I finally joined the 21st Century and got around to seeing both “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight”.  I had to have in on the hype at some point.  I will say, overall, I was impressed, but who needs another tired review of the biggest movie of the summer?

Instead, lets look ahead to the inevitable part 3.  Because even if supermo-director Chris Nolan passes up the chance, Warner Bros. have just scored the third biggest film in movie history and are sitting on possibly the biggest film franchise since Star Wars.  So why not a third?  And fourth?  And probably even a fifth!

Much discussion has occurred as to whether a third film can and will happen.  Whilst the story of Batman is a lengthy ongoing saga that Nolan could go on reimagining for years, the death of Heath Ledger leaves a hole where a Joker may be.  So the biggest question on everyone’s lips, is who the next big villain should be?

For a rundown of the top 5 possibilities and rumours, which may include a few spoilers from “The Dark Knight”, follow the jump.

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…is everywhere.  Including here.

Scary shit.

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What has Paris Hilton been upto since being released from jail last year?  Finally we have an answer - “Repo! The Genetic Opera“.  Repo! is a new musical film that takes some obvious pointers from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, which stars none-other than a singing Paris Hilton in a black wig.  Recoiling in horror?  Don’t.  Although she still can’t sing, word is she turns in a pretty convincing performance as a rich, heiress with some addiction problems.  Ok, probably not too hard a role to fill.  Here’s a preview of Paris in action:

Repo! is a multithreaded story set in the future, after mass organ failure has hit the world and the Gene Co. corporation have moved in to keep things running.  The different plots centre around characters involved with the Gene Co. corporation, and aswell as Paris Hilton there’s that woman who used to be married to Andrew Lloyd Webber, who sings a bit of Opera, and Giles from Buffy.  Here’s the trailer:

The film is due for release in November.  I’m up for it. You?

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What is the most important lesson your tween will learn this year?  Is it how to do long multiplication? No.  Is it not to carry knives, because, rather than being a good defense it infacts put you at greater risk of violent crime?  Unlikely.  No, it is a lesson taught by Disney - how to make a buck.

Coming this ‘fall’ is the third and final installment in a consumerist icon, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”.  Cheesy music and bad dance routines in place, morality laden script ready and a team of teen sluts doing their best virginity impressions waiting at the door - this installment, the only film of the series to get a big screen debut, is set to take High School Musical to a new level of nauseation.

And yet it’s all so addictive, isn’t it?  Maybe it’s because we all have a secret desire to live in a world where the most complicated problem you face is being overshadowed by Sharpay in the school play, or maybe it’s because Zac Efron is just so fuckable.  Either way, I see Disney eschewing any kind of economic recession with this one.

Here’s the official trailer:

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Proof that Disney wants a hit - here’s a photo of a giant Wall-E at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre.

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Ok, you’ve probably heard this by now, but incase you haven’t, here’s the news: Following the enormous success of the “Sex And The City” movie, a big screen adaptation of “Friends” is now said to be in the works.  Apparantly Jennifer Aniston, being the most famous and successful of the bunch, was the outsider.  But having seen what the Sex film has done for Sarah Jessica Parker’s bank balance, inspite of her rapidly aging face, Aniston is sold.

One word: EURGHGHGH!

“Sex and the City” worked as  a film, because the series was shot like a series of mini-movies.  High fashion and meticulous set-dressing, film like direction and a great mix of comedy and drama.  Transforming the series, comfortably, into a film didn’t take too much word - the film is just an extended episode with some added glitter.  ”Friends” was a sitcom, shot with an audience and with an audience perspective.  Would a film be shot in the same way?  Would they leave in the canned laughter?  Will it be a bit like sitting through a DVD marathon of “Friends”.

“Friends” was probably the best loved comedy series of the 90’s/00’s, but even at the end it was beginning to drag.  It was great to see the 20-something’s grow up, get married, have kids and build their lives, but by the time they come back, we will have been out of the picture for atleast 6 or 7 years.  Do we really need to see these people get middle-management jobs to pay their suburban mortgages?  Sure, it will make alot of money because people will be curious to see the lives of the characters they followed so closesly, but will it tarnish the memory?

Tags: Friends, Sex and the City