Most Anticipated Movies of 2009 (part 1)

2009 is shaping up to be a pretty kick ass year for movies. Here are a few flicks I’m looking forward to! This is the first in a series of posts.

Watchmen

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?

Star Trek

From director J.J. Abrams (”Mission: Impossible III,” “Lost” and “Alias”) and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (”TRANSFORMERS,” “MI: III”) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, “Star Trek,” featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before.

Explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.

Terminator: Salvation

In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

I Love You, Man

At first I thought this movie would be lame. But…with Paul Rudd you can’t go wrong.

After getting engaged, Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) realizes he’s short on guy friends. In order to correct the issue, Peter begins to go on man-dates.

Related posts:

1. Most Anticipated Movies of 2009 (part 2)
2. Movie Review: Watchmen
3. I Love You, Man is Loved; Knowing Not So Much
4. New Star Trek TV Spot
5. Geekgasm! New Star Trek Trailer!

Tags: Christian Bale, I Love You Man, JJ Abrams, McG, Paul Rudd, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Trailers, Watchmen, Zack Snyder

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