The Favorite Films Of My Lifetime: 1991

Forewarning, there's a really wild choice here in this year's picks.  But, damnit, I'm going to go ahead and go with it.  And when you read about it, maybe you'll get why.  Plus if you know me and some of the movies that I tend to watch and attach myself to, you'll understand.  1991 had a lot of cool stuff and a lot of middle of the road stuff for me.  Things have slid a little as far as "absolute favorites" for me following 1989.  But, hell, we still have plenty of good stuff to choose from.  Tim Burton ended his own streak by not making a movie in this year.

ELYSIUM Gets A Wonderful Trailer

Judging from this trailer, Neill Blomkanp's follow-up to District 9, Elysium is selling us a quite epic science fiction movie.  Matt Damon doesn't dabble much in the sci-fi ream (Adjustment Bureau and voicework in Titan AE seem to be it), so it'll be nice to see him bringing his always A-Game to the table.  Jodi Foster hasn't been in a big movie in a while and is quite a welcome site as what appears to be the villain.  And with a nice touch, William Fichtner brings great character work to any film.  For the Bond fans, hey look, Talisa Soto (License to Kill) is in this thing.  Budgeted at a reasonable $100 mil, this thing definitely shows it money.

This one was definitely on the watch list, but after this, I'm not missing it opening weekend.  How about you?

Elysium opens August 9th