Top 5 Movies To Look Forward To In 2017 (Part 1)

January is notoriously a terrible month for movies; most people are either catching up on the end of the year award movies or staying out of the cold and watching football. I’m worried there won’t be many screeners this month, so I decided to do a top five for movies I am looking forward in the coming year. But I was a little overwhelmed about only picking five so I decided to do two lists of ten overall. The list below features movies coming out in the first half of the year. Be warned: I’m a bit of a basic bitch-- I like my pumpkins spiced and my heroes super, so expect a lot of big-budget blockbusters.

Logan (March 3)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was absolutely atrocious. The Wolverine was fine if not forgettable. So why is Logan making the list for one of my most anticipated movies of 2017? Because after the success of Deadpool they have decided to give Wolverine the R rating he so desperately deserves. Which means Hugh Jackman is gonna be stabbing everybody. The movie is based off the comic series “Old Man Logan,” which is one of the best series out there; I just hope the movie does the source material justice. Hugh Jackman deserves a fitting send off as this will apparently be the last time he plays the character, and this movie could be just that.
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Beauty and the Beast (March 17)

Beauty and the Beast happens to be one of my favorite movies of all time. It also happens to be one of the best-made Disney movies, so there is a lot to live up to. After the trailer I became a little worried because Beast, Mrs. Potts, and some of the other CGI creations look a little off. But I am willing to look past this because of how well The Jungle Book turned out and my hope that our magical creatures will look better on the big screen than in a TV advertisement. If this stays true to the original and keeps that fantastic opening number we could be seeing something special.

The F8 of the Furious (April 14)

The tagline for the movie is “Family No More”— it looks like Vinny D will be betraying those closest to him and I need to know why. Is this betrayal for real? Is he pulling a con to get close to the enemy? Or does he just really want to make out with Charlize Theron in dreadlocks? I am also interested to see how legitimate the feud is between The Rock and Vin Diesel. I think we’ll have a better idea as we get closer to the release date.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5)

I knew Guardians of the Galaxy was going to be great, I just felt it in my soul, and man I am glad that I was right. I am equally excited that everyone seemed to like it just as much as I did. And now Volume 2 is coming out and there is a lot to look forward to, including the return of the entire cast, James Gunn still directing, a chance to hear what Starlord’s Mom put on that second tape, and Baby Groot killing everybody. Marvel usually provides a great combination of action and comedy and  with a talking, angry raccoon as one of the lead characters you get the most equal mix.

Baywatch (May 26)  

The idea of a Baywatch movie originally hurt my head; how could a dumb show featuring women running in slow-motion become a movie? Then I found out that The Rock and Zac Efron were going to be in it and I gave it little leeway. Then I watched the trailer and all of a sudden I was excited. Baywatch looks like it is going to take a page from 21 Jump Street and won’t be taking itself seriously. This is great news because Johnson and Efron, besides being ridiculously hunky, also happen to be pretty funny when given the chance. As long as this movie stays ridiculous it has a chance to be really good.

What movies are you looking forward to in the first half of the year? Let me know. And we’ll get to the second half of this list a little later on.