Oh hey, he’s bad at following orders and stuff, so let’s give him his own army! Whatever.

But really, I’m sure there’s more context here that I need. The initial idea just seems really lame. Like, “He’s a rebel, he’ll be a good one to lead our army!” I don’t know, seems weird to me.

But in this clip, that’s exactly what Harrison Ford does. Asa Butterfield is having a hard time following his comander’s orders, so Ford offers him his own army. Makes perfect sense, right?

Ender’s Game debuts in theaters on November 1st.

See guys, this is why I should build my MovieByte writing team a little. All I can think of is how stupid this movie looks and I’d love to let someone write about this film who thinks it looks good. But alas…

I’m posting this because I know many of you will probably be interested in it. But I think this film looks like it’s trying to hard to be cool or something. We are seeing a bit more Ben Stiller humor coming through in this trailer, but it simply has no appeal to me. I hope some of you out there will like it.

Like the clip from Thor: The Dark World, what we see here are extended sequences from the trailer, although the last clip really shows us events leading up to what we see in the trailer(s).

Of all the films I’m looking forward to seeing this year (and yes, because of travel, Gravity is still one of those films), this one is one of the most prominent in my mind right now. It’s coming out this weekend and I couldn’t possibly be more excited for a film. The more and more films I watch for MovieByte the harder that is to do I guess, so that’s something, right?

We’ll get to see if it lives up to…

This is an extended version of what we’ve been seeing in the trailers. It’s not much, but if you’re like me, you will eagerly eat up anything from an upcoming film that you are greatly anticipating. I really like where this is going and I continue to predict that Loki will see some amount of redemption from his evil ways and will then be killed.

Still, despite any redemption that may come, I don’t think I’ll cry too much when the guy who almost completely destroyed New York, and is responsible for the deaths of untold numbers of people, comes to meet his end…

Thor: The Dark World comes to…

Remember how Jack Ryan is a CIA analyst who sometimes accidentally gets thrust into action-y situations? Yeah, well, throw that concept away and put it out of your mind. In this version, it looks like Jack Ryan is being turned into some sort of secret agent. Also, the modest action that Jack Ryan gets into, where the plot and external influences provide the action and the drama… yeah… kiss that good bye as well. It looks like we’re turning Jack Ryan into a full blown action star. I was afraid of this. Looks like I am not going to enjoy this all that much.

Sigh.

The films about America’s dark period of slavery seem to be making the rounds these days, but this one does look like it has the potential to be good. There’s no denying that slavery happened and it was evil. And many of these stories can be compelling.

Here’s the synopsis:

Based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as…

I posted about this on Tuesday, but now I’ve got a video to go along with it. I love how sheepish JJ gets talking about it. He knows how stupid it can get and he’s embarrassed about it.

The other reason to watch this video is to be disappointed about the possibilities of Star Trek coming back to TV in some shape or form. JJ says that they have talked about it and thrown some ideas out, and CBS is just not interested right now. That’s a shame.

Check out the video.

As we begin to see light at the end of the deep, dark tunnel of the end of summer, one of the films I’m looking forward to most in the immediate future is Captain Phillips. It sure looks like a breathtakingly good true story drama. And, you know, TOM HANKS LOOKS FANTASTIC. It looks like the type of film that has just the right mixture of drama, action, and suspense to make a great thriller. Count me in.

The film comes to theaters in just 9 days, on October 11^th.

It may be heavy on the effects, but Benedict Cumberbatch’s voice as Smaug is absolutely perfect! And, in spite of my irritations with the first installment to The Hobbit trilogy, I can’t help but be excited for this.

Of course the whole indication of the love interest for Legolas in the person/elf named Tauriel (remember, she’s the addition to the cast by Peter Jackson and is not in the books — because we needed MORE CHARACTERS in this series!!!1!!!1!) is a bit odd — even irritating, but that’s par for the course with Peter Jackson I think (certainly it is these days). But, as I said, I am…