Movies, The good, the Bad and the ???

First off is the Chicken Little movie.
Other than Shrek, the non-pixar theaters have had trouble making a critically acclaimed all CGI movie. But as always I hope for the best with Disney. It would be nice if this and Toy Story 3 both came out as hits, enticing Pixar back. But as we all know, CGI failure at the Disney Studios will make Pixar smug. They will remain insistent on demands Disney can't grant. On the other hand if the Disney Studios do show they don't need Pixar, Disney may not want to renew their relationship.

Second are the sequels/remakes
The Mask of Zorro was not that great. I loved the movie but it wasn't that great, just campy. Sequels are hard to make especially when it was a perfectly done first movie. Such is King Kong. It may have been a wonderful idea of a movie in 1933 but watching that movie now is painful if your not a old movie buff. However if anyone can make it work it is Peter Jackson. Now all the sequels/remakes about to be released can make moviegoing suck. However if Batman Begins showed us anything it is a sequel can be fresh. And as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory proves, only a pre-prejudice to the original can ruin a genius redo.

The worst is going to be DOOM.
This movie was originally going to be a blockbuster budgeted movie from Warner. When Universal was able to grab the rights of this fast track property in 2004 it quickly laid out a schedule which even with a 2 month extension took only a year from start to screen. To put this into context choosing a script and director, filming, and post production can take a year and a half each. This movie took a year and a half from the grabbing of the DOOM property to the screen next month.** This isn't a list of the worst movies, but a list of movies I would like to look forward too that might not live up to my hopes. Well, I may be painting a bleak picture but the future is not that bad. I mean Harry Potter and The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe is also just around the corner. On my watch list of posable good movies is Serenity and Mirror Mirror. (Speaking of Serenity, the TV show Firefly was on a short time and I never got into the story-line. Mirror Mirror looks way weird but in a good way. And I love Henson stuff. I'm so looking forward to The Power of the Dark Crystal) **I found it interesting after watching months of interviews back in 2001 and 2002 with "Dwayne Johnson" the Serious Actor he became "The Rock" after only the first round of Scorpion King focus groups.