Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies, since I’ve always found them to be endlessly fascinating.
I figure that because I (intentionally) gave you a horrible trailer this morning, that I owed you an alternate. So here, I present you with the freshly released trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Watch below, and read on for my thoughts:
1) Do you think we can go ahead and compare this film to The Two Towers? Continue reading
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies, since I’ve always found them to be endlessly fascinating.
Sometimes a trailer comes out that is so bad it’s mind boggling that the film was ever made. I get the appeal. People love Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, and I’m sure some executive thought this would make a lot of money. After all, Identity Thief made $174 million dollars. Take a look:
It seems a bit silly for me to review a film that came out over a year ago, just because I finally got around to watching it. So instead of a traditional review, I’m instead going to offer up some disorganized thoughts about The Cabin in the Woods. (For the record, I give the film an A.) I didn’t see it in the theaters mostly because we generally don’t go see horror films, both out of personal taste and a general lack of quality. I’ve never been one for the sort of “jump out and get you” scares, but prefer more cerebral horror. Give me Hitchcock or The Exorcist over Saw any day. (We also don’t see a lot of comedy in the theater, but that’s a story for another time.)
Obviously I should have known better, considering the script was by Joss Whedon and one of his frequent collaborators, but the trailers didn’t help the situation. They presented it as a standard “cabin in the woods” type thriller with a sci-fi/conspiracy twist. That sort of thing has been done before. So after it was released I read the plot on wikipedia and it seemed more creative than I had originally supposed, but still not enough to get me to go see it. However, I recently read the script online out of curiosity which changed my mind, and I finally rented The Cabin in the Woods. Here are my thoughts: Continue reading
Welcome to “Friday Favorites” which highlight some of my favorite movie-related things.
High School Musical is the sort of film that feels like it was made just for me. I’m sure everyone has a couple of those, that feel like the opening credits should contain the words “This one’s for you!” When I first saw it I was living alone in California, and at the time I watched a lot of the Disney Channel. I would always catch pieces of it, previews for it, or song clips from it, but it was almost a year after it premiered before I finally caught it in its entirety, and I was immediately sucked in. (I went out the next day, bought the DVD, and watched it two more times that night.)
It was the opening song that caught my attention, but what cemented the movie in my brain was the character of Kelsi. Continue reading
After Earth seemingly has a lot of things going for it that would get me to buy a ticket. I love science fiction, in particular post-apocalyptic stories (which is why I continued watching Revolution, despite the downturn in quality). I’m a big fan of Will Smith; I had a poster of him from Independence Day on my wall when I was young, I still think Men in Black is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, and his performance in Ali is spectacular. I’m also a big M. Night Shyamalan fan, even enjoying Lady in the Water and The Village. And while I was more enthusiastic about Oblivion than I was about After Earth, I still planned on seeing both.
At this point, though, I think it’s safe to say that I no longer have any enthusiasm to see it. That’s not to say that I won’t. Continue reading
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies, since I’ve always found them to be endlessly fascinating.
When Joss Whedon announced that he had secretly filmed an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing with his acting troupe at his house as part of a stay-at-home vacation, I freaked out. I wasn’t alone in this either. The idea of Whedon doing Shakespeare is perfectly brilliant. We should have all known it was bound to happen, considering the references to the Bard in his shows and films (“We few, we happy few…” “We band of buggered.”). Take a look at the trailer and read on for my thoughts:
Just in case you needed another reason that Patrick Stewart is awesome, there’s this video, which has been making the rounds lately. Many people tend to criticize celebrities who speak out in support of or in opposition to an issue, a cause, or a politician, though most only seem to criticize when the celebrity supports a position they themselves are opposed to and have no problem when a celebrity supports their side. Aside from the fact that celebrities have the same right to voice their opinions as any other person, they also are in a special position given their fame. And in no way is violence against women or empowering women a “political” issue, no matter what some people may try to say. Take a look (Click here to read more from the woman who asked the question on her blog):
Are Patrick Stewart’s opinion and views more important than yours or mine? No, of course not. However, they are in a special position because of who he is. Celebrities can reach a much wider audience than the average Love Pirate with a blog. Continue reading
Now You See Me is a bit of an oddity. It’s a movie about magic that’s not really about magic; it’s a heist movie where we never see the heists being planned. These days I’m always on the lookout for something unique, whether it’s a story, a character, a film style, a setting, or anything else. Now You See Me fits the bill, on several levels, and even if it’s not exceptionally deep it’s a lot of fun and a hell of a ride.
Now You See Me follows four struggling magicians as they team up to create a never-before-seen act. Continue reading
Welcome to “Friday Favorites” which highlight some of my favorite movie-related things.
Juno is, for me, a near perfect movie. It owes a lot of its success to a clever script by Diablo Cody and great direction by Jason Reitman, but the bulk of its magnificence rests on the shoulders of its cast. Ellen Page is Juno, and all of the supporting cast (Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney and Jason Bateman, just for starters) give heartfelt and genuine performances that are simultaneously hilarious. But one character that I feel has always gotten a bad rap is Jennifer Garner’s Vanessa.
I’ve had several conversations about Juno with people I know. Some of them love the movie, some hate it, but one of the surprising things that I hear often enough to bother me is that people hate Vanessa. Continue reading
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies, since I’ve always found them to be endlessly fascinating.
The trailer for Thor: The Dark World, aka Thor 2, was released recently. It’s due out November 8th. Take a look at the trailer and read on for my thoughts.
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