Trailer Round-Up #2 with More Angels, Wolvie, and Armored…
Published on Apr 18th, 2009
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Written by Ryan Hamelin
RyanHamelin@TheCinemaSource.com
Well, it’s that time again. By “that time” I mean the end of the week. By “that time” I also mean Saturday. Yesterday being Friday, one can safely say that any new trailers which were going to premiere have done so already, and that any exclusives for the weekend will make their way online by Monday at the earliest. With that in mind, here are the latest and greatest that the internet has to offer.
The Ugly Truth This may be one of the first times I will say that I liked an original trailer better than its second incarnation. The first preview had a lot more story to it, and gave the viewer a better sense of the plot. This is a nice collection of laughs, and the new footage is certainly welcome, but check out the original trailer too for a better idea of what’s going on. It still manages to be one of the less cringe inducing romantic comedy trailers out right now.
Angels and Demons Here we have the latest TV trailer for the film. “TV trailer” basically just means that it’s half as long as a normal preview and therefore perfect for the ADD generation. I don’t really know why TV Spots and TV Exclusives have suddenly gotten popular again after fading out of touch for a while but they seem to be back in full force. I guess for those of us who don’t watch TV, this is what YouTube’s for.
The Hurt Locker Sure there have been war movies. Sure there have been Middle East war movies. But as can be judged by this premiere trailer, The Hurt Locker is certainly going to stand out from the pack. Just the idea of following around a soldier who disarms the bombs that we only ever hear about when they blow up on the news is quite the powerful topic for a film and the early accolades already prove this to be one to look out for.
Next Day Air Yeah, I don’t really have much to say about this film other than Mos Def is the man and why doesn’t he get better work than this? Oh well. Cocaine laced comedy ensues.
Che Part 2 Did you guys see Che Part 1? Yeah me neither. But in case you have and are interested in the second half of Soderbergh’s 4 hour opus, here’s your first look at the next chunk of the life of Che Guevara as portrayed by Benicio Del Toro. There are rumors of potentially doing a third part now that the original film was split in half, but I just don’t see why everything needs to be a trilogy to begin with.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Okay, so this wasn’t worth a news article all by itself. Instead I’ll take the time out of this round-up to draw your attention to a new Wolverine clip courtesy of Papa John’s. If this isn’t good enough proof that you should wait on the finished SFX before writing off the new movie, I don’t know what is.
Armored What is with the generic one-word titles these days? They suck. They also cause a possibly interesting action flick to become a generic one in less than 5 seconds. “What are you going to see?” “Armored.” “What’s it about?” “Armored cars… but it’s got Lawrence Fishburne in it.” “Okay maybe it won’t completely suck.” Why do marketing campaigns want that to be the first conversation somebody has about their movie? Anyway, behold the generically explosion filled premiere trailer.
They Came from Upstairs I don’t think anything would save this movie. This trailer doesn’t help the case. At all. Such a waste of good money that could be funneled into, I don’t know, decent filmmaking. This smells of the worst side of Hollywood and family-entertainment that appeals to the absolute lowest common denominator.
The Girlfriend Experience Last, but certainly not least, we have yet another Soderbergh movie, this one starring Sasha Grey who is making her first non-porn acting debut. I really don’t have anything more to follow that so just watch the trailer and decide for yourself.
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