Some trailers I've seen recently, and my thoughts on them. (Links are
to youtube. Opinions are thoroughly personal. Calibration: I hate most
things.)
Studio 666 (Teaser):
wow, a teaser that pretty much explains all the important stuff in the film.
Spider-Man - Across the Spider-Verse (Part One):
yeah, very pretty. Script? We'll see.
The Requin:
feels very contrived.
Operation Fortune - Ruse de guerre:
Jason, plus some other people who aren't Jason. OK. I guess. Grunt
quip shoot.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2:
great big meh.
Fantastic Beasts - The Secrets of Dumbledore:
people who like this sort of thing ("more stories from the world I
already love") will like this. To me it looks all too like all the
other trailers for modern big-budget superhero or fantasy or scifi
films, but then I ask a trailer "why is this film different" rather
than "is this more of the same old glurge that I know I like".
Italian Studies:
an interesting performance but will it make a compelling narrative?
Hard to do right. Worth keeping an eye on, I think.
Everything Everywhere All At Once:
has some promise, for me depending really on how far it goes beyond
the admittedly impressive spectacle here. (I.e. does she get a
personality too?)
Home Team:
maybe the film will manage to generate some sympathy with a sports
coach, a type of person I tend to regard as my natural enemy. Plus
grossout comedy, har har har.
The Bad Guys:
antimation-o-matic plus one vaguely original idea, then turn the
handle and it all comes out.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Teaser):
presumably has some appeal to people other than me.
American Siege:
oh Bruce, yet another of your recent films which looks just like all
the others. Did you film them all on the same weekend?
Big Gold Brick:
holy fool shakes up family, har har.
Clean:
the first half looked vaguely interesting, then it turned into Generic
Action Movie.
You Won't Be Alone:
looks pretty. Maybe it will have something to say.
The Lost City:
there might be some fun here, but it feels very forced.
I Want You Back:
well, I suppose it gets credit for trying to put a new spin on tired
old romcom tropes. I'm not at all sure that is succeeds.
The Northman:
looks like post-Game of Thrones mud and blood and lust. It might
work, and I like the cast, but it doesn't seem here to have much to
say.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Teaser):
well, it's a teaser. Cumberbatch looks brooding, special effects
happen, sometimes at the same time; my enthusiasm is not particularly
engaged, but they don't aim these things at me anyway.
The Batman - The Bat and The Cat:
endless retreads of characters that have long since had said about
them anything that was worth saying. Yay.
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