10:58 PM
My Top 10 Most Anticipated 2016 Movies
10:58 PMWell, with all the hype that followed with that amazing Suicide Squad trailer trailer that came out yesterday, I wanted to make a new blog ...
Well, with all the hype that followed with that amazing Suicide Squad trailer trailer that came out yesterday, I wanted to make a new blog post! My Top 10 most anticipated movies for this year. Honestly, I would've made this post yesterday when the Suicide Squad trailer was released (because ever since Suicide Squad had been whispered about on the internet, I've been stoked) but literally everyone was watching the trailer yesterday and YouTube totally bugged out on me...sob.
Anyway, here are my Top 10's and why!
10) SUICIDE SQUAD
Okay so, despite being super stoked as I previously mentioned when I first heard about Suicide Squad being in the works...this movie falls at #10 for me. Why? Well, because I love Harley Quinn. Dr. Harleen Quinzel, to be exact. I love her character development, I love her origin story, I love why she acts the way she does, her growth and journey, and her reasons for becoming a villain. In all, I guess you could say she's more of an antihero? Honestly I don't know what girl doesn't look up to Harley Quinn (at least to some extent).
But after finally watching this trailer today...and then watching it again, and again, and picking out certain information. It doesn't look like it's the origin story for Harley that is my favorite. In fact, this movie appears to be focusing on the exact opposite origin story where Harley didn't even have a choice in becoming who she is—which basically means that this is not the Harley Quinn that I know and love.
Either way, I'm still excited for the movie. The concept is cool, the characters are cool, and I'm still curious to see the direction this goes in. I'm just (honestly) not as excited as before.
9) THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR
There's not much to talk about on this movie except to say that I am excited for it. A little more excited for it than Suicide Squad after I figured out the whole episode with Harley Quinn thing. Anyway I wouldn't say I'm stoked for Winter's War, but out of other movies coming out this year I'm anticipating it. It feels so long since I watched Snow White and the Huntsman, and I actually really enjoyed that story line and how the movie played out. And at the time, despite Kristen Stewart not being extremely popular due to the whole Twilight fail—I actually really loved her in the movie and the part she played.
To top it all off, I really like prequels and origin stories and I'm interested to see how the Huntsman actually got mixed up in the entire mess that happened in the first place.
8) CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
I mean, honestly, just like every fan, I've been dying to know what happens next. I'm not a huge Marvel and DC comic nerd (although I do tend to prefer Marvel stuff a bit more) but after watching the first Captain America after waiting for the second one to come out before I finally figured, "Hey, I should watch this," I've been hooked. I have so far enjoyed The Avengers movie line and Captain America (not so much Thor, unpopular opinion - I know) so I'm pretty excited to see what happens next. I do have to say I love how the movies all interconnect...honestly, I think that's what's most fun about all this for me.
7) GHOSTBUSTERS
Ooookay. So. Ghostbusters is at #7 for me because I am excited, yet also not. But a little bit more excited than other movies I've mentioned. Why am I excited? Well...kick-ass female remake, duh! What more could make me more excited than that? Oh, I know—the diverse cast! Hell. Yeah. Why am I not excited, though?
Because I grew up on Ghostbusters. My dad loved it. My mom loved it. My brother loved it. I loved it. We would have Ghostbusters marathons...and by that I mean we would literally just watch the original Ghostbusters movie at least 3 times in a row, back to back, on the same exact day. My brother especially loves the movies. So I have a lot of standards this remake has to live up to, although I'm hoping it doesn't make me too biased...
6) THE WITCH
5) LONDON HAS FALLEN
Morgan Freeman. What else am I supposed to say?
Okay, I suppose I'll say a bit more—it looks like a good action movie with a pretty good story. So, of course I'm in. Plus, Morgan Freeman. Plus, the president's bodyguard seems like a pretty cool character. I just wish the movie wasn't titled "London Has Fallen" while being so America-centric. Meh.
4) WARCRAFT
The nerd in me is rejoicing! Yay! I'll be honest, though, I haven't played Warcraft—but I've basically pined after the game for so long in my life and wished I had enough money to play it that I pretty much know what's going on and what the game is about. I'm normally skeptical about video game movies...but from the trailers it looks like they did Warcraft some justice. Let's hope, anyway.
Either way. Humans, orcs, war—oh my! I can't wait!
3) THE JUNGLE BOOK
Okay seriously I can't say much about this one (unlike the whole Morgan Freeman joke). The Jungle Book is one of my favorite Disney movies. One of them. I have many. But still, I'm so excited to see it brought to their live action series! I never saw Cinderella, but I loved Maleficent so I've been anticipating The Jungle Book for a while!
2) ASSASSIN'S CREED
Like I mentioned before. I'm skeptical about video game movies. Heck, there isn't even a freaking trailer released for it! But, hey, at least the poster looks awesome.
Also Assassin's Creed is one of my favorite video game franchises—so of course this would be #2 on my list. I just hope this one really doesn't let me down!
1) TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Okay remember how I said my brother loved Ghostbusters and we'd sit and watch the movie over and over again, back to back?
Yeah take that and double that love for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. My brother and I really, really did grow up on TMNT. We owned toys, we owned movies, we owned cartoon movies and TV shows on DVDs and there's so much TMNT stuff that we had at one point I've literally lost track and gotten a lot of it all jumbled up. Also—I freaking L-O-V-E-D the first TMNT live action remake! Well, actually, can you call it a remake? It did its own justice. Anyway, that being said, of course I'm out of this world excited for the second TMNT movie!
Also, they've brought in Bebop and Rocksteady!!! I literally haven't seen those two since my childhood cartoon days. Oh, and Casey Jones. Man! Blast from the past, I'm so ready—bring it on, childhood memories!
Before I forget, because I wanted to keep this list to a minimum and not ramble on, I do have some honorable mentions:
- I'm really anticipating Moana (2016), because Dwayne Johnson! Yay! I love The Rock and so far I've pretty much liked all his movies. Also, pretty and cute colored princess! Moana's voice actress is adorable.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). I know it's not a 2016 movie but the fact that we finally have a year and some info on when it's coming out!!! Seriously, PotC is one of my favorite film franchises and Johnny Depp is my favorite actor. I wish I didn't have to wait another year for this movie!
- The Forest, with Natalie Dormer, is another honorable mention—simply for the fact that it came out before I could write this, haha. I'm excited to see Dormer in something other than Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games. Also, I've always been into Japanese mythology and the Japanese culture, so I love that this movie is touching on the Suicide Forest. Even if it's for a scary movie that may or may not be crappy.
So those are, at the moment, my most anticipated movies for the year. What are yours?
