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    Get Hyped: The big movies of 2019 (part one)

    By Matthew Martin
    | January 7, 2019
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    Every year it seems we say “this year is going to be incredible for movies” but this year…hoo baby. This year looks like nothing cinemas have seen since the magical year of 1982. There are so many potentially huge films coming out this year, we can’t even fit them all in one article.

    So let’s just look at SOME of what’s coming in the first half of 2019…

    JANUARY

    GLASS

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    After a string of embarrassing features, M. Night Shyamalan bounced back in 2015 with The Visit, a solid (maybe a bit too panache, but that’s expected considering the director) horror movie that retained his patented twist ending but dispensed with the pretension that ruined films like The Village, The Happening, or The Lady in the Water. This one had more of a homespun, almost indie feel to it. Audiences received it warmly (that they gave it a chance at all is probably because the director’s name was downplayed in advertising).

    He parlayed that success into releasing a movie that was marketed as an M. Night movie, the way his movies used to be before he flew off the rails. Split was a fine enough film with a great leading performance and not much else…until M Night did his thing and pulled the rug out from us in the end: Split is a film set in the universe of Unbreakable (the director’s second major movie) and his follow-up will bring the two films together.

    Shyamalan took a lot of heat back in 2000 when he released Unbreakable. It was an era before “comic book” movies were mainstream so that aspect of the movie was kept from audiences before release. Upon seeing it, many left frustrated at what seemed to be only half a movie. That was by design: M. Night planned for the movie to be just the origin story of the hero (played by Bruce Willis). He intended to come back to the universe again but his aforementioned box office disasters nixed that.

    Now he gets to revive the old idea and release the movie he wanted nearly twenty years ago, in an era where the original has had a chance to be appreciated and in a climate where comic book movies are the bread and butter genre in Hollywood.

    The stars are aligning, later this month we’ll see if he can stick the landing and score a third-straight “good” movie.

    BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: $450mm

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    FEBRUARY

    THE LEGO MOVIE 2

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    The first LEGO Movie is easily one of the most surprising “great” films of the past decade. Before its release the expectations for the movie were low. Most expected a bland cash-in, with writing and tone reminiscent of schlock like the Madagascar movies or the Despicable Me films. Instead, Lord and Miller, fresh off the also-better than expected 21 Jump Street, solidified themselves as it-names with a movie that combined genuine humor with an ending so poignant you’d think you were watching Pixar.

    A sequel was inevitable and after LEGO Batman adequately tided us over, the time has come for a proper follow-up to the 2015 surprise hit. Lord and Miller aren’t directing this time but they are producing and did write the screenplay, leaving the directing to veteran animation helmsman Mike Mitchell.

    The surprise of the first one (that the movie is basically a representation of a kid playing with his dad’s vintage LEGOs) can’t be duplicated. Most have already guessed what’s happening behind the scenes with this one, but the ads have been on point and there’s nothing to indicate a drop in quality or a “sell-out” feel to the film.

    This should be great. It won’t break the box office, but it will bring Warner Bros. a nice chunk of change before Disney dominates the next five months.

    BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: $500mm

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    MARCH

    CAPTAIN MARVEL

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    The ads have been kinda bland, if we’re being honest. But after ten years and twenty films, if anyone has earned the benefit of the doubt it’s Kevin Feige. Captain Marvel is being positioned as the next face of the MCU, with Robert Downey Jr. and his Iron Man persona clearly being phased out, one way or another, so there’s a lot of pressure on this movie to leave audiences not only wanting more but confident in the future of the whole Marvel franchise.

    Fortunately, Feige and co. have never failed to stick the landing. When they had to start strong, they gave us Iron Man. When the first team-up movie had to succeed, they gave us Avengers. When a bizarre unheard of property like Guardians of the Galaxy needed simply to work, it blew everyone away. When Infinity War released with years of hype and expectations that couldn’t possibly be reached, it exceeded them. I think we can rest easy that Captain Marvel will be juuuust fine.

    BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: $800mm

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    DUMBO

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    Disney has a whole Infinity Gauntlet at their disposal, any digit on which is more than capable of keeping their tremendous business expenditures rolling along. They have Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, in-house Animated films, the recently acquired Fox, and also their “animated remakes” division.

    It’s an idea so stupidly simple you have to just laugh at their ability to pull it off so easily: Take their beloved animated classics and update them, giving them a fresh CGI coat of paint. Cinderella did well. The Jungle Book made serious bank. Beauty and the Beast was huge. Now 2019 brings a trio of tales back to the big screen.

    First up is Dumbo, directed by Tim Burton. It’s a movie tailor-made for the dark director of films like Edward Scissorhands and The Corpse Bride. The dark and sometimes disturbing visuals of the original (the separation from Dumbo’s mother, the pink elephants, the jive-talking crows…hmm…maybe not that last one) will be right at home with Burton. As a life-long fan of the director, I can’t wait to see what he does with it. If he’s more inspired than he was with Alice in Wonderland (let’s not speak of it) then this should be magic.

    BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: $600mm

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    BlogTreasure
    BlogTreasure
    3 years ago

    It is already past January and it just hit me that I did not get a chance to watch Glass. Samuel L Jackson is to me who Denzel Washington was back in the day. I haven’t watched any movie he has starred in since Captain America.

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    Gavin the Binge-Watcher
    Gavin the Binge-Watcher
    3 years ago

    Glass was excellent and came with a twist ending as usual from MNS. Now I’m waiting for Captain Marvel to hit the cinema. I can’t wait to see it with a female heroine as it’s new and different for a change.

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    Dave
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    3 years ago
    Reply to  Gavin the Binge-Watcher

    Have you managed to watch Captain Marvel yet? The fact that it is the first female-led superhero movie is really exciting for most people. We are almost done with the first quarter of the year and I am yet to watch most movies in this list. I think it is time I moved with speed.

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    BlogTreasure
    BlogTreasure
    3 years ago

    It is already past January and it just hit me that I did not get a chance to watch Glass. Samuel L Jackson is to me who Denzel Washington was back in the day. I haven’t watched any movie he has starred in since Captain America.

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    Natasha Yves
    Natasha Yves
    3 years ago
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    I’m also disappointed at missing the chance to watch Glass in theatres. I miss Denzel Washington being in every other movie. He’s a great actor albeit a tad “type cast.” He always seemed to play the same character in many roles.

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    Snarky-Guru
    Snarky-Guru
    3 years ago

    I’m interested in seeing the Disney remakes of Dumbo and Aladdin. I wonder if Dumbo will be even darker than it was in cartoon form considering that Tim Burton is the director.

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    Thatcher
    Thatcher
    3 years ago
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    Have you viewed the new trailer for Disney’s remake of Aladdin? It’s pretty terrible. Will Smith looks ridiculous and he doesn’t measure up to Robin Williams at all.

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    Snarky-Guru
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    3 years ago
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    I saw it and I agree that it was dreadful. Will Smith looked like a bloated Smurf where they tried too hard to “animate” him like the Genie in the cartoon. They took the interpretation too literally in my opinion. Maybe the final product won’t be quite as rough. I’m no longer looking forward to the film at the moment.

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    Thatcher
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    3 years ago

    There’s still quite a long wait, but I’m looking forward to Shazam in April. I’m hoping the trailers aren’t just hype because the show seems humorous and fun from what they’ve shown.

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    BlogTreasure
    BlogTreasure
    3 years ago
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    At times trailers give a rather different picture of what to expect but hopefully, this movie will live up to its billing. What other movies are you hoping to watch in the period before April?

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    KeeperofUnicorns
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    3 years ago

    My kids are looking forward to the new Lego movie, but I could do without it. I’m hoping Captain Marvel turns out well despite the lackluster previews.

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    Bigfoot
    Bigfoot
    3 years ago

    The movies in the list that I wanted to watch are Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Dark Phoenix. The movies that are not listed in which I’m very much interested in seeing are The Lion King, How To Train Your Dragon, and John Wick 3.

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    BlogTreasure
    BlogTreasure
    3 years ago
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    I am really hoping to watch Avengers:Endgame, Godzilla: King of The Monsters and X-men: Dark Phoenix. I have seen great reviews about the Lion King and so I am surprised not to see it here.

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    Stargazer
    Stargazer
    3 years ago

    The two Marvel movies, Captain Marvel and The Avengers, are the ones that I’m excited about. I might be biased, but the story of the Avengers fit so well together even though each superhero has its own story to tell.

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