Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Trailer
February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
I love the Indiana Jones series and I dearly hope this fourth film is as great as the previous three. We will all know on May 22nd. This trailer seems encouraging to me. Harrison Ford looks great back in the role, Shia Lebeouf is an exciting addition to the cast. My fingers are crossed.
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The Dark Knight: Full Trailer
December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment
The Dark Knight Trailer is now online in HD! they did an amazing job making the Joker scary amounts of crazy. Heath Ledger just might work out after all… Also, the addition of Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes (replacing the otherwise terrible Katie Holmes) is huge.
Christopher Nolan sure can make sweet dark films…
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Idiocracy: Funniest Movie You Never Heard Of
March 27, 2007 | 10 Comments
Maybe you’ve heard of it… but most likely not. This Mike Judge (Office Space) film was shockingly under-promoted. The frighteningly realistic premise of the film is that stupid people are breeding and growing their family trees faster than intelligent people. With this in mind, we move forward 500 years into the future where a dystopian society has emerged, run purely by imbeciles and on the brink of self imposed destruction.
Personally, the biggest compliment I can give this film is that it is the most quotable film since Napolean Dynomite. Here are a few I just can’t get out of my head:
Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson): “Why me? Every time Metsler says’ ‘Lead, follow, or get out of the way,’ I get out of the way.”
Doctor (Justin Long):
“It says on your chart you’re fucked up, you talk like a fag, and your shit’s all retarded. “
“Don’t worry scrote. There are plenty of ‘tards out there living really kick ass lives. My first wife was ‘tarded. She’s a pilot now. “
[Billboard Ad]: “If you don’t smoke Tarryltons… Fuck You!”
Costco Greeter: “Welcome to Costco, I love you. “
TV Announcer: “Next on the Violence Channel, an all-new Ow! My Balls!”
Joe Bowers: “Man, I could really go for a Starbucks, y’know?”
Frito (Dax Shepard): “I don’t really think we have time for a handjob, Joe. “
[Carl's Jr. Computer Vending Machine]:
“Welcome to Carl’s Jr. Would you like to try our Extra Big-Ass Taco, now with more molecules?”
“Your kids are starving. Carl’s Jr. believes no child should go hungry. You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl’s Jr.”
“Carl’s Jr. ‘Fuck you, I’m eating’.”
Rita: “Hey, how much further is it?”
Frito: “Uh, it’s, like, far.”
If you can’t get enough, here are more in audio format.
Judge apparently butted heads with Fox for over a year before finally getting this movie released. When it was, it only debuted on a very limited number of screens.
Without a doubt this is not the most well written or amazing Oscar caliber film, but what it is is a brilliant black comedy satire on the path we are traveling as a society. I hope this film achieves the cult status it deserves. If you are still having doubts, there are a series of clips (many of the best moments) available at Worst Previews.
Thanks to TWiT for enlightening me to the existence of this movie.
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Spider-Man 3: NBC.com Exclusive HD Preview
March 6, 2007 | 2 Comments
If you don’t like to know much about upcoming movies and truly appreciate the surprise and enjoyment of seeing things for the first time in the theater, stop reading now.
NBC.com is running an exclusive HD preview of Spider-Man 3. The catch is that it will only be online until 12AM tonight! (Of course then you’ll just have to look for it on YouTube or Google video…) This is more of a clip, or full scene than a preview. It is a full 7m 31s long clip that shows three major scenes and then ends with a few short clips in preview style.
First it starts with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson hanging out in a web expressing their love for each other. This then cuts to a scene with Peter telling Aunt May his intentions to ask MJ to marry him. Aunt May tells a touching story of how here and Ben met, as well as the fact that they would have been married 50 years if he had not been killed. She then gives Peter her engagement ring to give MJ.
This then cuts to Peter on his scooter where he is attacked by the new Green Goblin. After throwing him around quite a bit, the Goblin removes his mask, revealing Harry Osborn, and tells Peter he is going to kill him. Peter argues that he did not kill Harry’s father Norman and the chase begins.
This fight continues for a majority of the preview. The fight is particularly brutal. At one point Peter nearly loses Aunt May’s ring, but is able to fight off Harry long enough to get it back. At this point Harry starts pulling out some of his special goblin weapons.
Peter is able to use them back against him and catches Harry off guard. He finally gets enough distance between himself and Harry to setup a clothesline of webbing to surprise and takedown Harry.
We then see Harry fall four or five stories onto the pavement where he is seen unconscious. Peter rushes too him and begins CPR. We are left wondering if Harry is in fact alive. Having seen other clips in other trailers, Harry does end up in a hospital, so this must mean he survived.
This is where the “scene” portion of the preview ends. We then see the text “and the story continues…” Then it transitions into a series of clips from the movie. The most significant being of Sandman and Venom. I really love how they show Sandman as able to become huge in this clip.
Finally we are treated to our first clear, high quality shot of Venom. Sadly, it is the same shot we have seen blurry in previous leaked and official trailers.
I continue to be excited about this movie, but I am starting to think they are showing us too much. If this is the entirety of the Goblin vs Spider-Man action in this film, I will be a little let down that it was shown so completely to us. As much as I enjoyed this, I do appreciate secrecy and surprises in the theater.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Trailer 2
January 17, 2007 | 16 Comments
The second trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now out! This CGI animated movie looks fantastic. It appears they have kept the great mix of humor and action we all love from the Turtles. I am very excited about this movie.
Watch it now in HD! or below in a low res version:
Here is a plot description from the marketing text:
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to apparently take over the world.
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Frank Miller’s 300 The Movie
October 15, 2006 | 137 Comments
It’s no secret that Frank Miller has created some of the greatest comics of all time. His runs on Daredevil and Batman reinvented these characters. In the case of Daredevil, he popularized this otherwise lackluster character. With Batman, he was able to shake 20 years of campy feel as a result of the 1960s TV show. Suddenly Batman was dark, gritty, and serious. These fantastic successes set Miller up to work independently in the 90s as a huge proponent of creator rights. During this era he created arguably his best work including Sin City and 300.
Sin City is the epitome of Millers film noir style and was a huge success when it was made into a movie last year. When I first saw the trailer, I began calling friends and making people watch it. The trailer alone was a fabulous work of art. I was just as pleased when I finally saw the film. I would count this as the greatest comic book movie of all time. Thankfully sequels are in the works.
This brings us to 300. Currently Zach Snyder is making this into a film due out March of 2007. 300 depicts the Battle of Thermopylae from the Persion-Greco war. The central character is Spartan King Leonidas who leads an army of 300 soldiers to defend against a much larger force of Persians.
The visual style shown in the trailer makes many scenes and characters look almost painted. I’m sure this is intentional to match the painted art from the comic. There is a definite epic war movie feel.
I wasn’t grabbed by this trailer anywhere near the way Sin City hooked me, but I’m still looking forward to this movie. Without a doubt it comes from the end of the best era in Miller’s career.
Go watch the trailer on Apple’s site, let me know what you think.
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Ultimate Avengers 2 Trailer Available
June 7, 2006 | 3 Comments
Unfortunately Marvel isn’t listing any information about it yet, probably still caught up in the success of X-Men 3. However, IGN has the trailer already so that works out. Considering how much I enjoyed the first movie I was plenty excited to know it will be coming to DVD August 8th.
This movie, subtitled “Rise of the Panther” seems to concentrate quite a bit on Black Panther. This departure from the basic Ultimates story line may prove to make a better film, but I also fear that any departure from Mark Millar’s fantastic work is a bit of a shame.
The oddest thing in this trailer is Iron Man’s appearance. Initially they show him in the standard red and yellow costume, but quickly cut to mostly footage with him in a black and white costume. This costume appears to me to be the War Machine armor warn by Jim Rhodes in classic Iron Man stories. It also resembles the armor Black Widow (aka Natalia Romanova) wore in the Ultimates, which was a wedding gift from Tony Stark. Oddly though, if you watch the trailer slowly there is at least one scene where Black Widow is standing with the black and white suited Iron Man, pretty much throwing that second theory out of the water. The question remains, is that in fact Tony in the armor, Jim Rhodes, or is Marvel animation throwing us some odd curve ball? I’ll let you know in my review after the 8th…
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