Things to Look Foward to This Year

 

2006 seems like it has come and gone, and with the new year, expect to see some nice technilogical advances, movies, cars, crazy news, and hot weather, etc. I picked out some things from "Animation Magazine" to look forward to for the year of 2007. Most are movies. Enjoy!

• Bridge to Terabithia. Katherine Paterson’s widely read fantasy becomes a vfx-laden live-action feature, directed by toon veteran Gabor Csupo (Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys). The plot centers on the friendship between a fifth-grader and the new girl in town who discover a magical kingdom in a nearby forest. [Opens Feb. 16]
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Writer-director Kevin Munroe is bringing a darker edge to this much-anticipated CG-animated adaptation of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s comic-book characters. [Opens March 23]
• Spider-Man 3. Could third time still be a charm for Tobey Maguire as angst-ridden Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego? Directed by masterful helmer Sam Raimi, this first entry in the summer blockbuster derby finds Spidey bonding with a dark entity from another world, as well as dealing with villains such as Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Eddie Brock (Topher Grace). Kirsten Dunst and James Franco reprise their roles as Mary Jane and Harry. [Opens May 4]
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry, Hermione and Ron are older and wiser in this fifth outing for the Hogwart wizards but their powerful adversary Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has also upped the ante by undermining their protective headmaster, Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Helena Bonham Carter and Imelda Staunton join the cast as Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange and the evil Dolores Umbridge. David Yates (HBO’s The Girl in the Café) takes over as director. [Opens July 13]
• Visions of Vista: Microsoft’s long-awaited operating system finally reaches the market, fueling sales of hardware and applications.
• Terrorism Insurance
• Spyware completely consumes the internet

I am sure there will be much much more this year. We will just have to see. Take care and have a great New Year! Be sure to set some major goals this year!  I personally believe that everything (and I mean everything) we do is goal oriented. Waking up and working your way through getting dressed, eating breakfast, and leaving for work is goal setting and achievement. Commuting to work is goal setting. buying your lunch is a goal. Coming back home at night is fulfilment of a goal. Eating dinner, brushing your teeth and going to bed is achievement of goals. The thing is-we usually just don't view them as such.

Human beings are naturally goal-oriented. We can not live without them. If you did not have a goal of providing your family with food and shelter, if you did not have a goal to look out for traffic when you cross a street, if you did not have a goal of bringing your kids up until they're old enough to fend for themselves, then our world would be one chaotic place.....