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The 4 Most Anticipated Films Of The Year!
By James Liverpoole
This year, the slot for the most anticipated film has been waving back and forth between Superman Returns, Batman Begins, War of the Worlds and the ridiculously low-budget independent film Machiavelli Hangman (http://www.hangmanmovie.com).
While Batman Begins offered a good cast of A-list actors such as Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman it also delivered a decent story line that created a debate amongst moviegoers as to whether this was indeed the best of the Batman films.
War of the Worlds with a smaller consumption of A-list actors perhaps given to the 100+ budget spent on special effects built a great suspense throughout the film but gave in to a weak ending. Although audiences were frightened, that suspense and scary factor did not achieve the levels of Spielberg’s earliest work, especially in Jaws. "I don’t know how much movies should entertain. To me I’m always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about JAWS is the fact that I’ve never gone swimming in the ocean again," says David Fincher who is currently wrapping up on Zodiac with Gary Oldman.
Superman Returns is yet to fly into the theatres, but with a director such as Bryan Singer who has a more than impressive record of creating films that are both box office hits and successes amongst critics, it is an almost sure-fire. His approach to the project especially his strong conviction that the lead should be played by an unknown, Brandon Routh, has already raised a lot of eyebrows especially that Nicolas Cage was a strong candidate for the part. It seems that every working actor and filmmaker has been considered at one point or another to be on this project. Anthony Hopkins dropped out when Brett Ratner left the project due to some creative differences.
While the previous three films may be the highest budgeted films of the year, it is understandable why they would also be the most anticipated. Machiavelli Hangman has come out of the blue with a budget of a pocket-change budget – on Hollywood standards – of 150,000 dollars and it has gained astonishing momentum in the most anticipated film list.
The reason for this is that it is said to be the next Sixth Sense in the way it completely blew everyone in the audience away. Machiavelli Hangman producer insures that the novelty in this film is not just a twist at the end, but a series of ingenious "zigzag." that will leave the audience trying to catch up. This will be the first interactive film released to audiences. The film has been described as Memento meets the Sixth Sense.
While two of these four films were already released to great box office revenues and mildly satisfied audiences, we still impatiently wait for those two more chances to be blown out of our seats.
About the Author
James Liverpoole is an aspiring novelist and occasional entertainment Columnist for various newspapers. His analysis of the most anticipated movies of the year included Machiavelli Hangman which is due out in late 2005: http://www.hangmanmovie.com
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