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In a moment, this week’s movie trailers (you guys), but first: a gut check. How is this going for everyone? Do people like the weekly round-up of movie trailers, or would you prefer to talk about the biggest ones on an as-they-come basis? Either way makes sense, but we’ve been doing this way for a few weeks and it’s hard to tell if this is more or less successful than the old way, which was basically just treating trailers as YouTubes and giving them their own post. Well? Thoughts? Share your thoughts! And now, those trailers I was talking about:
The Sitter
Whoa. I’m worried about Jonah Hill, you guys. He looks unwell. I’m as big of a fan of physical fitness and personal improvement as the next guy (who happens to also be a very big fan of it) but there is something about these dramatic weight-losses, especially in famous, familiar faces that is deeply unsettling and kind of terrible? Like, yes, get yourself in shape and focus on your health, but he doesn’t actually look healthy? He looks less healthy now than he did when he was a big blob. I don’t know. Be careful out there, boys. As far as this movie is concerned: David Gordon Green directed it, so it gets a pass, because he is great, and I have hope, but this trailer kind of stinks. Also, do you think we will ever go back to a time where not EVERY SINGLE comedy has to have a red band trailer full of angry diarrhea and expletive-filled fuck party jokes? It is getting very exhausting!
The Darkest Hour
OK, Wanted was kind of silly, but Timur Bekmambetov also directed Night Watch and that was NOT silly. So, we will see! The trailer certainly has some fun moments and some classic “oof, right” moments, so it’s anyone’s game. That being said, a big budget alien invasion movie that takes place in Moscow is a pretty smart idea (take a nap, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington DC), although it would have been even better with actual Russians. Hopefully all these kids just get Hostel‘ed by the aliens and then some Russians save the day because it’s their goddamned country, hello?!
Twixt
I literally cannot watch this. I’ve tried twice. What is it? I know it’s weird and boring and full of biscuit faces and completely unwatchable, but what IS it?!
Like Crazy
(500) Days Of Like Crazy! Juuuuuust kidddddding. Sure! You know the drill. Lowkey indie cinema exploration of young love. Got it. OUR generation’s Blue Valentine, I’m sure.
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Aww, but I moved the trailers LAST week! It’s Frank Lloyd Wrong’s turn to move the trailers!
Sorry, Union rules say that I don’t move trailers on a Friday. Thems the rules.
I don’t know what “biscuit faces” means but I like it!
coppola: “so, will you do the movie?”
kilmer: “do i have to cut my ponytail?”
coppola: “no”
kilmer: “deal.”
coppola: actually, i was talking to your ponytail. you can come too though.
“Hey Bobby, it’s Hall Baltimore.”
Like Crazy is so good
The Sitter – Oh good, another movie with a painfully all-cards-on-the-table title. ‘What is this movie about? Oh I see, it’s about a sitter, as in a babysitter! One please.’ – Morons
The Darkest Hour – Brought to you by GM. No but all jokes aside, Speed Racer is super cute.
Twixt – Get your finger off my ButterTWIXT! Or something. Elle Fanning looks ridiculous.
Like Crazy – Love is wonderful, except when it’s not. And then it’s so hard! Dream journal.
None of these look good is what I’m saying.
I don’t want a movie trailer BEFORE I watch a movie trailer, ad wizards
How about the soft drink ad before the movie trailer before the movie trailer?
But Twixt is gonna be soundtracked by Dan Deacon! That’s gotta count for something, right?
WOOF WOOF, yes it do!
Twixt looks “unwatchable” in the sense that “I want to watch it now and can’t.”
I haven’t heard his newer stuff but after attending a few Dan Deacon shows I was always more of a fan of the showmanship and all the weird crap in between the songs than I was of songs themselves.
On the other hand, now I’m imagining puffy Val Kilmer and ghost Elle Fanning dancing to beeps and boops in a forest and maybe you’re right that it does count for something.
I like the roundups, but I think it’s nice to highlight one or two more more significant ones during the week.
You’ll just have to go ahead and pretend there was a joke in there somewhere.
“Pretend there was a joke in there somewhere” … TWSS? No? I tried. I also agree with your statement regarding roundups + significant.
I am worried about David Gordon Green you guys. The one-two punch of Your Highness and The Sitter is not quite what I was expecting when the director of George Washington was embraced by Hollywood.
I hear you, but there’s some odd if subtle tone/slant he brings to things like Pineapple Express, which as a concept could have been very pedestrian.
I also have high hopes for his Suspiria remake, if it ever like happens and shit.
Ok, I kind of want to see Twixt, because Bruce Dern is the best, but I will concede that Val Kilmer is a total biscuit face.
Does anyone else remember the feeling of seeing an exciting movie trailer for the first time on a theater screen? It was pretty good! Now it’s always just, “Not this fucking thing again. I should go try to pee.”
(I know very well how dumb it is to complain about this.)
I like the trailer round ups, but yeah… I went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love and I was late and missed some trailers (which I love to watch), but when I saw 2-3 of them, I was like, “Awww, I already saw these (on Videogum). Can they just start the movie now?” Granted, they were the kind of boring ones like Ides of March (boring in the sense that it isn’t like WHOA). But I guess it’s good, because I usually forget about the trailers that I see in the theaters anyways. Maybe these posts should focus on the more obscure movies. Under the radar. Like Twixt, Like Crazy, and The Darkest Hour.
tl;dr
Also. I sometimes make a game out of trailers, like whoever says the title of the movie first wins, so these posts give me the upper hand. BUT it is annoying to see the same trailers so much! *Captain America* But that’s just the mainstream ones.
I like the trailer roundups but they don’t seem to generate much discussion. Also, I edit trailers for a living so it’s fair to say I’m biased.
My childhood crush on Val Kilmer legally obligates me to see Twixt. Plus his ex-wife from Willow is in it, so it’s ALMOST LIKE Sasha and Madmartigan are back, and Tom Waits is narrating, and commmeeeee oooooonnnnnnn
Speaking of Timur Bekmambetov, whatever happened to Dawn Watch?
i’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting…
I wasn’t sure about Twixt, but the inclusion of Father Guido Sarducci clinches it for me. That guy makes everything funnier.
And Tom Waits! It’s an early 90′s indie film revival.
The Sitter looks terrible.
Twixt looks … never mind.
And that girl must *be* Like Crazy for making my Anton Yelchin cry. Yes, it is her fault and I hate her already.
Invisible aliens: Taking the aliens-disguised-as-humans money saving savvy from Starship Troopers 3 to the next logical level.
I like these roundups, but I don’t like that the trailers always (often) have commercials in front of them. “Here’s a commercial before your commercial.” Is there a way to only find trailers from sources that don’t have commercials?
I hate it when people talk in movies like they’ve stored shit in their mouth. That is pretty much entirely what Like Crazy is.
What’s a ‘biscuit face’???
Gabe, Kelly: love the column. Hate the Twixt.
“What are vampires, except witches that suck blood?” Someone has a worse understanding of vampire mythology than Stephanie Meyer.
so hot and so sexy movie.http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110804001649AAF3Oc2