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Post by Eddie Love on Feb 28, 2011 10:17:19 GMT -5
I love how Tom broke down "the script" of the trailer. I'd also throw in (usually after that quiet intro) the frantic sped-up establishing shot of the location cityscape.
Here's my beef that I started noticing a few years ago. A film has a solid promising trailer or TV ad (MATCHSTICK MEN, WIN A DATE W/ TAD HAMILTON) and it's shown ceaselessly a good two months before the picture's release. By the time it finally opens, I'm like "Well I waited this long, I can wait for the DVD." I don't get it. That hang time is so odd / frustrating. Like now with THE LINCOLN LAWYER -- you sold me, I want to see it. And I have to wait another month? WTF?
Still, there's nothing like seeing a movie cold without knowing anything about it or having seen scenes or trailers. I remember SE7EN blew me away because I didn't know anything about it when I walked in.
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Post by smang12345 on Mar 1, 2011 18:17:45 GMT -5
The two trailers that I found found effective lately are for The Adjustment Bureau and Sucker Punch. I don't know how Sucker Punch will live up to the trailer but we'll see.
And finally a movie with 'ol Matthew McConaughey movie that I want to see. I was REAL worried about him when he just kept making rom coms.
I don't know if they count as trailers but the TV spots they did for Hellboy 2 with James Lipton and chuck, and the Service Announcement were incredibly well done and very funny.
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Post by Derrick on Mar 1, 2011 21:08:47 GMT -5
And finally a movie with 'ol Matthew McConaughey movie that I want to see. I was REAL worried about him when he just kept making rom coms. I hear you. People need to Netflix A TIME TO KILL, LONE STAR and AMISTAD to be reminded that once upon a time Matthew McConaughey was accepted as a serious actor with extremely great promise. |
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Post by james on Mar 2, 2011 6:19:42 GMT -5
I hear you. People need to Netflix A TIME TO KILL, LONE STAR and AMISTAD to be reminded that once upon a time Matthew McConaughey was accepted as a serious actor with extremely great promise. Don't forget Dazed and Confused (I can live without A Time to Kill, though). James |
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Post by smang12345 on Mar 2, 2011 12:21:39 GMT -5
And finally a movie with 'ol Matthew McConaughey movie that I want to see. I was REAL worried about him when he just kept making rom coms. I hear you. People need to Netflix A TIME TO KILL, LONE STAR and AMISTAD to be reminded that once upon a time Matthew McConaughey was accepted as a serious actor with extremely great promise. A Time to Kill was a solid, solid movie and any man who has to choose between Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd (patented Darrick growl here) gets my respect. I did think that it was WAY preachy about race though. Amistad was also good but Anthony Hopkins kind of stole that movie out from under Matt. One of his best performances was in a little under looked movie called Frailty. Bill Paxton plays a father with two sons who believes that God is commanding him to kill sinners. That movie was creepy as Hell and everything about it was just so damn good and the ending was note perfect which is almost impossible to pull off. Maybe the guys need to do an actor's court on Mr. McConaughey? |
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Post by Eddie Love on Mar 2, 2011 20:41:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I was gonna mention FRAILTY, definitely a creepy little gem. I'd also throw out SAHARA, a bloated, over-long guilty pleasure of mine. But I do think its interesting that a guy could be a star as long as he has been without one truly substantial vehicle to his filmography. And to Derrick's point, when LONE STAR came out we were all like, whoa -- is this guy the real deal?
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Post by Derrick on Mar 2, 2011 23:14:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I was gonna mention FRAILTY, definitely a creepy little gem. I'd also throw out SAHARA, a bloated, over-long guilty pleasure of mine. But I do think its interesting that a guy could be a star as long as he has been without one truly substantial vehicle to his filmography. And to Derrick's point, when LONE STAR came out we were all like, whoa -- is this guy the real deal? I like SAHARA a whole lot myself. I've got all of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books and I'm a major fan. While the movie isn't the book line for line it's still a lot of fun. The biggest problem the movie has is the zero chemistry between McConaughey and Penelope Cruz. |
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Post by Eddie Love on Mar 3, 2011 7:03:05 GMT -5
I feel ya, whenever I watch that I have to turn on the subtitle option as I simply can't understand what she's saying, love her though I may.
What bugs me most about that picture is the obtrusive comic frontkick Steve Zahn, there's just waaaay too much of him, I think at that time people thought he was gonna be a much bigger deal and would end up having the career Jack Black now has.
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Post by Derrick on Mar 3, 2011 11:17:10 GMT -5
I feel ya, whenever I watch that I have to turn on the subtitle option as I simply can't understand what she's saying, love her though I may. What bugs me most about that picture is the obtrusive comic frontkick Steve Zahn, there's just waaaay too much of him, I think at that time people thought he was gonna be a much bigger deal and would end up having the career Jack Black now has. I wish I could go all bazinga over Penelope Cruz the way most everybody else does. She's okay but she's no Salma Hayek. But to be fair, I haven't seen her in a lot of movies. But the ones I have seen her in she was just...okay. Her voice work as the guinea pig secret agent in G-FORCE had more excitement in it than the whole of her performance in SAHARA. I can't ever get too much of Steve Zahn. I think he's terrific in anything. He's the reason I watched MANAGEMENT even though it co-starred Jennifer Aniston who I can't stand. But y'know what? The movie actually turned out pretty good and I attribute it to Zahn who can make anybody he acts with look good. |
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Post by smang12345 on Mar 3, 2011 18:03:52 GMT -5
Penelope Cruz is what I call "Every Day Hot". If you saw her on the street or bar and got some digits you'd be on the phone calling all your boys about it but she's not "Movie Star Hot". Something about her face is completely off and I think it's her nose.
I wanted to like Sahara so much, I really did and if you took any 10 minute section of the movie it's great but the parts just don't add up to anything. I do like how you can tell Ms. Cruz is a scientist because she wears glasses.
Steve Zhan really is a funny guy (best part of That Thing You Do) but even he couldn't make me watch a movie with Jennifer Aniston. When is Hollywood going to quit shoving her down our throats insisting she's a movie star and that we should love her? She's another one of those actors that are good in small, supporting role bits but just can't carry a movie on her own.
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