Seven Movies I Want To See In 2017

There's a lot of good stuff coming up in the next year for us nerds; and while I wait for Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Rogue One, and Assassin's Creed I thought I'd list the seven films I am most eager for.

Before we start I'll give a list of "runners up": films I still want to see, just not as much as these.

Wonder Woman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Kong: Skull Island, Thor: Ragnarok, The Lego Batman Movie, Beauty and the Beast, Wolverine 3, War Of The Planet Of The Apes

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man is my favorite superhero ever, and from what I saw of Tom Holland's performance, we finally have an actor who captures both Peter Parker and Spider-Man. The fact that it seems to be drawing from both the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon and the classic Stan Lee/Steve Ditko run doesn't hurt either.

Plus...Michael Keaton. OG Batman VS Spider-Man. How could you not want to see it?

Justice League

I've run hot and cold on the DCEU; I haven't really loved any of the films so far, but neither have I outright hated them. Justice League is the first one of these I am legitimately excited for. I dig the cast-mostly Ezra Miller, who once again proves that Barry Allen is only interesting in alternate realities. The story sounds good-Bruce Wayne trying to form the League Seven Samurai-style? I dig it. But what really sells me is Ben Affleck and Geoff Johns. In addition to being executive producers, both men have helped punch up the screenplay. That, along with Affleck having a go in the editing bay, gives me hope that this will be more "third time's the charm" and less "three strikes, you're out."

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

The first Guardians of the Galaxy film was not only one of my favorite films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was one of my favorite comic book films ever. Great cast, great characters, great everything! So naturally they have to go bigger and better. Not to mention the added wrinkle of Ego the Living Planet (aka Daddy Star Lord). In short: I can't wait. Marvel hasn't let me down yet.

The Dark Tower

Stephen King is mostly known for his horror stories, but the one series I have read-and loved-from him is the Dark Tower. The story revolves around the gunslinger Roland Deschain and his battle against the sorcerer Randall Flagg, a story that traverses years and alternate dimensions. People have been trying to film it for YEARS; and next year is when it finally sees the light of day. Now King adaptations tend to be 50/50; either they're great or they suck, there's no in between. Let's hope this is a great one.

Also: Idris Elba is in it, so I was gonna watch this one way or another. LOL

Power Rangers

Power Rangers is something I've grown up with my whole life. Arguably it was my first exposure to the world of superheroes. And while I know parts of it have not aged well, and that it can be horrifically corny at times...I still love it. Old habits die hard I suppose. So when I heard we were getting a reboot of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers next year? I knew I had to see it.


Also...Michael Bay isn't attached so there's a plus.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions

Yu-Gi-Oh! is another show from my childhood; in addition to being my favorite anime ever, it actually helped me break out of my shell a bit. I begged my parents to go to tournaments, I met some of my best friends in college because of it...bottom line, this show means a lot to me. And to see this movie, back where it all begin...it'll be something special.

The cherry on top? Dan Green and Eric Stuart are coming back to voice Yugi and Kaiba respectively. In layman's terms, this is the anime version of Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill voicing Batman and Joker.

...God I hope there's no rooftop sex.



Star Wars: Episode VIII

Oh you didn't think I would leave this one off the list did you? I mean...I loved loved LOVED The Force Awakens, I want to see more of Rey and Finn and Poe and BB-8, Rian Johnson is a hell of a director so this should be even better than TFA (and considering TFA is currently my second favorite Star Wars film behind Empire that's saying something) and most importantly...

I'm hoping that this shows how much of a badass Luke became in 30 years.

Don't fuck with a Jedi master, son.