SF/Fantasy films for 2007

[neglet]

I'm sure I won't get the full list, so post the ones I've missed and I'll add them in later. There are some big ones planned for this year, though; it should be a good one.

Already out/still playing: Pan's Labyrinth, The Last Mimzy

04/27--Next: Nic Cage as a guy who can see a few minutes into the future.

06/01--Day Watch: Sequel to Russian film "Night Watch," a series about an ongoing conflict between forces of good and evil.

07/04--Transformers: Robots! They transform! They blow stuff up! 'Nuff said.

07/11--Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix: 5th in the series, should be darker and scarier.

08/10--Stardust: Based on the Neil Gaiman fantasy about a man questing to retrieve a fallen star in human form.

08/17--The Invasion: Remake of the classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

09/14--Sunshine: Danny Boyle directed film about a group of astronauts trying to save the dying sun.

09/28--The Dark Is Rising: based on the first of Susan Cooper's classic children's series; a boy learns he is the last of an immortal race dedicated to fighting evil.

11/16--Mr. Magorian's Wonder Emporium: family film starring Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman about a magical toy store.

12/07--The Golden Compass: 1st in the series based on Philip Pullman's classic "His Dark Materials" series. Great cast (also starring Kidman and Craig) in this quest story set in an alternate version of Oxford, England, where people's souls take animal form.

12/14--I Am Legend: Will Smith as a survivor of a deadly plague. Based on the classic by Richard Matheson (previously made as "The Omega Man").

12/25--Alien v. Predator 2: Do I really need to describe it?

12/25--The Water Horse: Based on the children's book by Dick King-Smith ("Babe"), about a boy who hatches a sea monster.

[tstone]

The Last Mimzy sounds interesting, but according to IMDB, it's not out until August. Ok, my bad, that's German.

The rest of the list, got some must sees, some probably will sees, and a few examples of crap.

Been hearing unfortunate things about "Sunshine", for example.

[Gentlemen Death]

Yeah, i am not to sure how i feel about those films. They all sound,"okay." Stuff about saving suns and human invasions....Is it me or has not many sci-fi films come out latley that have been worth buying, let alone watch? I honestly can not think of a good one that has come out in the last couple of years(If you consider CHildren of Men to be sci-fi, then that was probably the best one to come out)

I am not saying that these movies do not look good, or that i will not go see them, it is just that they do not look all that interesting. I mean you got another kid fantasy book coming out, another nic cage movie that looks like it makes no sense and something were we have to watch nicole kidman in two movies this year is just insane.

I am sure that there will be more coming out this year, but for this list so far, i am worried about the state of sci-fi in general. Maybe it has just lost its interstellar appeal....

[Tricksterson]

Am looking forward to The Golden Compass, Harry Potter and Stardust . Why isn't Pirates of the Caribean 3 listed? Don't tell me it's not fantasy, it's got undead, curses, sea monsters, a witchdoctress and whateverthehell Davy Jones is.

[Gentlemen Death]

I see PotC more as a action/adventure flick. Yeah there are fantasy elements in it but i always see this in movie stores under action/adventure. Another movie that i just thought of that gets in different categories is Total Recall, Sci-Fi or Action??? Or Sci-Fi/Action????

Anyways, for the most part alot of people already know that PotC is coming out this year and Harry pot-smoker. Seriously though, that kid needs to relax and take a bong hit or two, just sit back and let Ralph and the girl who is growing some boobs take care of it for once, damn!

[neglet]

I see PotC more as a action/adventure flick. Yeah there are fantasy elements in it but i always see this in movie stores under action/adventure. Another movie that i just thought of that gets in different categories is Total Recall, Sci-Fi or Action??? Or Sci-Fi/Action????

I was thinking PotC is a pirate movie, rather than what we traditionally consider fantasy. And that genre fans would be well aware of it.

As for "Total Recall," don't get me started on that criminal abuse of "science" fiction. It was so retarded (heads explode in space! you can generate a breatheable atmosphere on Mars in less than two minutes!) even I couldn't suspend my disbelief. Although since all the science in it was fiction, maybe that does make it "science-fiction" of a sort. :Tongue:

[Tricksterson]

Well, one of the wonderful things about both fantasy and science fiction is that they essentailly eat other gneres. A war story set in the future becomes military sci-fi, a fantasy set in oh say the 18th century Caribean becomes historical sci-fi etc. They shall be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

As for Total Recall has there ever been a remake of a Philip Dick story (except for Bladerunner) that hasn't been a total rape of the material?

[Gentlemen Death]

None that comes to mind.

No i take that back, A Scanner Darkly was really good. That is a film you need to watch more then once to understand it. Good, good movie.

[neglet]

Just a little note: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been bumped up to a Wednesday opening, so it's now coming out July 11 instead of July 13. And it is showing in IMAX--I'm really looking forward to it.

[Gentlemen Death]

I personally have not read the books. My gf has and has told me all I needed to know before watching the movies. The last two were actually really good, and I tend to try and stay away from the genre. I am looking forward to this new one, and the fact that my gf is going to go no matter what, I HAVE to look forward to this one:Smirk: .

[Violanthe]

I'll be interested to see Stardust. I didn't have much luck getting through the book, but I'm otherwise a fan of Gaiman