whynotsmile

anyone else feeling movie overload this week? I have so much to see its making my head spin. I knocked off 3 in 2 days (oceans 12, house of flying daggers and kinsey and yet my list is still growing.

gotta see the following:

the woodsman

beyond the sea

phantom of the opera

hotel rwanda

the life aquatic (have to see it again)

million dollar baby

vera drake

a very long engagment

the sea inside

finding neverland

a series of unfortunate events

the aviator

the chorus

sideways

bad education


HOLY SHIT!

Dr. DVD

I totally understand. In the summertime you seem to get them spread out at roughly a movie per week.

During the holidays it seems you get a summers worth of movies all crammed in to roughly one and a half months, with all of the good ones coming out in the last two weeks of that month! Why they dump so many at once during the holidays is beyond me, as the studios seem to respect each other's space duirng the summer.

bsktballDude1

I totally know how you feel, I just counted around 15 titles I still want to see from 2004. Including most of the films you listed.

joeydaninja

yeah, it's great. i also noticed the movie overload over here, after a drought of good movies for awhile. all we got here is Alexander, which I refuse to watch.

(also, I think next year is also going to be a great year for movies.)

Trigger

Hmm... I thought we were still in a drought since none of these movies interest me at all. I haven't been to the theater in quite some time with the exception of The Machinist.

Josh H

So true, a lot I'd like to see right now with Lemony Snicket, the Aviator, Phantom of the Opera, Flight of the Phoenix, Finding Neverland etc.

Geofferson

Agreed. The November and December months pack quite the 1-2 punch.

Patman

My problem is actually having the movies to play near me due to their limited release schedule.

These are on my list to see in order of desire (but haven't opened yet, or opened near me):

Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Bad Education
Phantom of the Opera
The Life Aquatic (my enthusiasm has subsided after getting 2 thumbs down from R&E)

Rivero

You forgot Closer, whynotsmile. One of the best of the year.

whynotsmile

dont worry, saw closer and loved it. easily one of the best films of the year. and as for you patman, dont let them discourage you. TLA is hilarious if you like anderson's other work.

i gotta add the assasination of richard nixon to the list as well. Sean penn looks amazing in that.

Rivero

ok, just thought you missed out

Giles

now depending on where you live:

Bad Education

The Chorus

Million Dollar Baby

Hotel Rwanda

dont see wide release until January. (I saw Bad Education in New York City over the Thanksgiving weekend since DC won't get this until the second week of January due to shitty Landmark theatre Washington DC scheduling)

Artman

Only thing I'm interested in is The Aviator.

Fok

Oh well, fortunately its only a matter of months before they're out on DVD

PopcornTreeCt

no, none of those movies are playing by me.

nightmaster

Put them fresh in the Oscar voters' minds and still get in under the wire.......

marty888

Yes, definitelyfeel a movie binge coming on ....

Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Phantom of the Opera
Hotel Rwanda
Bad Education
Closer

Already seen Kinsey, Alexander, Finding Neverland in the past few weeks.

...and a few others

bsktballDude1

I have listed all the films I will hopefully have a chance to see in the coming weeks...Meet the Fockers, The Aviator, The Life Aquatic, The Phantom of the Opera, House of Flying Daggers, A Very Long Engagement, Million Dollar Baby, The Sea Inside, Beyond the Sea, Hotel Rwanda, The Woodsman, In Good Company, A Love Song For Bobby Long, The Merchant of Venice, and finally The Assassination of Richard Nixon.

Fartface

Personally, I'm amazed that people actually spend their money to see a film in a theatre, considering 99% of it is pure garbage. Honestly, is there anything worth paying $10 to see once in a theatre? I'm just glad I was a student in Boston at a time when you could see 2 classics or any number of foreign films (before foreign films started trying to imitate Hollyweed) for $3.

Grimfarrow

If you think you have it bad, you should see MY list of movies I have to see! Here's a partial list, based upon what I can see now:

Francois Truffaut: An Autobiography
Clean
A Tout de Suite
Off Beat
Producing Adults
Birth of the Seanema
People of Angkor
Notre Musique
Triloy: The Weeping Meadow
Being Julia
Ae Fond Kiss
Spying Cam
Der Untergang
Kings and Queen
Vera Drake
3 Friends
Fire Fighters

Sondheim

Fortunately I'm going to New York City next week and will be spending a few days there, so I'm planning on seeing several of the limited release films. Particularly "Million Dollar Baby," "Hotel Rwanda," and "The Sea Inside." Other films I'll definitely be seeing in the next few weeks: "Bad Education," "Vera Drake," "Closer," "The Life Aquatic" "A Very Long Engagement," "The Aviator," "Finding Neverland," "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (with my nephew,) and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Over the summer I saw half a dozen movies - in the next two weeks I'll probably be watching twice that many.

angryyoungman

The good thing is that many of these films will linger around the theaters while the only new movies studios will release in January and February is the garbage they were afraid to release any other time (movies most of you probably won't want to see).

QuikSilver

I was thinking the same thing that I want to see so many movies and a thread has been already been created.

I've seen so far:

Closer
The Aviator
Ocean's Twelve
Sideways

Want to see:
Finding Neverland
Meet the Fockers
Kinsey
A Very Long Engagement