6. The DaVinci Code (May 19)I love Dan Brown's books and of course the Code got me going on all his other works. They all seem to have a quality that should translate well to film. Then I heard Ron Howard was directing. Strike one. Then I heard Tom Hanks was taking on the role of Robert Langdon. Strike two. Then I saw his hair. Strike three. Still I'm excited to see the end results. Howard made a point to cast a truly international cast to fill the international cast of characters. Hanks and Howard did the best work of their careers when they did Splash in the 80's so that's a positive as well. In the end I'm not sure what we'll get but it will be interesting to see how closely it adheres to novel.
5. Mission Impossible 3 (May 5)While I loathe Tom Hanks for his lack of acting ability, I actually enjoy listening to the guy talk. On the other side of the spectrum you have Tom Cruise who I loathe for his craziness and insane level of celebrity but respect quite a bit as an actor. The first two MI's have been hit and miss. I didn't care for #1 but I liked the direction it was going in. #2 was an over the top John Woo spectacle that I enjoyed despite the excessive dove and rainbow shots. Now we get #3 and everything looks like its in place to make this the defining MI film. J.J Abrams of Lost and Alias fame is directing his first feature film and while that could be daunting all signs point to him pulling it off. Cruise is facing off against Philip Seymour Hoffman, who by the looks of the previews has created a truly evil villain. As long as I don't have to watch Cruise do all the press outlets I'll be super pumped for this one.
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