Top 10 Most Anticipated 2013 Movies Listed in Order

The coming of Christmas 2012 and New Year 2013 has hinted the ending of year 2012. As a great movie year, 2012 has presented the world top-rated 2012 movies like The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games. Good news for all movie fans is that if they can survive the doomsday 2012, they will find the visual feasts prepared by top-rated 2012 movies.  Then what can we get in 2013 movie market? Which 2013 movies are worth our anticipation? This post will cover top 10 most anticipated 2013 movies and listed in the order of their release dates.

Superhero movies, zombie movies and action movies are still the mainstream genres of those 10 anticipated 2013 movies. Of course, some of those anticipated 2013 movies are released as movie sequels while some of those anticipated 2013 movies are trying to pave way for the successes of new movie series. Anyway, a common point for all those anticipated 2013 movie is that they will thrill the audiences with excellent plot and stun viewers with visual effects.

1. G.I. Joe: Retaliation

As the most anticipated 2013 movie coming in March, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is actually the sequel of The Rise of Cobra. As a movie combining thrilling story, fantastic fighting and surprising ending into an integrated part, The Rise of Cobra is the best action movie one can get. If this 2013 movie can be excellent as its predecessor, it will become one of the most shining stars in 2013 movie market. Of course, innovative conspiracy and outstanding fighting skills are the elements most anticipated in this action movie. Besides that, the cast has also made the movie worth anticipating. Even though one does not like the alliance of Bruce Wills and Dwayne Johnson, they won't deny the charms of Channing Tatum, the sexiest man in the plant.  

2. The Great Gatesby

Basing on the famous novel in American Literature, The Great Gatesby turns out to be the most anticipated 2013 movies. Audiences are not only expecting for the performance of DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, but also the rumored new 3D technology in this movie. The Great Gatesby tells about the story of how rich Gatesby sacrifice his life for pursuing his love which never exists. Initially scheduled to be released in 2012, The Great Gatesby won't available till May 2012. Therefore, as a 2013 movie with long-time preparations, The Great Gatesby is totally worth waiting.

3. Iron Man 3

In 2012, Iron Man becomes popular with the help of his superhero alliance; in 2013, Iron Man tries to do it again on his own. As the latest movie in Iron Man trilogy, Iron Man 3 gets big chance to be a real winner in the movie market. Besides that, Iron Man 3 turns out to be a movie anticipated 2013 movie after rumors about it being the last Iron Man movie spread. Actually, this anticipated 2013 movie may provide audiences something to expect including the new suit of Iron Man and the power of his biggest enemy, The Mandarin.

4. Man of Steel

Finally, the Superman is coming back again. As the milestone in superhero movie, Superman movies have taught the world what supernatural power and superhero is. After over seven-year absence, Clark Kent comes back to the world's vision in Man of Steel. Even though the American superhero is starred by a British in the movie, Man of Steel still turns out to be a most anticipated 2013 movie. After all, where there is Superman, there are expectations.

5. World War Z

For those who have gotten tired of the zombie apocalypse in Resident Evil series, World War Z may be a good choice for them in 2013. As one of the most anticipated 2013 movies, World War Z, as a zombie movie, is not that zombie oriented. It tells about the story of how a UN employee tries to stop the outbreak of zombie pandemic.  Therefore, the plot is something of War of the World alike. Besides the innovations in this zombie movie, people are also eager to witness how Pitt will react when facing millions of zombies.

6. Elysium

As a most anticipated 2013 movie starred by Matt Damon, Elysium is more than an action movie. When the rich can live in good-conditioned space station and the poor in ruined Earth, Matt Damon tries to change the polarized world in a secret mission. For audiences who are sorry for the absence of Matt Damon in The Bourne Legacy, this 2013 movie won't disappoint them.   

7. The Lone Ranger

Captain Jack can always surprise the world with his crazy, exaggerated but appropriate performance. Therefore, audiences always get things to anticipate from John Depp movies. This anticipated 2013 movie mainly tells about the story of how a law officer turns out to be a symbol of justice. Still John Depp stars as a Native American wearing a dead bird as his hat. As a 2013 movie released in July, The Lone Ranger will show the world a character Depp has never tried before.  

8. Thor: The Dark World

When superheroes in The Avengers have driven invaders out of the Earth, Thor has no time to celebrate after knowing the conspiracy Malekith has made to destroy the universe. As another superhero released in 2013, Thor: The Dark World can both be viewed as the sequel to Thor and The Avengers. Moreover, this most anticipated movie will not only give details about the invaders in The Avengers, but also the stories of Thor.

9. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games is the best 2012 movie only second to The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. Therefore, no one will feel surprised that Catching Fire is viewed as one of the most anticipated 2013 movies. Catching Fire mainly deals with the show journey of Katniss and Peeta to various districts and the hazardous experiences of the couples in the 60th Hunger Games. Therefore, this anticipated 2013 movie will own every successful element of The Hunger Games including cross-star love, crucial kill-to-death game and the counterstrike of Katniss.

10. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The success of An Unexpected Journey in the opening weekends has already proved itself as a market winner. Therefore, there is a great chance that The Hobbit movies will be better and better like The Lord of the Rings movies. Released in December, The Desolation of Smaug will mark the perfect ending for the 2013 movie market. Of course, hazardous journey, thrilling experience, visual effects and beautiful scenery are still the key elements to the success of this anticipated 2013 movie.

The Avengers vs The Hunger Games - A General Review in 4 Aspects

As the most successful 2012 summer movies, both The Avengers and The Hunger Games brought audiences one surprise after another. As a consequence, the debate over the topic of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games had never ceased. Superhero movie fans argued that The Avengers did much better in box office performance than The Hunger Games while novel lovers fought back by listing the fact that the DVD sale of The Hunger Games went beyond the reach of The Avengers. The debate over the winner of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games is one without ends.

Only when one has watched them all, can they make their own judgments. Since I hadn't watched them in the cinema, I have to wait for the DVD versions. Finally, both the DVD version of The Avengers and The Hunger Games are available now. I have watched the DVD versions of them both in recent days (Since I want to watch the DVDs with iPad 2, I choose to convert the DVDs for iPad 2). Therefore, I want to give a general review on both movies and express my opinions on the winner of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games. Therefore, this post will review those two movies in five aspects.

1. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Plot

If I would like to conclude the plot of The Avengers like this: Loki has attacked an army base to rob a magic box for invasion and then Nick Fury collected five superheroes to fight against the invasion. The plot follows typical Hollywood blockbuster mode. I knew it before I had watched it. However, I was expecting the cooperation and fighting scenes of those superheroes. However, I didn't get much in the movie. The movie just focused on too much on those trivial like the arguing of superheroes.

Before watching The Hunger Games, I thought it would be a bloody and violent movie. Of course, it wasn't but that surprised me a lot. The Hunger Games is about how a girl named Katniss suffered in a killing match. Who will want to see a movie about fighting match but without too many fighting scene. Before I have seen The Hunger Games, I didn't believe anyone would do that. However, I must say The Hunger Games really attracted me with its plot. Fasten me to the belt from the first minute to the last. Therefore, the plots of those two movies are all surprising, one in a disappointing way and the other in a joying way.

2. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Background Music

To be honest, the background music of The Avengers didn't impress me too much. I don't know why. Maybe I wasn't focused enough or maybe the plot was more attractive. I have impressed by the music of famous movies like Avatar and Titanic but not by The Avengers. Contrary to that, The Hunger Games did much better in this field.

I was impressed by at least three parts of background music of the movie. The exciting music when Katniss first appeared before audiences, the amusing music of interviewing program and the sad songs in the ending of the movie. To be honest, I love the ending song most because it can easily stir the sad emotion in your heart. At least with the background music of The Hunger Games, I feel like I can feel what those characters feel.

3. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Expectation

I know sequels of The Avengers and The Hunger Games are being directed. If I have a ticket to see one of them, I will love to see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The movie just arouses your curiosity towards plots of the sequels. When I have finished watching The Hunger Games, I even have a desire to read the original novels and tried to search as much information about its sequels as possible. I know what will happen in Catching Fire and Mockingiay, but I still want to see the movies. Though I know nothing about the sequel of The Avengers, I do know it will be a story of how superheroes manage to rescue the Earth after going through difficulties.

4. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Heroes

Before watching The Hunger Games, I knew little about it. However, after viewing it, I could tell something about the main characters. What about the characters in The Avengers? I still had no idea on how to introduce Black Widow and Hawkeye even though I had seen them in Iron Man 2 and Thor respectively. For those who hadn't seen those movies to know about heroes in The Avengers, they might even have difficulty telling something about Iron Man and Thor. Moreover, the Hulk I saw in the movie seemed to be quite different from what I had known in The Incredible Hulk in personality.

Best 3 Profitable Movie Series of Lion Gate Film

How popular can The Hunger Games be? According to Amazon, the book sale of The Hunger Games trilogy had surpassed Harry Potter series. Moreover, the DVD sale of The Hunger Games is promising to exceed that of The Avengers. As a movie produced by Lion Gate Film, The Hunger Games turns out to be the biggest surprise in the movie market this year.

When it was released, The Hunger Games successfully attracted the world's attention. Several months later, The Hunger Games DVD was still eye-catching. Due to the great success of The Hunger Games, Lion Gate Film intends to produce another three sequels in three years. Consequently, The Hunger Games turns out to be another profitable series movie of Lion Gate Film and probably the most profitable one.

Therefore, this post will introduce you top three movie series produced by Lion Gate Film, which are quite influential in the market. Since the DVD versions of those movie series are mostly available, one may just as well watch those DVDs on Samsung Note 10.1 by converting the DVDs to MP4 videos.

1. Profitable movie series of Lion Gate Film: Saw series

As a profitable movie series, Saw series was the primary movie series of Lion Gate Film before The Hunger Games series. Since the success of Saw in 2004, Lion Gate Film had produced a new Saw movie each year till 2011. Therefore there are seven movies in Saw series so far. All the seven movies are about the stories of how a talented killer tried to help victims to execute soul redemption after going through various tortures.

Though the plot of each Saw movie differ, they will turn out to be an integrated story when connecting them together. For example, the first movie may lay a good foundation for the seventh movie and the seventh movie may explain those untold things in the third movie. However, though each Saw movie can present you surprises, seven movies in seven years is still far from tolerable.

2. Profitable movie series of Lion Gate Film: Cube series

When it was release in 1997, Cube earned good reputations with its excellent plot and wonderful atmosphere. Consequently, two more movies were released, making Cube trilogy profitable movie series of Lion Gate Film. In the three Cube movies, the heroes were trapped in a weird structure. As they try to escape they need to fight against the traps and their evil minds. Cube trilogy includes movies that will bring you into deep thoughts about human weakness after your watching.

3. Profitable movie series of Lion Gate Film: The Hunger Games

It is said four The Hunger Games movies instead of three movies will be produced in the future. Catching Fire will be released in 2013 while Mockingjay will be divided into two movies released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. With over 600 million dollars in box office, The Hunger Games created various records as the first movie of a movie series. Consequently, the sequels of The Hunger Games bear much more pressure at present.

After three books of The Hunger Games beat seven books of Harry Potter, people are expecting The Hunger Games trilogy will beat Harry Potter series in the future. However, it is not an easy task providing the director of The Hunger Games has refused to direct its sequels. Amony the three movies of The Hunger Games, only the DVD version of The Hunger Games is available.

Those are the three profitable movie series of Lion Gate Film. If you are careful enough, you can find the common points of all those movies series. For one thing, they are all about killing and competition; for another, they have revealed us the human defects in various ways.