Greetings What Culture readers! My name is Savage Ron, and I’d like to welcome you to my first post. After months of coming up with a great idea for an article submission, only to be beaten to the punch by someone else with a damn near identical article, I finally got one, and here it is: The Top 15 Most Anticipated Movies of 2013!
Yes, it’s only October, and yes there are still 3 films from this year’s most anticipated list that haven’t yet been released (Skyfall, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Django Unchained), but it’s never too soon to look ahead to the AWESOME slate of movies heading to our screens next year. While 2012 has been a pretty decent year for films so far, even with the glut of superhero films and sequels, I think next year could end up looking like 2009, in terms of out of nowhere surprises and good ol’ original sci-fi – something that has been lacking in recent years, at least good examples anyway.
Side note – the top 4 are all wholly original scripts; number one was actually my number two most anticipated of 2012, before it got pushed back til ‘13. That’s the only hint you’ll get, so you must read on to see which movies we’ll all be talking about next year, and should already be looking forward to.
Honorable Mentions:
Monster’s University, The Great Gatsby, World War Z, Oldboy (remake), Stoker, Oz The Great and Powerful
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Pretty much on point.
Thanks Cole!
I would add Cloud Atlas, but that’s me. Otherwise, great list!
Sorry Matias, I was thinking/writing about North American releases, since that’s where I live. Cloud Atlas comes out here next weekend, hence its exclusion.
Where do you live?
Isn’t oblivion just basically wall-e?
Anchorman was not the funniest movie of 2004. That accolade belongs to Dodgeball.
I respectfully disagree. While I hold nothing against Dodgeball, nothing can top Anchorman in terms of re-watchability and quotability, in my eyes.
A lot of the original flicks I hadn’t even heard of prior to this article, so thanks for opening my eyes. Great list though, I’m eagerly anticipating.
Thanks Rich! Glad to be of service.
What the hell happened to Assassin’s Creed?
Trust me, if it were coming out next year, it would be on the list. At this point, there is no star, director, writer, or even a studio attached. Just Fassbender potentially attached as producer and maybe actor. But don’t worry, once we see some movement on it, ie: script turned in, cast/crew hired, filming beginning and a release date set, it’ll go on whatever Most Anticipated list I’m doing at the time.
Great list! I’d have to say, when I read the synopsis for Elysium, I think of class disparity as the most relevant theme at play there. But I guess we have to actually see the film before we can make that kind of judgement.
Good call for sure. I see them both working in harmony, but you’re right I think – class disparity will probably be more front and center. I was thinking about Matt Damon’s character trying to immigrate to the space station, but you’re probably more on point here. Thanks for reading!
Ron,
I couldn’t agree more. Of course, my views on placement may be different, as they are for everyone, but all those movies are going to be phenomenal. Best of luck to you as you continue on with your career writing about movies. After this read, I can only hope you continue to write.
Thanks Tom! I appreciate all the positive feedback on my first article, yours especially. Thanks for the future well wishing, and I hope the next article is as good for you as this one!
Great list. I’m compiling my own for a magazine. It’s similiar in terms of what’s on it, except for 3 movies that I think are worth thinking about and will be pleasant surprises. Dead Man Down by the director of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version) starring the awesome duo of Colin Farrell and Nooni Rapace. 2 Guns with Wahlberg and Denzel playing under cover cops, and RED 2, how dare you leave this off the list!! RED was awesome. And speaking of Drive, I just saw the description of this Ryan Gosling film, The Place Beyond The Pines, about a motorcyclist forced to commit a crime for his son and the consequences that follow, Gosling never disappoints, I think i’m going to sneak that on my list too.
But anyways, cool list dude! Keep up the writing!
Cruise, Damon, Clooney. Three of the least likeable Hollywood “stars” in my opinion. Makes it hard to get excited for any of their flicks, regardless of potentially intriguing plots.
And I really don’t understand how Nolan, who is now famous for a consistently dark and gritty (and excellent) Batman saga, can bring anything positive to Superman. Superman is not and should not be “dark and gritty”. We’ll see.