Some good movies starting this winter: (I'm not going to mention Lord of the Rings) Timeline http://www.timelinemovie.com/ Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/timeline.html Release date: November 26, 2003 Chris Hughes (Paul Walker), Andre Marek (Gerard Butler), Kate Erickson (Frances O'Connor) and David Stern (Ethan Embry) are four college students working on an ancient medieval site in France. When their head Professor, Edward Johnston (Billy Connoly) goes missing, they are whisked off to America by a strange company known as ITC. The president of the company, insomniac Robert Doniger (David Thewlis), tells them about a new type of machinery he's created. A machine that can transport people to other dimensions in different timelines. Professor Johnston has been stranded in the same site that the students are working on, just 500 years in the past! Now, as Hughes, Erickson and Marek travel back to rescue him, Stern stays back to find out what Doniger's really plotting. The Last Samurai http://lastsamurai.warnerbros.com/home.php Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/the_last_samurai/ Release date: December 5, 2003 In Japan, Civil War veteran Captain Woodrow Algren trains Emperor Meiji's troops in the way of the gun as they prepare to defeat the last of the country's samurais. But Algren's passion is swayed when he is captured by the samurai and learns about their traditions and code of honor. Paycheck http://www.paycheckmovie.com/ Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/paycheck/ Release date: December 25, 2003 Jennings (Affleck), an electrician who has had part of his memory erased, struggles to to find clues to his whereabouts for the past two years. Turns out his employer did the evil deed as a security measure, leaving him only with a collection of random objects to help him reconstruct his past. Torque Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Release date: January 16, 2004 Biker Cary Ford is framed by and old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey (Ice Cube), leader of the most feared biker gang in the country. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name from the murder with Trey and his gang looking for his blood. (I guess the same type of movie as 2 Fast 2 Furious, except with bikes.) Troy http://troymovie.warnerbros.com/ Release date: May 2004 In the year 1193 B.C., Paris, a prince of Troy stole Helen, Queen of Sparta, away from her husband, Menelaus, setting the kingdoms of Mycenaean Greece at war with Troy. The Greeks began a bloody siege at Troy that lasted over ten years. Achilles was the greatest hero among the Greeks, while Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, embodied the hopes of the people of his city. The Day After Tomorrow Release date: May 28, 2004 A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age.
I saw the trailer to Timeline and I first thought it was another shitty action/sci fi movie put out to make big bucks instead of being an interesting movie. I think it's very sad to see how they decided to create this movie as a generic action flick when the book gave the plot and story much more. I suspect the movie will suck compared the book, which was one of the best fictional stories I've ever read.
The 15th century re-enactment group I am a member of will likely go en-masse to see "timeline" and laugh their socks off at its innacuracies. So remember folks, its only a film. People didnt do in the past what they do in films.
