2017 Movie Preview

Anticipated movies of 2017

Last year was a bit of a letdown in many ways, with lots of big budget movies being pretty disappointing. Though lots of great indie films made up for the bad big budget movies last year. 2017 looks to have even more highly anticipated big movies than last year so far, and i'm hoping they all live up to the hype this time. Here's the big budget blockbuster films that i'm excited for this year. (in no specific order)

Lego Batman Movie 

The Lego Movie was one of the biggest surprises 2014. A movie that really shouldn't have been as good as it was. Now comes the Lego Batman movie, which already looks to be a very funny movie according to the previews. Will Arnett did a really good job the first time around, but of course he was only a side character then. Still, I think a full Lego Batman movie will work really well and if it's anything like Lego Movie's humor, it will be another big hit. Not really sure where else they will take the Lego movie franchise after this, but I suppose Lego Movie 2 would be the most obvious.

John Wick Chapter 2

Speaking of surprises, the first John Wick movie was another big one that I think a lot of people did not see coming. Keanu Reeves revived his action career with the last movie, with lots of great sequences and stunts that were so much fun to watch. I feel like sequels like this always seem to fall short of the original, but I really hope this isn't one of those movies. Keanu Reeves is a great and underrated actor and I think he can keep this from being a failure, as he seems passionate about this. We need more great action movies and 2017 looks to have some good ones starting with this one and XXX with Vin Diesel early on.

Logan

Days of Future Past and X-Men 2 are still two of my favorites, if not my favorite comic book movies out there. It's sad to see Hugh Jackman hang up the claws and sideburns, but judging by the trailers he looks to be going out with a very different Wolverine then we've seen in any of the movies. This has the potential to be my favorite of the year, but at the very least I just hope it's a good send off for Jackman. The first Wolverine solo movie was one of the worst comic book movies made. The second one was a good movie, but not a great one. If that trend continues then this new one should be a great movie, and I desperately hope it's an A+ movie. What an amazing poster.

Alien Covenant

This movie is supposed to connect the Prometheus movie to the rest of the Alien movies. I don't know much about this one yet, but it's being directed by Ridley Scott, who's been up and down with his work recently. I thought Prometheus wasn't a bad movie, but i'm hoping this one gets things back on track. It sort of reminds me of the Terminator franchise that sort of fell apart after the second movie, Alien has a similar story never really being able to match the quality of the second movie "Aliens". Not to forget that there's another Alien movie coming out at an unknown date soon.

Star Wars Episode VIII

Force Awakens was a great start to the new trilogy, introducing some memorable and likable new characters. The most exciting part of this new movie though, is seeing where the story is going to go. Hoping that they take a new road unlike the last movie that used a lot of moments from the first movie "A New Hope" to make the movie feel familiar. How will Luke affect the movie? How will Kylo Ren get revenge or at least become stronger? Will Jar Jar finally make his triumphant return to the series? We will see later this year.

Spider-Man Homecoming

After the perfect introduction to Spider-man in Civil War, we finally get the Spider-Man movie that marvel has been wanting to make. Tom Holland has already shown he's capable of being a very great Peter Parker and Spider-Man, now it's time for Marvel to show us how to make a great Spider-Man movie again. Seeing Peter Parker in high school while juggling his secret super hero life will be an interesting movie to watch. Appearances from Iron Man and other important Spider-Man characters are also said to be a part of the movie. Add Michael Keaton as The Vulture to play the main villain and you have me even more excited. Of course the question everyone can't wait to be answered: What will Stan Lee cameo as this time?

War of the Planet of the Apes

The first two films in this franchise were both fantastic. I've been excited to see how it all goes down when the war between man and ape goes down, and I really hope it's as good if not better than the last two movies. It might be strange to see a movie where it's humans vs apes where the apes are painted are portrayed as the good guys in a sense, so that will be interesting to see. Caesar as a character is very interesting, more so than most of the humans in these movies. The rivalry between him and Woody Harrelson's character will be interesting to watch.

Guardians Vol. 2: How can anyone not be excited to see this... Getting to spend more time with the outcasts we fell in love with in the first movie is a dream come true. I have no doubt this movie is going to be another great one. The question is, where does it fit in with the rest of the Marvel movies, and how does it set up for the future? We shall see soon enough. Oh wait, Nathan Fillion will make an appearance? So will Kurt Russell? Just when you thought it couldn't get any better... IS THAT BABY GROOT?!?!

Blade Runner 2049

Harrison Ford? Ryan Gosling? Sign me up. The first Blade Runner was and still is one of the best and original sci-fi films ever made. With lots of great themes and questions being asked, I wonder how this new movie will tackle new subjects for the current generation. Though I know little about it, I look forward to learning more. I'm excited for the visuals and how they will be in this world 35 years after the original masterpiece. It's also being directed by Dennis Villeneuve, who made some really fantastic movies in "Prisoner", "Arrival" and "Sicario".

Power Rangers

Nah just kidding. The trailers for this movie took away any excitement I might have had towards this movie. It seems like a lot of my childhood favorites like Transformers, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles are being ruined by Hollywood and this looks like it's next victim. It seems that the people making these movies don't understand why we loved them in the first place. Hopefully the trailers aren't reflective of the final product and there's actually a good movie here, but for now I won't hold my breath.


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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 

Always excited to see more big budget sci-fi adventures, especially a more original one (based on books... but still). I'm very excited to jump into this new world and see what original ideas it has to offer in the sci-fi genre. It just looks like a lot of fun, and I hope it isn't another let down...... (Jupiter Ascending *cough*). But I really hope this one turns into a nice franchise with some great sequels. Until I see this first one though, all I can do is hope.

Dunkirk 

Christopher Nolan returns to direct this new World War II movie. With a name like Christopher Nolan behind it, and an actor like Tom Hardy starring in it, it's impossible not to get excited about this. Looking at the trailers, this looks it's to be a beautifully shot film with great effects. Nolan changed the game with some genres like action with Inception and comic book movie with the Dark Knight trilogy. How will he, or will he, affect the war movie?

Baby Driver

I don't know much about this yet (doesn't even have a poster), but it's a new film by my favorite director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim). Supposed to be a more action centered heist movie, so it's exciting to see what Wright will do with this new genre he hasn't done yet.

Kingsman The Golden Circle

The first Kingsman was a very fun original movie. I'm just excited to see what crazy action fun this next movie will get into, and how they will up the stakes from an already insane first movie.

Coco

The next original story by Pixar animation is coming this year. I'm always excited to see a new original story by Pixar, as I think that's when they really shine. This time Pixar taps into the music and takes inspiration from Mexico and Dia De Los Muertos. Even though the idea was done a few years ago with the movie "Book of Life", it's still going to be interesting to see how Pixar tackles it. Also this year will be Cars 3, which already looks a lot better than Cars 2, but that's not saying much. Even though it's a sequel I could care less about, I hope Pixar doesn't feel the same way and still put some passion into it. I'm eager to see more original films by Pixar, starting with Coco later this year.

Mary and the Witch's Flower: 

From one of the directors of great Studio Ghibli movies "When Marnie Was There" and "Arrietty". Though this movie might not be released in the states until later this year, if at all, it's still one I need to watch. Beautiful and highly detailed traditional animated movies are Japan's specialty and Studio Ghibli is the best at it. Even though this one isn't being released by Ghibli, it still looks to have that same quality.

Well those are some of the movies i'm looking forward to at the moment. I'm sure there will be more announced, and of course lots of indie movies to look forward to throughout the year. Hopefully all these movies will be great (even Power Rangers), but we'll see in time.

If all of this doesn't excite you, here's a picture of a cat I found on the internet.