Movie-Holic

The summer movie season is upon us and this year looks like a major year for turning out the box office hits. Getting things started with movies like X-Men Wolverine and Star Trek and showing no signs of letting up, this could be one of the biggest years in some time.

I’m looking forward to a lot of movies, but I thought I would let you know what five movies I’m looking forward to the most in 2009. They will be listed in no particular order, but there is one that I absolutely can’t wait to see and I would gladly miss every one of the movies this year, if I was only able to see just one.

Drag Me To Hell just looks like it might be one of those horror films that actually is a horror film. I am sick of the promises from trailers and movie news that promise there will be plenty of scary moments only to be a gore fest instead of something truly horrific. I’m hoping that Drag Me To Hell is that movie of 2009. Last year Quarantine set the bar pretty high for horror movies. Can this one top it?

Drag Me To Hell stars Alison Lohman as a bank representative who is sent to evict a creepy old woman from her home. It only gets worse from there.

Up didn’t look like a movie I wanted to see when it first came out. I do like animated films and enjoy them when they are made with great care and quality. Bolt is one of those great movies that is fun and you can tell had some passion behind it. The creators really wanted to put together something that will be an instant classic. I am hoping that Pixar’s newest Up is that same thing.

The trailers are pretty funny and the film shorts from the movie leave you with a desire to see more.

When it comes to movies that are about history, have action, and star some pretty heavy hitters, I am there. Public Enemis starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale looks to be one of the big movies of the year and one I must see.

Set in the 1930’s, the film takes on the enigmatic John Dillinger (Depp) and his gang as they terrorize banks on an unprecedented crime spree. But, hot on their heels is FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Bale) who has the task to take him, and his gang, down.

I love movies set in this time and am hoping that like several others, Public Enemies is all I hope it to be.

G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra is one I was hoping would be made ever since I was 10. The animated versions were ok, but I wanted something real. Something with some teeth on it. Something… well, like what is coming up on Aug. 7th.

While I probably wouldn’t have put Dennis Quaid in the lead role, I think he will do ok. The action sequences from the official G.I. Joe trailer look pretty good, I am hoping that the story line is a little better than the trailer lets on.

G.I. Joe is such an American icon that pulling off something like this has to take on a life of it’s own. But, it also has to deliver. While I can’t wait for the action in the movie, I am hoping that this movie breeds a whole new G.I. Joe market for kids (so I can get them for my son and enjoy them also!). Maybe not going to be the biggest movie this year, but I think we’ll all be surprised at how well it does against the heavy hitters of 2009.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the movie of 2009. If I could only see one movie this entire year… and maybe even for the next two… this would be it.

I have been waiting for the sequel to the original Transformers
,which is my favorite movie of all time, immediately after it was finished.

Being released on June 24th, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and a host of other Autobots and Decepticons are sure to be the biggest movie of all time. I am going out on a limb, probably not that much of a limb though, to say that this second Transformers movie will overtake The Dark Knight in Box Office earnings.

What’s on your list? What movies do you want to see?

Leave your five most anticipated movies of the year in the comments and we’ll compare.