After a year of not too much to get excited about, it's surprising to see that there are at least 3 movies of interest which are about to be released in Australia and are getting strong reviews:
1. early reviews of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol are very good, and as I anticipated, Brad Bird has apparently made an excellent live action director. A couple of reviewers are actually calling this the most enjoyable MI movie, so I am keen to see it.
The NYT has an interesting article about Mr Bird in which it's noted that Tom Cruise contacted him after The Incredibles and asked, if ever he wanted to do live action, to direct him. There you go - Tom has good intuition about some things, at least.
2. Tintin starts on Boxing Day, and it's likely my family will be there to see it at the earliest opportunity. The reviews remain mostly strong, and I see it has already made a couple of hundred million dollars in Europe. (It seems particularly popular in France - I am a little surprised at the weakness in the English box office. Maybe some people did pay attention to the relentless and bizarre Guardian obsession against the film?
3. Spielberg's War Horse also gets released on Boxing Day, and although it seems to me to be getting very little in the way of pre-publicity, some preview audiences have been pretty impressed. I am pretty sure I will have to overcome my horse aversion as see it.
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