Top 10 Must See Movies of 2008

Athough we are still in the early parts of 2007, and well beyond the award season and just before the summer blockbuster bonanza, its never too late to look ahead to 2008, which looks to follow the quintessential Hollywood formula of creating sequels, remakes, and adapting comic book to the big screen. So what movies will you be looking forward too:

Honary Mentions: Babylon A.D., Speed Racer, The Mummy 3, The Incredible Hulk 2, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army


10.) Iron Man
Marvel a few months ago released the Iron Man Animated Movie which was pretty well done in its use of CGI and story. But on the horizon is Iron Man the film that stars Robert Dawney Jr. When will Hollywood ever learn that you can't throw big names into a big budget movie and expect results. Dawney Jr. has only been good at two things Alcohol and Drug abuse and now he's going to abuse our eyes and ears with this film. The supporting cast includes "Its hard out here of a pimp" Terrance Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow who's last superhero movie, "Sky Captain" wasn't very good either.

The interesting part of the movie and the reason why its on this list is because we all want to see what the suit would look like. Similar to Ghost Rider, we can stomach the movie if the superhero looks cool.

9.) James Bond 22
Honestly, nothing was special about the last Bond. I would call it a breath of fresh air and Daniel Craig played Bond commendably, but its easy to do so after seeing the original Casino Royale with the best Bond to put on the suit and hold the gun. So in order to adequately judge, we have to see how he will be in the next Bond film.

8.)Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter is growing up, and even the actors taking new roles in more explicit and adult movies. Daniel Radcliffe recently has performed nude in English theatre, and we should expect to see more roles of the same as he gets older. How will this effect the Harry Potter audience or his performance in the movies. Will he even care? That is to be seen.

7.) The Dark Knight
What was more impressive: Christian Bale's acting or the voice that he put on for the role of Batman. It seems as though the Batman franchise has learned its lesson, which the makers of Iron Man still needs to learn, go with good non mainstream actors and you will have a successful film. Heth Ledger is going to play the Joker and it is rumored that Harvey Dent will also be a part of the film. Its just too bad that Jack Nicholas was and will always be the best Joker in the history of Batman films.

6.) Watchmen
If you have not read the comic book then please torrent the word Watchmen and you will thank me later. In what many have said sparked the revolution that brought reality to the pages of comic book, the Watchmen is so dramatic that it even is listed of Time's 100 greatest novels. Here's there description:

...former crime-fighters are drawn back into action by the murder of a former teammate, The Comedian, which turns out to be the leading edge of a much wider, more disturbing conspiracy. Told with ruthless psychological realism, in fugal, overlapping plotlines and gorgeous, cinematic panels rich with repeating motifs, Watchmen is a heart-pounding, heartbreaking read and a watershed in the evolution of a young medium.—L.G.

5.) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspin
The Chronicles of Narnia was perceived by many to be the Lord of the Rings for Christians. Disney actively invited their entire congregation from many churches to see the movie, and the box office sales skyrocketed. Will the producers "adjust" the script (the book) to satisfy fans of the movies.

4.) Star Trek XI
There is no current info on the movie, but we know that its scheduled for release in Xmas 2008. More to come.

3.) Priests
A modified Japanese Comic that's:
" The story is a vampire Western that concerns a warrior priest who disobeys church law by teaming with a young sheriff and a priestess to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped his niece."

Isn't odd how almost every movie from Japan becomes a major hit in the United States. Will this be another one.


2.) Indiana Jones 4
Years in the making, will we finally see a valiant comeback from our favorite adventurer? We will soon find out by next year as Harrison Ford reprises his role as Indiana Jones. The question will be is if he is too old to pull of the stunt work or perform with the same enthusiasm that he did. But just in case Ford needs some help, Sean Connery will once again play Professor Henry Jones, and if Connery can do what he did for Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment then we may see another movie in the tradition of the Indiana Jones that won 7 Academy Awards will be difficult

1.) Jurassic Park IV
What is considered the most profitable and most captivating series of the past decade, Steven Spielberg tries to right the wrong of JP3 with what is to be, Spielberg's if not movies' next great masterpiece. In 1993, we were hypnotized by the vast terrain and brilliant detail in of each Tyrannesorous Rex, and the entire film one terabyte. Since then, ILM has moved far and ahead of that point to create movies with full CGI characters and galaxies in StarWars, and the dramatic sea's in Pirates of the Caribbean.

The only drawback is that Joe Johnston, director of JP3, will also be directing this film as well. For this film to live up to the expectations it needs Spielberg to be a VERY hands on producer, as well as a better writing team.