Some trailers I've seen recently, and my thoughts on them. (Links are
to youtube. Opinions are thoroughly personal. Calibration: I hate
everything.)
Ken Jeong Cracks Christmas:
presumably will be funny to people who are not me.
Breakthrough:
Christsploitation? You don't hang that much Jesus on a film unless
it's a dystopia or… yup, another "miracle" story. What sort of God can
save people, but only does it if they're popular?
A Shaun the Sheep Movie - Farmageddon:
I wonder how much of the audience will get the references being made
here. Has "alien abduction" become part of mass culture? Probably.
Avengers Endgame:
I see no point in even thinking about this until I've seen a bunch of
the others. (Is "50% of all living creatures" by mass or by distinct
entity count?)
Brightburn:
odd to think that these days great big industrial machiney is the
signifier of a down-home simple farm life. I like the idea of ringing
the changes on Superman, but it's a bit generic horror for my taste.
Triple Frontier:
the usual problem, fails to generate any sympathy apart from "we are
going up against Bad People". A remarkable selection of B-listers.
Playmobil - the Movie:
Well, Lego had a movie, so obviously this toy gets one too. Can't see
much about it from this trailer though.
All Is True:
great cast, but are they going to be allowed to do anything more than
talk in clichés?
Captive State:
seems like dreary rough-men action, even before the aliens come in so
that there can be Bad Guys without having to consider complicated
things like morality.
The Mustang:
might have something to say about institutionalisation; doesn't look
good, but there might be worthwhile content even so – if they can
avoid the trite and obvious.
Downton Abbey (Teaser):
since approximately everyone in the world except me watched the show,
there's no effort to drag in new fans; why bother?
Woman At War (Teaser):
very little here, but OK, I'm interested.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette:
hardly anything on which to form an opinion. (But the book includes
Antarctica.)
The LEGO Movie 2 - The Second Part:
so the character who should have been the lead in the first film, but
wasn't because sexism, is now explicitly the object to be rescued.
Yay.
Greta:
ooh, it's creeeeeeepy. Oh dear. A promising idea, but.
Men in Black International:
well, yes, there's lots of action. Woo. Now is there actually a film
to go with it?
Us:
Peele's presence suggests it's being marketed as Get Out Mark 2. I
assume he has more things to say than he did in that film, and it's
just the trailer that's looking like generic horror.
Teen Spirit:
"competitive song/dance/whatever movie" is a genre now? I guess it is.
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