Ahoy hoy

Remakes, remakes, remakes. Hollywood can't get enough of them at the moment and so far we've been used to remakes of older films. Recently I was flicking through the Australian edition of Empire Magazine and theirs a little bit they do every month where they pose a question to the writing staff . The question this month was 'And the movie we'd like remade?' Most of the answers were older movies accept for one...Terminator Salvation. Perfect answer considering how dissapointing that movie was. How cool would it be if by some miracle another director and cast could take a stab at the material and remake the film a couple of years after it's first release.

What recent movies would you like to see remade?

I'm thinking they have to fall in the last 5 years (max 10 if you want to get broad). I've been thinking about this one and in no particular order...

1. Terminator Salvation
2. Any of the Pirates of the Caribean sequels
3. I Am Legend
4. Any of the Star Wars prequels
5. X-Men Origins Wolverine
6. X-Men: The Last Stand
7. Spiderman 3
8. Daredevil
9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
10. Superman Returns

I know a lot of the movies are similar but I'm a big action/adventure fan and was really hyped to see those movies and was dissapointed. Keep in mind that if the movies are remade it will be a whole new take on the basic idea of the movie, that means new script, director, actors etc. Now you've seen my list i'd love to hear from you. What recent movies would you like to see remade?

Looking forward to hearing from you

The Popcorn Junkie

Ahoy hoy,

My very first blog on rotten tomatoes, i'm so nervous, I hope I don't smell anything wrong...dammit!

In Australia at the moment we're smack bang right in the middle of Winter which means it's Summetime in the states, hello blockbusters!

All over the world we've seen the marketing genuis that is 'Bruno' which comes out in Australia next week. So far most of the reviews i've read say it's pretty good which is strange, a good summer blockbuster in 2009? Is it just me or have we been served up some shockers this year. Think to yourself, what is the best summer movie you've seen so far. Now name another one? Are you a little stumped? Then we're on the same page. Out of all the big heavily overpromoted movies to come out so far this year Star Trek is the only one that really left an impression on me (and i don't think it even came out in summer?) .

Let me know if you feel the same or send me some abuse if i'm dead wrong. Maybe i'm suffering some brain damage after seeing Transformers: Revenge of the fallen?

The Popcorn Junkie