Trailer Junkie: The Good, the Bad, and the Green Band

The past few weeks have seen some exciting trailers attached to high profile, exciting movies.  The holiday season is a very good time for new blockbuster films as well as can't-wait-to-see trailers.  So let's take a minute to look at the coming attractions of the holiday season. 

Astro Boy

Okay so I just need to get this off my chest.  We just got this trailer in yesterday and it barely made it out of the box before I ran it through a projector and watched it.  And I have to say, as exciting as such an idea is, it doesn't look nearly as good as what my imagination conceived at the mention of the idea.  I feel like the major animation studios are pushing way too hard for 3D movie concepts and not spending a whole lot of time actually developing good ideas.  It seems as though we are getting too excited about this new 3D technology and forgetting that 3D is a novelty.  Not to mention, it makes the push for digital projection that much more necessary... and we all know how I feel about that. 

Star Trek XI

Now I'm going to start this off by saying that I'm not exactly a huge Trek fan.  However, this movie looks balls-out fantastic.  This is probably the best introduction of a main character I've ever seen in a trailer.  It once again establishes Captain Kirk as a badass, even when he was only a boy.  However, while this trailer look really fantastic, I am afraid it might be a teaser that promises more than it can deliver.  This happens quite often and i would hate to see that in this case.  If this film is as good as they are hyping it out to be, it just may be one of the best Trek films made.       

Friday the 13th

This horror remake business needs to stop.  If i want to watch a Friday the 13th movie I will go out and rent one of the 30 other films the franchise already has to offer.  I also like how the trailer advertises "from the director who brought you 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre.'"  At first glance I thought, "wait Tobe Hooper directed a crappy remake of Jason?"  But no, its the director of the REMAKE of "TCM".  It would be nice if he could claim something original to boost the sales of an idea someone else came up with.    

Watchmen (version 2)

This film looks absolutely beautiful.  This has to be the best production design I've ever seen for a comic book adaptation.  The color schemes and the costumes look stunning and true to form.  And of course this has me worried.  One of the most talked about things surrounding this film is the question of "how are they going to cram all that story into one spring blockbuster?"  While it looks breathtaking, is it going to do the story justice?  I hope so.  If it does, this could very well be the greatest comic book adaptation of all time.  Let's keep our fingers crossed.      

Back in the Saddle: The End of the Fall Shit Harvest

Ok, so you may be wondering where the hell I've been the past month, and truth be told I just haven't really been that motivated to go to the movies all that much lately.  Mainly because I've been working a whole hell of a lot and the thought of coming in on my day off is an awful idea.  Also, the fall isn't exactly the best time to go to the movies. 

The fall, in the Motion Picture Industry, is what I like to refer to as "The Fall Shit Harvest."  This is when all the major studios try to get rid of all the crap they shouldn't have made and realized would actually lose money in the summer box office.  We get "films" like "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."  Now every now and then a decent movie slips in, but I find myself suddenly spinning these films onto their shipping reels to send back to the distributer saying, "now why didn't I see this?"  

However, now with the shit harvest officially over (the release of the new 007 film broke the curse) I can feel good about spending my time in the theatre.  This holiday season is shaping up to be a good one and I for one am excited to be a part of it.  So stay tuned for more updates and more angry rants about film news and whathaveyou.  

Happy landings,

The Angry Projectionist