New Year, New Stuff

Happy New Year to everyone. It is now officially the ninth year of the second millennium of modern-day reckoning, and frankly, I don't feel any different at all. But that's just me.

Anyway, 2009 seems to be a very promising year with great Hollywood movies lined up (shame on me for not patronizing Philippine Cinema, I know, but my New Year's resolutions this year include watching more local films). Here are a few examples of some movies ahead:

• G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (viva la eighties!)
  
• The Spirit (300 another)
• Dorian Gray (long live literature)
  
• Fanboys (for all the Jedi out there)
  
• Sherlock Holmes (c'mon ladies, it's Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law!)
  
• Nottingham (Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, and Ridley Scott. I mean, c'mon...)
• The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson is back)
  
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Heath Ledger...)
• Coraline (we're still waiting for The Sandman, Mr. Gaiman!)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (It's Soundwave!)
  
• Inglourious Basterds (blame Quentin Tarantino for the spelling)
• Terminator Salvation (oh my God it's Christian Bale!)
  
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (It's Gambit!)
  
• Watchmen (finally!)
  
• Star Trek (I like Star Wars more, but what the heck)
  
• Public Enemies (oh my God it's Christian Bale and Johnny Depp!)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (let's get it over with so we can watch The Deathly Hallows!)

Whew. That should keep me busy for this year. Embarrassingly, I get giddy as a schoolgirl when I think of how many Christian Bale movies they have this year. This man-crush thing is driving me crazy.

And finally, Da Couch Tomato will be trying something new this year, changing the rating system from five (5) stars to ten (10) stars. I feel somehow restricted by the five-star system, but let's see if the new system works better.

And as my last words, let me share with you some wisdom to guide you through life: "Love and romance come and go, but movies will always be there." (What?)

Enjoy the new year, everyone.