Some trailers I've seen recently, and my thoughts on them. (Links are
to youtube. Opinions are thoroughly personal. Calibration: There is
nothing like just indignation for fostering unreasoning hate.)
Aniara:
oh, the writer saw some SF once, and he's probably read a third-hand copy
of The Cold Equations. This looks really bad.
Midsommar (Teaser):
interestingly shot but it looks a bit generically culty.
Amazing Grace:
if the camera's that shaky all through, no wonder it's never been released.
Master Z - The Ip Man Legacy:
the wirework's good, but I've seen a lot of good wirework. And?
Someone Great:
may speak more to people who aren't me.
Late Night:
poor Emma Thompson. Poor Mindy Kaling. Wait, she actually wrote this?
The Art of Self-Defense:
pathetic broken person meets pathetic differently-broken people. It
doesn't help that Jesse Eisenberg's face is one I don't like looking
at.
Booksmart (Red Band):
I like the basic setup but the comedy gets all over everything.
Good Boys (Red Band):
there is not one thing here that I want to see.
The Brink:
we know what he does. Will we find out why he does it?
Aladdin:
well, at least he doesn't look like a European. Still, this is
basically just another pointless Disney retread.
Body At Brighton Rock:
so her phone doesn't have a GPS receiver? And her radio doesn't
either? (OK, it's a pretty old radio.) She's out in the open, ought to
have plenty of signal. Quibbles aside, the setup seems interesting,
and if our heroine looks like a bit of a wimp here she'll clearly have
to overcome that later in the film.
Lucy In The Sky (Teaser):
Mission plus lots of flashbacks? But this is apparently set during the
Shuttle/ISS era and I worry that it may be a fictionalised version of
Lisa Nowak, which would be
dull.
Toy Story 4:
some interesting ideas, but mostly I'm impressed that it's not more of
the same.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood:
people who like Tarantino will probably like this, but it seems
remarkably self-indulgent.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold:
I don't know the animated series, but this looks like Tomb
Raider-lite meets generic comedy.
The Angry Birds Movie 2:
I'm sure this will appeal to someone.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Teaser):
presumably to the intended audience the 1950s setting is supposed to
make them feel nostalgic and comfortable; to me it's just meh,
another town dressed up as the fifties. Which doesn't put me in a
great mood for generic-looking horror spackle.
Annabelle Comes Home:
no doubt the sort of film which will appeal hugely to people other
than me. (I regard the Warrens as scammers who take shameless
advantage of the gullible and desperate, so I can't feel positive
about a film that celebrates them.) The CGI yellow-to-blue light
effect is nice, I guess.
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