This Weekends Movie News – Whats Hot This Weekend, What Happened Last Weekend

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Here is What I'd See

Well, unfortunately, this weekends movies aren’t offering much of a choice.  There is pretty much absolutely nothing new coming out with the exception of Michael Jackson’s This Is It.  Seeing as thought I’m not a big fan of Michael Jackson, I’d have to opt to see a movie that came out last weekend, or even the weekend before that.

Saw 6 got better reviews than the previous release of Saw 5, and I’m kind of in the Halloween spirit so I might actually go to see that.  I was really hoping that the newest installment of the Saw movies was going to be better than the last couple that came out and seeing as though the reviews are saying that it is, it makes it a little easier for me to make that choice.

If I wasn’t such a big fan of “scary” movies, I’d probably go and see Amelia.  I know it had an absolutely atrocious opening weekend, but the idea of the movie intrigues me.  I absolutely loved The Aviator, and I know I shouldn’t compare this movie to that one as they are going to be completely different films I’m sure, but I just can’t help it.

Hilary Swank is a great actress in my opinion, and the story of Amelia Earhart is a good one to begin with.  For the movie to be any good, all that really had to be done was make sure that it was directed and produced well.

So, there you go, out of all this weekends movies, I’d be going to see one that came out last weekend.  My only solid suggestion to anybody that wants to go see a movie this weekend, is to NOT see Paranormal Activity…  I stand by my review of the film, and it was terrible.  I don’t care how many times this movie gets the top weekend movie honor.

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This Weekends Movies Actually Offer Some Great Options…Especially When Compared to Last Weekend

Here is What I'd See

When you look at last weekends movies (wide releases anyway), this weekend is great.  Actually, even if you weren’t to compare this weekend to such a weak weekend like the last one, it is still very good.

This weekend is all about a nice variety of choices.  You’ve got the psychological thriller of “The Stepfather”, the action and mystery of “Law Abiding Citizen” and finally (for the whole family) “Where the Wild Things Are”.

Even though I’m an adult with no children, I was actually contemplating going to see “Where the Wild Things Are” because I remember reading the book as a child…and then seeing Spike Jonez vision of that book in the previews (which look absolutely amazing) made me want to see it for some reason….it is pulling at my childhood memories I guess.  That is going to be a huge selling point for this movie when it comes to families.  The children are going to want to see it and the parents are going to want to see it (that is always good for business).

However, after watching the preview for “Law Abiding Citizen” (and the enjoyment I get out of Gerard Butlers acting) I think I may have changed my mind to wanting to go and see that instead.  I’m not a terribly big fan of Jamie Foxx, but it looks as though he is really starting to build up some credibility.  The plot looks great, and I don’t think the movie is going to be terribly predictable or cheesy.

“The Stepfather” will probably be an alright movie, but it isn’t really anything new.  The “word on the street” is that it is a lot like “Disturbia” from a while back.  I mean, you can kind of do a movie highlight without even going to see the movie:

Dad Moves in…Dad seems great…Dad does something eerie (but it was probably nothing)…Dad goes crazy…Dad almost kills somebody…”somebody” doesn’t die…Dad gets killed.

So, with the plot easily figured out ahead of time, it is really going to have to be about the way the movie is shot and how well the actors pull it off and how predictable everything actually turns out to be.

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This weekend is particularly weak…in regards to movies actually opening and good movies.

With that being said, here would be my pick for this weekend.  I’d actually go to see Zombieland…and it isn’t even opening this weekend.  Zombieland actually came out last weekend (Oct. 2nd 2009) but with the only new movie to hit the big screen this weekend being a romantic comedy (Couples Retreat) I’ve got to go with a previously released movie.

I’m not saying Couples Retreat is going to be bad, it just isn’t really my cup of tea.  I’m sure I’ll end up seeing the movie though when it hits DVD as I’m a big fan of Jason Bateman, and Vince Vaughn is an actor I actually find to be pretty funny.  It just isn’t a movie I’m willing to pay $25.00 to go and see.  I say $25 because I’ve got to buy my ticket, then my girlfriends ticket and then that gallon and a half of Diet Soda my girlfriend is going to want (I really hate diet soda….)

Hopefully next weekend has some better choices for me to choose from…