Some trailers I've seen recently, and my thoughts on them. (Links are
to youtube. Opinions are thoroughly personal. Calibration: I want a
trailer to tell me what's different about this film; the marketers
want it to tell me why it's like all the others…)
Kompromat:
might work better if it were set in a country the audience regards as
civilised rather than the Enemy Russia, but it looks as if it's going
to go over to the easy action option anyway.
Evil Dead Rise (Red Band):
doesn't seem to have anything to offer that isn't in every other
modern horror film.
Gran Turismo (Sneak Peek):
that whole "exclusively in theatres" thing (a) won't be true for long
anyway, because nobody's going to give up that sweet home market
money, and (b) will get people killed. So making it the plank of the
advertising suggests a contempt for the audience which is… pretty
typical of big-money filmmakers, actually.
Renfield:
yeah, has a lot of potential, mostly for the inevitable Cage Rage.
You People:
I don't do comedy of embarrassment, and that seems to be the basic
thing that's going on here.
Baby Ruby:
I do get a certain feeling of "you should be a full-time mother, you
horrible evil woman who wants to have a life as well" but there might
be something to this even so.
Beau is Afraid:
useless horrible people are useless and horrible, and it's all played
for laughs.
Consecration:
creepy nunsploitation, woo.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.:
I guess? I mean, idiot fundies are still trying to deny the existence
of the book, so that's a point in its favour, and of course I'm not at
all the target audience – but I wonder whether making it contemporary
might reach that audience better.
Sharper:
lots of horrible people, one of them played by the always-good
Julianne Moore. Is she enough?
Somebody I Used to Know:
again, Alison Brie is always worth watching, but…
Your Place Or Mine:
the romcom feels forced. If they can't communicate, how am I meant to
believe in them as a couple?
Marlowe:
"based on the character". Uh-huh. Marlowe was never a geezer. He was a
tough guy with honour. You make him Generic Angry Liam Neeson, all
that's left is unconvincing violence.
Polite Society:
I think there might be something here for me. Visually stylish too,
that cartwheel in the green dress…
Scream VI:
there aren't even words to describe how uninterested I am in this film.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves:
OK so you're not going to get great actors for a thing like this, but
could you at least get some actors who can deliver a line as though
they mean it? Or just stop pretending anything matters except the
CGI-fest.
We Have a Ghost:
Starts like the very bog-standard Amityville clone that, sadly, is
still being made, but it looks as though it's trying to go somewhere a
bit more interesting. Well, good!
Murder Mystery 2:
haven't seen, or even heard of, the first one. Looks as though it's
trying to cash in on the whole Glass Onion hype, but I just don't
like or care about these people.
The Boogeyman:
generic horror is generic. (I assume at some point we'll get the bit
where all the lights start to fade.)
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