Maybe The Goods Should Have Stuck With A Green Band Trailer
Let me take you to trailer school for a second. Red band trailers are a relatively new phenomenon, born of Hollywood's desire to capitalize on the early buzz of the lawless internet. Because there are no real restrictions on what movie companies can show on-line, a red band trailer offers a great way to disseminate the cursing and violence that is such a draw to young men. Congratulations, you just graduated! Red band trailers are great. If we're dealing with a mature movie, why not have mature advertising. Except in the case of The Goods, a silly comedy for which it seems they used a red band trailer just to show everyone that the movie has a "hilarious" hate crime in it? Lots Of Love? Whoops, maybe they should have stuck with a green band, hate crime-free trailer.
The Goods red band trailer after the jump, you guys:
Woof. And this movie has so many signs of a great comedy. Everyone is in it (IMDB indicates Will Ferrell, Ed Helms, Tony Hale, and Rob Riggle appear at some point). And it was directed by Neal Brennan. Do you know who that is? That's "Neal" from Chappelle Show. But I don't know, you guys. It's not even just the terrible hate crime scene, although the hate crime scene definitely is a big part of it. It just makes me feel...gross? Yes, gross. For a movie that's all about a shithead who can sell anything, I am not sold. And what's up with Jeremy Piven? Was it written into his Entourage contract that he can't play anything other than a monster asshole? Every role has to be pitched to him within the framework of Entourage? "It's like Ari Gold, but you're a sleazy car salesman." "It's like Ari Gold, but for the government." "It's like Ari Gold but even more Jewish." We get it! Uncle!
I am downgrading this from a DO NOT BUY to a SELL.
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Trailer
Tags: Jeremy Piven | Ken Jeong | Neal Brennan | The Goods | Ving Rhames
I liked it better when it was called Used Cars
Kurt Russell > Jeremy Piven
Score = 3
I will see it for the man candy alone.
Score = 1
but...Kristen Schaal...
Score = 16
woof
Score = -1
I'm pretty sure Red Band Trailers aren't new. They're just more visible now because of YouTube, etc.
Score = 3
You are right that they aren't new. They used to show in actual movie theaters ahead of R-rated movies. But the industry pretty much self-banned them in 2000 in an attempt to keep all movies as widely marketable as possible. The internet has brought them back. Red Band 2.0.
Score = 7
Also, I think this was called August Blowout a million years ago written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Also, I think this is just Used Cars with Kurt Russell. Also, I'm still going.
Score = 0
BUSTER BUSTER BUSTER BUSTER!!!
I still won't see it.
Score = 3
Yeah but....Buster plus Mel plus the catering company owner from Party Down equals maybe seeing it? Oh, I forget minus Jeremy Piven. Ok, you're right.
Score = 5
I saw a clip of Neil Brennan doing stand-up post-Chappelle's show. While I give Neal loads of credit for contributing much to the awesomeness of that show (S1-S2), I was unsettled to see him dropping n-bombs in his routine (as part of an impression). Kinda shed light on the whole Chappelle leaving to due to being uncomfortable about making too many/the wrong kind of race jokes (not that he hadn't made his share of off-color jokes in the past).
Score = 3
The hate crime scene is definitely uncomfortable and I don't think it's all that funny, but it seems like the target is people who are stupid enough to let idiot propaganda drive them to commit (or get off on) a hate crime. The scene doesn't work that well because they take it too far, but I think it could have worked. (Did I just take everyone to the U. of Duh? Sorry.)
Score = 5
The hate crime scene is in the green band trailer too
Score = 2
grow a pair candy ass
Score = -10
Whoa, is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!
Score = 0
Happened upon this trailer in an emailed "Jeremy Piven and Ving Rhames" Google Alert.
Score = 3
You're going to disown a movie based on one unfunny joke? It's not like this movie is promoting the message that hate crimes are okay.
I never thought i'd say this, but Satan up there is right.
Score = 3
jermy, jermy, jermy...
what have you done?
Score = 0
looks like PCU 2.
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That's not even a character that Piven plays - that's his real personality.
Score = 2
Come on, now. Don't you ever pine for the time when we can make all of the misanthropic and politically incorrect jokes we want in true pre-post-ironic fashion? The fact that Piven recognizes it as a hate crime indicates it's all OK, we're just having a little fun with outmoded racial stereotyping here (irony intended). Granted, the scene itself was not that funny, especially when juxtaposed with the rest of the trailer, but I think it is consistent with Piven's character, i.e, "In 1969 everybody could smoke on airplanes, and you know what happened in 1969, we put a man on the moon." It's funny to have an asshole character who wants to be as politically incorrect as people used to be. I just wish that our pussyfoot generation had the balls to laugh at racism rather than cry about it. This movie is the shit, but in a good way.
Score = -1
It comes out on my birthday :( First the huge blackout a couple years ago now this.
Score = 0
mad props for the "downgrade" arrested development reference. hopefully that was what you were going for.
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