Calling All Heroes

With today's current stagnant economy, high unemployment, political unrest, and slew of recent natural disasters, it's no wonder that the populace still seeks to escape from harsh realities by watching movies. And what better way than watching a movie about heroes?

This summer's fare of films will not disappoint. New heroes to the scene will be "Green Lantern" (Ryan Reynolds), "Captain America" (Chris Evans), and "Thor" (Chris Hemsworth). Returning heroes Jack Sparrow of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", Sam Witwicky of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", and "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2".

These movies don't just represent an escape to the fantasy world on our part. They symbolize the hope that the inner heroes in all of us can relate to these characters who live a life of doing the right thing, and when called upon, can emerge super.

The Next Generation...

In contemplating the future of movies, there are a few young actors on the horizon that have shown signs of becoming one of the great ones. I've picked two that I believe that,if they can stay true to their art, and not let the distractions of Hollywood consume them (yes, Lindsay Lohan, this means you), they can are great role models for prospective young actors and actresses still yet to be discovered

Abigail Breslin's first role in the movie thriller "Signs" earned her much praise from both audiences and fellow actors, for her serious focus on her role. Her film,"Little Miss Sunshine", a comedy drama, garnered her a nomination for an Academy Award. Even though she did not win the Oscar, her talent shows that it will be only a matter of when she will win it, not if she will win it.

Shia LeBouf first entered the scene as a cast member on the Disney Channel sitcom "Even Stevens", where he played the typical mischievous, pain-in-the-neck younger brother Louis Stevens. His talent was soon to be recognized on a rollercoaster of popular movies, the "Transformers" movies, "Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Wall Street 2", "Disturbia", and "Eagle Eye".  His ability to play diverse roles in the many genres of movies - comedies, action, drama, science fiction - have established him as a very talented artist.

The Expendables 2?

Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone and many others, was a box office hit. Could we see a sequel in the future? According to Stallone, one is in the works and he will not direct or write it, as he did for the first one.

A planned August 17, 2012 release, it will reportedly feature Vin Diesel, Chuck Norris, and many other actions stars. I am excited for this sequel, the first one was really good, it reminded me of the 80's action films. So hopefully we hear more about the plot details and the definite actors.

Here's a fan made poster i found online, it shows the actors that might be in the film.

More Movie Theaters types?

We are all used to going to a first run movie theaters and used to the smell of popcorn and expenisve tickets. But could the movie theater idea be re worked into specialty theaters? For example, one of the theaters in your area could be theater that shows just black and white films or kids movies. Maybe a couple theaters in your area could also serve you food and beverages right to your chair.

These are a couple of ideas brought up on the internet to further the life of an movie theater. One idea was to have theaters that either show one kind of movie or format. For example go to a theater to see all black and white films, either old ones or new ones. Another example is the theater will be a kid friendly theater, complete with a kid friendly snack bar, bathrooms and theatre. Maybe bathrooms inside the theater, so adults dont miss the show and its convenient. Also the kid friendly theater would also not have cranky adults who are there on dates and get mad for kids distrubting the show. It would be a kid friendly theater.

A new theater that has been out the last few years but will see if it last in the future and maybe this will be the way theaters go. The concept is a theater crew member will bring you food and drinks. You can sit in your seat in the theater and order a steak dinner with a beer, all from the comfort in you chair. No more long lines, and missing your show. There are already a couple locations throughout the country, but time will tell this will catch on and make movie theaters very upscale.

Another idea to change the movie theater landscape, well my idea for the future, is to bring back drive in theaters. This would be a great way to go green and save money on building huge 20 theater buildings. I never been to one, but there are not too many left currently, but i feel if they brought them back and they had the old rate of a set price for a car load, i know they would be popular. The drive in theater model, only uses a set amount of acres and the use of speakers are not needed, just need your car stereo. I think this would be awesome, sit in your car and watch a movie.

In the future, movie theaters will be changing alot, hopefully they wont go the drain, because i like getting away and spending time with my girlfriend and see a movie at the local theater.

Smurfs, time to relive your childhood

What color does a smurf to turn and when you squeeze them? I do not know, but i do know that coming to a movie theatre near you, the smurfs will appear and be a 3D and cgi film. Heres the plot right from Wikipedia:

"Set in the Middle Ages, the evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) discovers the Smurfs' village and chases them into a wooded area. The Smurfs get scattered and Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Anton Yelchin) wanders into a "forbidden" grotto and some of the other Smurfs follow. Since it's also a blue moon, a magical portal within the grotto transports them into present-day Central Park in New York.^[4] They take shelter with married couple Patrick and Grace Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) and try to find a way back to their village before Gargamel finds them"

Although, i did not grow up watching smurfs, i do remember seeing reruns on cartoon network and on tv, so im pretty excited for this. The is a rumor there will be a sequel or two to follow. So look forward it to be released this summer, either late July or August.

Reboots and Remakes Coming?

Finding the next original movie idea is harder than finding a needle in a hay stack. Since, its alot easier to take a movie previously created and remake with some different elements, could we see a rise in remakes and reboots. For example, The Batman Series, The next installment of the Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan, but after its release in 2012, Warner Brothers plans on rebooting the series shortly after.

I understand that Batman is high grossing franchise, but do it so quick??? Literally the last 20 years, have been 6 total films. But then again the Batman character will be reprised for the Justice League film, so althought its being rebooted, its getting reboot for a good reason.

Another example, The upcoming release of spiderman, it was original titled spiderman 4 but with delays and money problems, they decided to reboot it with a new director and cast

Im worried Hollywood will not come up with anymore ideas, and rely on past ones. So hopefully new ideas will be appearing on screen in the future.

BD-Live

There are radical changes on the horizon of how an audience watches a movie. There is a new technology called BD-Live that establishes a connection to the Internet to enhance your movie viewing experience by allowing viewer participation. The BD-Live works with a Blue Ray player or PS3. It allows viewers to save and share video clips of movies, participate in games and converse with other viewers while watching a movie.

The future of BD-Live is promising. It has the ability to establish a community base following for all movies, allowing the viewers to share knowledge or comments on the scenes as they are taking place. It also gives viewers the ability to converse with each other about other movies.

Walt Disney Studios figures prominently with the emergence of BD-Live. Many of the Disney films are available to the BD-Live community. This serves to enhance family bonding since family members across the country to view the movies together or play the games. Below is a link showing the many options BD-Live has for the consumer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5uRBN03hA&feature=player_embedded