neat trailers....
Recent trailers that are interesting, exciting or just stick with me in some way...
Birth
This trailer reminds me of both Rosemary's Baby AND Eyes Wide Shut and even though the story seems to have nothing in common with either, I get the feeling it's intentional. The film is all pastels and greys and it looks really beautiful. Nicole Kidman was never a really great actress and as a movie star she's becoming more of an annoyance. She seems to be wearing out her welcome more and more for everyone but middle-aged women and lovers of gay kitch. Jonathan Glazer's last film was the "critically acclaimed" Sexy Beast four years ago... so Birth has that going for it. From the looks of it, This is one of those "psychological thrillers" that will either be a total snooty bore or fantastic... there's not really a lot of in between. At this point it looks really intriguing...
The Machinist
Another "psychological thriller", this one doesn't provoke the feeling of apprehension about it's quality that Birth does. This just looks like a great movie. This is the role that Christian Bale lost gobs of a weight for right before putting it back on again (and then some) to do Batman Begins. I'm looking forward to Batman but, as of this moment, I'm looking forward to The Machinist more...
Constantine
The film adaptation of Hellblazer, the long running Vertigo comic book (it started in the mid 80's) about the adventures of occultist/psychic-detective John Constantine. A couple of problems that fanboys have been whining about right from the start... 1.) Keanu is playing Constantine and he isn't blond or english like the character is supposed to be and 2.) the studio seemed intent on making this a PG13 film which is crazy to anyone who's ever read the often exceedingly violent comic. Well, Keanu may not look or sound much like Constantine but I can get over that. The fact that it's Keaunu at all is the real issue... but surprisingly he doesn't seem totally crappy in this. He even seems to be hinting at the facial expressions and overall physicality that the drawings of Constantine suggest. If anything, He just plays Constantine too nice... I always envisioned him a little smarmier. As far as the rating goes... this item on the Straight to Hell fansite seems hopeful. oh yeah, since the first link was just a direct link to the High Res version of the trailer here's the Med Res and Lo Res versions too....
Tarnation
The trailer for this alone is breathtaking. This is first time director Jonathan Caouette's documentary about his hard life and relationship with his mentally unstable mother. It's a jumble of film and video that seems to be edited in a much more stylized way than the average documentary... to great effect.
Dig!
Anton Newcombe is one of those guys who wants to be a "BIG ROCK STAR" so bad but everything he does ends up being contrived, obvious and forgetable. All he really has is the drug problem so he milks it for all it's worth. Rememeber when Truth Or Dare came and did really well and Madonna thought that meant she was legitimized but really it just meant that people liked seeing her exposed as the whiny, talentless diva she is? Well this looks like it's gonna be like that except about a roll and roll loser...
Undertow
This is the new David Gordon Green film. It looks much less muted (and maybe more conventional?) than his first two films, George Washington and All The Real Girls....
Birth
This trailer reminds me of both Rosemary's Baby AND Eyes Wide Shut and even though the story seems to have nothing in common with either, I get the feeling it's intentional. The film is all pastels and greys and it looks really beautiful. Nicole Kidman was never a really great actress and as a movie star she's becoming more of an annoyance. She seems to be wearing out her welcome more and more for everyone but middle-aged women and lovers of gay kitch. Jonathan Glazer's last film was the "critically acclaimed" Sexy Beast four years ago... so Birth has that going for it. From the looks of it, This is one of those "psychological thrillers" that will either be a total snooty bore or fantastic... there's not really a lot of in between. At this point it looks really intriguing...
The Machinist
Another "psychological thriller", this one doesn't provoke the feeling of apprehension about it's quality that Birth does. This just looks like a great movie. This is the role that Christian Bale lost gobs of a weight for right before putting it back on again (and then some) to do Batman Begins. I'm looking forward to Batman but, as of this moment, I'm looking forward to The Machinist more...
Constantine
The film adaptation of Hellblazer, the long running Vertigo comic book (it started in the mid 80's) about the adventures of occultist/psychic-detective John Constantine. A couple of problems that fanboys have been whining about right from the start... 1.) Keanu is playing Constantine and he isn't blond or english like the character is supposed to be and 2.) the studio seemed intent on making this a PG13 film which is crazy to anyone who's ever read the often exceedingly violent comic. Well, Keanu may not look or sound much like Constantine but I can get over that. The fact that it's Keaunu at all is the real issue... but surprisingly he doesn't seem totally crappy in this. He even seems to be hinting at the facial expressions and overall physicality that the drawings of Constantine suggest. If anything, He just plays Constantine too nice... I always envisioned him a little smarmier. As far as the rating goes... this item on the Straight to Hell fansite seems hopeful. oh yeah, since the first link was just a direct link to the High Res version of the trailer here's the Med Res and Lo Res versions too....
Tarnation
The trailer for this alone is breathtaking. This is first time director Jonathan Caouette's documentary about his hard life and relationship with his mentally unstable mother. It's a jumble of film and video that seems to be edited in a much more stylized way than the average documentary... to great effect.
Dig!
Anton Newcombe is one of those guys who wants to be a "BIG ROCK STAR" so bad but everything he does ends up being contrived, obvious and forgetable. All he really has is the drug problem so he milks it for all it's worth. Rememeber when Truth Or Dare came and did really well and Madonna thought that meant she was legitimized but really it just meant that people liked seeing her exposed as the whiny, talentless diva she is? Well this looks like it's gonna be like that except about a roll and roll loser...
Undertow
This is the new David Gordon Green film. It looks much less muted (and maybe more conventional?) than his first two films, George Washington and All The Real Girls....
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