Opening: The Hurt Locker, Remember Me, When In Rome, plus

[TFM]

Four new movies enter the marketplace this week adding a little something for every demo.

Arguably, the high profile release this week is The Hurt Locker, the Academy-Awarding-winning film which upstaged Avatar and made Kathryn Bigelow (Cameron's ex wife) the first female director to ever win Best Director. It also holds the dubious title of being the lowest grossing Best Picture winner ever as it was mostly ignored before the Oscars took notice. The adult crowd will enjoy this one.

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Renner and Guy Pearce, the film is rated 14+. As far as reviews go, it was one of the BEST received films of last year.

Next up is Robert Pattison's Remember Me, a romantic drama about lovers who struggle to deal with family tragedies that threaten their relationship. Pattison hasn't had much success outside of the Twilight and Harry Potter franchises and judging by the box office for Remember Me, he'll have to keep waiting. I suspect Twilight fans with flock for a chance to see their favourite vampire.

It is rated 14+ while reviews were very average for this type of picture. Critics are saying the script is extremely predictable, but are more peeved about an apparent twist at the end.

Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel team up in the romantic comedy When In Rome about a young woman unlucky in love obtaining a magic coin during her visit to Italy, only to find out, it has made her irresistible to men. The film didn't exactly set the box office on fire, but it didn't do too bad either and the romantics will most likely turn out for this one.

Reviews were worse than those for Remember Me citing unfunny gags and overdone cliches. It is rated All Ages.

Finally is Our Family Wedding starring America Ferrera, Forest Whitaker, Regina King and Taye Diggs. The film follows a young interracial couple dealing with mixing the traditions of their cultural families in the run up to their big day. I think this is probably the most relatable of all the films being released, and should do pretty well here.

The film was received poorly both commercially and critically. It is rated 14+.

 

[Wyspa]

I'm interested in seeing the Hurt Locker. I have to see the film that beat the jaggernauth Avatar at the Oscars. I'm an avid Avatar fan. very passionate. there's so many levels of in the film its mind numbing.... The underdog has always been a favourite in the Oscars. Plus Sci-fi movies are rarely honoured at the prestigious awards. If I'm not mistaken, James cameron's previous sci-fi flick Terminator 2 was beaten by an underdog movie at the time at the oscars.
Remember me starring Robert Patterson will most denfinitely NOT be on my radar. I can't get the annoying vampire character Edward from the Twilight saga aside. Think of it as carry over baggage from a franchise that is so sweet and goody-two-shoes that it almost makes me diabetic.
When in Rome may be a one time watch for me, oly because the wife will enjoy it.Yup! She be just as happy to drag my behind to the multiplex kicking and screaming all the way to see a romance comdey. She's a sucker for the genre. most women are...
Our Family Wedding seems like the most solid of the two romance comedies. I've read that there are indeed some good highlights of the show. While I don't usually agree with critics, i must admit that i thought about giving this movie a chance.

 

[TFM]

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker either, but the reviews have been absolutely glowing so I'll be checking it out as well. I honestly believe the only reason Avatar lost the Oscar for Best Director was because James Cameron didn't want it, and he was very vocal about it. He himself felt like he didn't deserve it, and he didn't jockey for it so voters didn't take his nomination seriously. Also, Avatar's box office worked against it. It is the highest grossing movie of all time, so one, most people thought it was overhyped (as in it wasn't as good as the box office made it seem), and two, people got fed up of hearing about it. It was Avatar all the time, everywhere, 24/7. In the weeks leading up to the Oscars, The Hurt Locker became the frontrunner and with the help of some noticeable support from other award shows, they swayed the voters. Plus they campaigned for it, Avatar didn't. They just let the film play and hoped it would pull it out. I'll say now, if Cameron wanted it, he would've gotten it, and Best Picture too.

I'm passing on Remember Me and When In Rome, although I understand what you mean about being dragged to romantic movies. I used to go through that all the time.

I will probably check out Our Family Wedding too. I used to like Carlos Mencia when he had his show on Comedy Central, but now I can't stand him. He got real unfunny. Fast.