimson Tide, but I'll take it easy on Colt McCoy. Explanations later.

Anyway, lots to catch up on in the coming weeks, mainly to keep the home fires of winter stoked until the warm spring and summer breezes of 2010 come and bring forth hope bounding eternal for abundant Hill Country wildflowers, more BBQ in Llano, great off season moves by my beloved Dolphins, big commitments for my Hurricanes, Democrats falling apart and running for the hills, a less weighty chassis for me, maybe a Fender Telecaster and even, dare I say, perhaps a replacement for my long lost '90 Firebird Formula? What will the future hold?

"The future is not set...there is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

Okay, so using lines from "Terminator 2" is a bit over the top just for looking forward to a new year, but heck...that's a great movie! If you're gonna rip something off, do it from a "time travelling psychopathic cyborg on the rampage shoot em up" I always say.

See ya' back in a few days!