Monday, February 13th, 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a stupid concept (from screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith, based on his own novel), from the director of at least one kind of stupid film (Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov)… and yet, this trailer looks a lot more fun than it has any right to be. What’s going on?
The film stars Benjamin Walker stars as Honest Abe and will be released (in 3D) on June 22, 2012.
(via fellow movie webcomics guy @culturepulp, a.k.a. Mike Russell)
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Yesterday, a trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel that doesn’t have the Aliens (a.k.a. Xenomorphs) in it hit the internet, and here it is. It’s a tease, to be sure, but the footage we see is pretty damned awesome. Consider my appetite whetted.
Interestingly, Charlize Theron is billed last here, not first, despite her prominence in the trailer. I’ll let others speculate as to why…
Prometheus was written by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron — the YouTube page lists Ben Foster, as well — and it hits theaters on June 8, 2012.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
In December 2012, Peter Jackson goes back to well with the first of the two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit.
As trailers go, it isn’t terribly exciting, although there’s a healthy amount of footage, a song, a whole bunch of dwarves, Gollum, and even Frodo (in a framing sequence, of course). It all looks and sounds pretty much like Lord of the Rings all over again, but with somewhat smaller stakes — at least in this first part. And while that’s sure to please the most ardent fans of the trilogy, as someone who enjoyed but never really fell in love with them, it didn’t really stir up any strong impressions in me. (I was one of the few who’d hoped Guillermo del Toro would direct these, as he’d have brought something new to the equation, but alas.)
But… I’m sure the faithful will love it, and I’m happy for them.
So… what did you think?
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
A new trailer for Act of Valor has hit the interwebs — and there’s not much more to add, really, since the trailer itself doesn’t add much to the earlier trailer I posted a while back. Viewed solely as an action movie, it looks pretty awesome, with the only major wildcard being whether or not the story can string together the action sequences well enough and the actors can be convincing enough in the quiet scenes.
There’s the obvious (and tiresome) criticism that this is nothing more than propaganda, since it was created with the approval of the Navy. But really, how are films like The Kingdom or… well, anything Michael Bay does… and video games like Call of Duty or Battlefield not the same this way? Are we so stupid that we can’t enjoy it on its own merits, divorced from who gave it the green light? I don’t think we are.
Act of Valor stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez and Nestor Serrano. The film was directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh and hits theaters on February 17, 2012.
