The month of December brought a variety of movies for viewers to enjoy, with more to come this year.
American Hustle
One of the most well known movies, premiered December 13, is American Hustle. The movie features many famous actors like Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams. Jennifer Lawrence from the Hunger Games also has a leading role in this movie. The movie focuses on a group of con artists who are forced to work for a certain FBI agent who drags them into the dangers of New Jersey. The director is David O. Russell who has won many awards for his movies and screenplays. He has won a BAFTA for best screenplay, Best Sports Movie ESPY award, Satellite award for best director, and many more.
Saving Mr. Banks
Another one of the movies that is showing this month brings in one of the most famous people from around the world. In Saving Mr. Banks, Tom Hanks plays the famous movie legend, Walter Disney. After promising his children to make a movie of one of their favorite books, Mary Poppins, he begins to work with the writer of the book P.L Travers, played by Emma Thompson. Travers proves to be a stubborn woman who refuses to change anything about the book, as well as turning the book into a Hollywood movie. The director is John Lee Hancock, best known for his sport movie dramas like The Blind Side. The movie starts showing in theaters on December 31.
The Desolation of Smaug
The start of a new Lord of the Rings trilogy has started up the fandom again with its incredible story as the new series follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit. Martin Freeman stars as the hobbit, and after the first sequel, continues his journey with Gandalf and the others.
Senior Dan Costa is a huge fan and went to go see the midnight premiere with friends.
He was really excited about An Unexpected Journey and couldn’t wait to see the next installment.
“Imagine being born, and then being born again. That’s what it felt like,” said Costa.
The Desolation of Smaug was able to incorporate some well known characters from the first movies like Orlando Bloom as Legolas and Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins. As well, rising actor Benedict Cumberbatch provides the voice for the necromancer and Smaug, the dragon.
“I like the fact that they stuck to the original characters,” Costa said on behalf of reincorporated characters. “The cast is really great.”
A few of his favorite characters are Gandalf and Legolas because “Wizards are awesome, and who doesn’t like elves?”
The Desolation of Smaug premiered December 13.
All three of these new movies, and others, provide different subjects and themes that a lot of different people are able to enjoy.
