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Trailer Park: New Inglourious Basterds Trailer

Allen Holt — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:13 +0000

The second full trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds is out, and for those of you who remember my iffiness on the movie based on the extraordinarly levels of violence implied in the first trailer…well, this second full-length trailer looks much more like the kind of Tarantino movie I’d like to see. This new one focuses much, much more on the story and on Brad Pitt’s character than it does the violence. It doesn’t shy away from the violence angle — you can certainly tell that it’ll have plenty of grisly Nazi death scenes — but now we can see more of the story, which features, I believe, a secret mission to try to kill Hitler at a theater performance. The new trailer certainly makes Inglorious Basterds look more like it’ll have some fun in it and that it won’t simply be a torture-pornish-Nazi-murder-fest.

Trailer Park: 2012

Allen Holt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:57:15 +0000

Roland Emmerich, director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow,won’t rest until he’s virtually destroyed every significant landmark on Earth. Â It would appear that Emmerich’s afraid that the premise of his new movie, 2012, is true: the world’s going to end on December 12, 2012. And since he’s running out of time to make overblown disaster movies, he’s going to go ahead demolish all of the recognizable buildings and cities and vistas left in one big special-effects-heavy swoop. The trailer below admittedly looks cool, especially if you’re into seeing familiar sights obliterated, but my early guess is this will be another one of his trademark “high on explosions, low on characterization or common sense” boomfests.

2012, starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt and bunches more,Â comes out on November 13.

(Trailer via TrailerAddict.com.)

Trailer Park: Sherlock Holmes

Allen Holt — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:40:28 +0000

And now, presenting the trailer for one of my most heavily-anticipated movies of this winter: Sherlock Holmes. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, Jude Law as Watson, and Rachel McAdams as…er, some scantily-clad woman. And directed by Guy Ritchie, who’s way overdue for making a good movie again. Cannot wait for this one. Enjoy!

ETA: So apparently, I’m about the only person actively looking forward to this one. I’ll admit that I could be overly optimistic; it certainly wouldn’t be the first time and likely not the last. But it’s Robert Downey Jr., whom I love, and Guy Ritchie, who I have been known to love on occassion. It looks like fun. No, it’s not going to have much at all to do with the Doyle novels past the basic premise and characters, but they’re not pretending it does. Well, I’ll go see it and let all of you Doubting Watsons if you should bother or not, how’s that?

Trailer Park: Harry Potter, “Shining”

Allen Holt — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:44:16 +0000

The trailer for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (QuickTime or Windows Media) looks pretty impressive to me, even though as one of my co-workers noted, it seems that they’re trying to shove too much impressive stuff into one two-minute trailer. Still, it’s a pretty massive book, much bigger than the three previous books in the series, and I’d bet they wanted to show as much of the material as they could so the people who’ve read the books could feel good that the filmmakers have retained as much of the story as possible. I just finished reading “Goblet of Fire” a couple of nights ago, and to date it’s my favorite in the series. There’s a ton of Very Important Story Details they’re going to need to convey, both points local to this story and to the larger “Harry Potter” mythos, and I’m really curious as to how they’re going to squeeze it all in. I swear, that movie’s going to have to be three hours long, easy. Anticipation Factor: 90%
For those of you who maybe haven’t really thought about the effect that editing has on the movies you watch, take a look at this brilliant “trailer” for Shining, a family comedy-drama about a writer looking for inspiration and a boy looking for a father.

Trailer Park: Aeon Flux, Walk the Line, Jarhead

Allen Holt — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:20:22 +0000

OK, I’m getting annoyed with the fact that I haven’t seen any movies lately–not only have I missed watching good flicks, but it’s made my beloved site here pretty damn stagnant. Part of the problem has been the fact that my Netflix queue has still been slam-packed with full seasons of TV shows (man, is “Deadwood” friggin’ good), and part of it has been that there’s been precious few movies I’ve wanted to see out on DVD lately. So in an effort to make it up to you guys (and to get some more regular content up here), I’m going to start giving my impressions of upcoming releases based on their trailers. So…welcome to the Trailer Park! (Coming every Friday to a browser near you!)

Aeon Flux. Unfortunately, it’s pretty obvious that Charlize Theron has decided to follow that ignoble path emblazoned by Halle Berry, the path of Oscar-Winning Actreses Who Will Make Oscar Voters Immediately Regret Having Honored Them By Appearing Scanitly-Clad In An Astonishingly Shitty Superhero-esque Action Flick That Requires No Acting Ability Whatsoever. I’m expecting any day to hear Hilary Swank has signed on for a big-screen version of “Cleopatra 2525.” This trailer makes the movie look mind-blowingly wretched: painful dialogue (what little we get of it); terrible acting (even Frances McDormand, one of my favorite actresses, looked bad, though she also looked like she couldn’t believe she was in such tripe); amatuerish costume and set design (very bad for a high-concept science fiction flick such as this one); poorly-choreographed action. Clearly the only reason the studio expects anyone to see this movie is for Theron in black spandex, and as enticing a proposition as that might be, it’s nowhere near enough to make me want to sit through this movie. I’m sure they’re also counting on all the fans of the old MTV cartoon–that’s right the cartoon that aired ten years ago–to flock to the theater. All ten of them. Haven’t the studios learned anything from this year’s box-office slump? Audiences expect more these days–we want some substance in our movies. These empty-calorie brainless action fests just aren’t doing it for us anymore. Anticipation Factor: 5% (only because of the Charlize-in-spandex factor).
Walk the Line. In better trailer news, the first preview for Walk the Line looks surprisingly good. Looks like Joaquin Phoenix makes a pretty swank Johnny Cash–he damn sure sounds just like him. And I adore Reese Witherspoon unconditionally…hell, I sat through the nearly-atrocious Sweet Home Alabama for her. Someone I work with said that before they saw the trailer, they just couldn’t imagine Phoenix as Cash. But I honestly can’t think of anyone better to play The (Late) Man In Black–Phoenix has the right dark, brooding look and he’s certainly got the acting chops. Without having seen the movie, I feel fairly confident in predicting an Oscar nod for Phoenix for this role, especially given the show of love Cash himself has gotten over the last few years. Anticipation Factor: 75%
Jarhead. If this one weren’t directed by Sam Mendes, I doubt I’d be all that excited about it, but since Mendes was at the helm, that automatically puts it near must-see status. I thought both American Beauty and Road to Perdition were brilliant films, and Mendes has certainly earned enough of my trust that even though the subject matter of Jarhead–the story of young Marine’s experiences during Operation: Desert Storm–doesn’t immediately grab me, I’m still eager to see it. Jake Gyllenhaal has enough wide-eyed naivete to make him a good choice for the protagonist of a movie about a young soldier’s introduction to warfare, and Jarhead features some other strong actors in key roles: Peter Sarsgaard (Garden State) and Oscar winners Chris Cooper and Jamie Foxx. The trailer features the sorts of striking, painterly images I’ve come to expect from Mendes–if anyone could produce a beautiful movie about warfare, I’d expect Mendes to pull it off. Anticipation Factor: 85%