The
Prestige
Trailer Grade: A
Thoughts: Now THIS is a trailer! I was looking forward to this
one to begin with, but damn it all if this didn’t make me practically
scream in delight. Stylish, well cut, and even slightly unconventional,
this is the definition of a great trailer.
The US VS John Lennon
Trailer Grade: A-
Thoughts: Footage of Lennon standing up to Nixon? Awesome. A deep
look a fascinating and disturbing time? The history buff in me is
excited. Yoko Ono’s involvement? Shudder. She is one creepy woman.
The Science of Sleep
Trailer Grade: A-
Thoughts: Quirky, stylized and…what is it? This trailer may raise
a lot of questions (What exactly IS going on here?) but it makes me want
to see it.
Spider-Man 3
Trailer Grade: A-
Thoughts: This trailer got enormous cheers at the screening of
“Superman Returns” I attended. The geeks are pleased. That means me too.
The Wicker
Man
Trailer Grade: C+
Thoughts: Where have I seen this trailer before? Hmmm…perhaps it
is familiar because it is exactly the same as every trailer for every
mediocre horror thriller. How old hat is the quick cuts to Satanic
images?
The Night Listener
Trailer Grade: C
Thoughts: Robin Williams is an almost ridiculously gifted actor.
However, this trailer seems so desperate to keep the movie’s secrets,
well, a secret, that it fails to drum up an excitement for the story at
all.
Accepted
Trailer Grade: D+
Thoughts: As someone who worked hard for 12 grades, making As and
Bs so they could be accepted into a good college, the very thought of a
bunch of jackass kids starting their own college and educating
themselves infuriates me. This looks like a comedy for people with no
intentions of going to college and hate those who do.
Ghost Rider
Trailer Grade: C-
Thoughts: From the director of “Daredevil.” Strike one. Lousy
effects. Strike two. No strike three quite yet, but trust me, there will
be one.
Ratatouille
Trailer Grade: B+
Thoughts: I have never liked a Pixar trailer. Ever. They all make
me incredibly uncomfortable and sick that such a fine company would put
out such crap. Then I see the movie, adore it, sing it’s praises and act
like I had faith all along. Is the fact that this is a good, funny
trailer a BAD sign?
The Ant Bully
Trailer Grade: D
Thoughts: I guess even Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage
and Paul Giamatti have to pay the rent somehow. This trailer ends with a
character being bitten in the groin and screaming to the heavens. Hoho,
haha.
Invincible
Trailer Grade: B
Thoughts: What is this? An inspirational sports film that DOES
NOT LOOK BAD? What is this strange magic? Does it come in capsule form?
Can more directors take it?
Children of Men
Trailer Grade: A
Thoughts: Wow...just wow. This looks like an incredible film. Yet
another intelligent looking science fiction film hitting the second half
of '06...that is a REALLY good thing.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trailer Grade: D-
Thoughts: It is time to let certain aspects of our childhoods go.
Certain things were not meant to survive the transition from our past to
this modern world. Both the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the
Transformers have movies next year. Let us not go see them. Let us let
cheesy, lousy characters from our childhood go.
That’s it for now. I hope you enjoyed reading my obnoxious opinions as
much as I enjoyed venting them. |
