Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Movies That Should Come Across the Pond

So I've found some movies that I want to see...but they suffer the same problem that Danny Boyle's Sunshine did: they're being released in Europe and don't appear to be coming out in the US anytime soon except possibly in a very limited release.

Outlander:
Now, true, this movie looks like it may be complete shite. But, it might not. Basically Jim Caviezel (aka Jesus the Christ) is a space bounty hunter chasing a monster. They crash land on earth back in 709AD (sounds like the Transformers/DinoRiders plot beginning) and he gets held up by some Vikings after apparently losing a bunch of his sweet space gear. Ensue massive battles with a dragon and Vikings.



Franklyn:
Now this is the one that looks ridiculously amazing. It seems to be something like steampunk meets V for Vendetta meets 12 Monkeys. Ryan Phillipe is a masked assassin-type character. Eva Green is a hot girl, which isn't surprising (Vesper Lynn in Casino Royale). Plus, we can't tell if its actually set in contemporary London and is all a dream story, or in futuristic steampunk-esque metropolis. All I know is that I want one of those Super Top Hats. You could pull a rhino out of those...Oh, that the first line in the trailer is amazing.

2 comments:

Darcy said...

the Jesus the Space Viking movie looks amazing simply because its possibly the most ABSURD CONCEPT EVER.

That Franklyn movie looks faboo!! Ryan Phillipe's mask gives me the heebie jeebies though...stupid Europe! You Bogart everything that's awesome!

Lady Lara Jones said...

Agreed. Seriously. Space Jesus vs. Vikings. Vs. Monsters looks amazing-tastic. I'm there!