Too soon to be excited

So I was Googling upcoming movies. And I know it is too soon to be excited for 2012 movies, but

http://www.movieinsider.com/m5625/the-great-gatsby/
GREAT GATSBY REMAKE!
Leonardo DiCaprio ... Jay Gatsby
Tobey Maguire ... Nick Carraway
Carey Mulligan ... Daisy Buchanan
Isla Fisher ... Myrtle
Elizabeth Debicki ... Jordan Baker
Joel Edgerton ... Tom Buchanan 

Leo is perfect for Gatsby, and Isla for Myrtle. And even though Tobey is super annoying in Spiderman, I'm sure he'll make a great (albeit slightly dunce-ish) Nick. I can't really picture Carey Mulligan as Daisy, even though she was great in Pride and Prejudice (I haven't seen Never Let Me Go yet). 

No, wait.  I can picture it now. I am so excited. 

YES.

http://www.movieinsider.com/m5680/the-raven/

I had an emo stage where I really liked Edgar Allan Poe poems. So I am excited for this. Also, John Cusack is kinda cute.

John Cusack ... Edgar Allan Poe 
Luke Evans ... Detective
Alice Eve ... Fiancee

Wait, he has a goatee? Meeeh. :/ But you have to admit, he does look a lot like Poe now.

Best for last:

LES MIZ REMAKE! 

http://www.movieinsider.com/m8831/les-miserables/
Hugh Jackman ... Jean Valjean
Russell Crowe ... Inspector Javert
Anne Hathaway ... Fantine
Eddie Redmayne ... Marius

Now I don't normally like Anne Hathaway, but since Fantine is supposed to be naive but lovable bimbo that everyone pities, I'm thinking she'll do fine. Hugh Jackman is great, and not because of Wolverine (go see The Fountain, which I should have included in my favorites post. I'll write about it here, then.)

The Fountain (2006)

First heard about it while I was editing a friend's essay for her university class in Philosophy and Logic.

Trailer here, because the plot's a little hard to explain. (Three of the same guy but in different time periods search for immortality?)

YouTube highest rated comment: 
Best Hugh Jackman ever. I wish he was known for this instead of Wolverine. 

The uplifting soundtrack is great for making boring work seem more dramatic and exciting, too. 

Where was I? Oh, right, Les Miz. I'm sure Russell Crowe will do fine, and I looked up Eddie Redmayne, and it looks like he has the right amount of fop with a a hint of douche to be Marius. Hohoho, I should get that phrase patented. 

WAIT STOP

Directed by:	Tom Hooper

TOM HOOPER? OF KING'S SPEECH?

*spaz*

HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT UNTIL

In Movie Theaters:	December 7, 2012

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THIS IS A 

Genres:	Musical Adaptation

Wow, I am so excited. Woah. Woah. What. Woah. 

Favorite Movies

Haven't been updating because of school and work and all that. And been watching fewer movies too.

Let's see,  in one month I've only watched Captain America, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and  Bride and Prejudice. Rise of Apes trumped the other two, not because they  were bad or anything (they were all pretty darn good actually), but because I had to hold and comfort two scared friends while watching apes take over the planet. APES TAKING OVER THE PLANET IS SO FREAKING SCARY, MAN. And at first you're all sympathizing with Caesar. And then Tom Felton is mean and has an American accent. And then I'm the only one laughing in the theatre when there's that circus orangutan. And then before I know it both G. and A. are whimpering and crying and I have to pat them comfortingly. Rise of the Planet of the Apes definitely makes one of my favorites. 

lol circus orangutan

All that made no sense. Okay whatever, here I go with my favorites, in descending order.

• Pope Joan
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8 (see Summer post)
• Sita Sings the Blues 
• Ip Man 1,2
• Tombstone
• ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย
• มหา'ลัย เหมืองแร่
• Inglourious Basterds
• A Better Tomorrow 1,2,3

...

I just realized that a lot of these have the "Epic Line." You know, when at the climax there's this Epic Line. Like for Rise of Apes, it'd be SPOILER 

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Picture-heavy after the jump.

Favorite Books. And by favorite I mean "inducing giddy obsession"

Pink llama is there to add balance. I bought these classics at one book fair sale for <100B each, which is why they're all the same Wordsworth editions. 8D

In order of favorite to most favorite.Won't repeat Brontë/Austen stuff.