New movie trailers!

[annathepiper]

First up: the new Superman Returns trailer. After a look-see, I must say Kevin Spacey does look promising as Lex Luthor, nicely reminiscent of Gene Hackman. The new kid playing Supes--well, he does seem to make a pleasantly doofy-looking Clark, somewhere between the Dean Cain Clark and the Christopher Reeve Clark, and closer to the latter, but not all the way there. Which I like. I'm more dubious about this idea of giving Lois Lane a kid, though. I get the whole concept of showing that she's Moved On(TM), but on the other hand, a Cute, Smart Kid as part of the plot is all too often a danger signal that the movie is going to suck (cases in point: The Legend of Zorro, The Mummy Returns). Here's hoping that in this instance, I'm wrong! I do want this movie to be good. :)

Next: shiny new trailer for Pirates of the Carribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest, and hee, yeah, that does look like fun. And Captain Jack gets all the good lines: "Elizabeth, those clothes do not flatter you at all, it should be a dress or nothing. I happen to have no dress in my cabin!"

Third: trailer for the new Bond flick, Casino Royale. Yeah, that looks like a Bond flick all right. Not sure yet what I think of the new guy, or whether I'll go see this at all, but we'll see what happens.

And in related news, I saw a promo poster for X3 on a bus this morning on my way into work. YES!

Comments

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Saw a snippet of a trailer for the new X3 movie while at work. I stopped in mid-stride just to see what's up. Looks to be a rather interesting film.

[annathepiper]

It does! I'll be happy just to have another round of Ian McKellen as Magneto. :D But the trailer looks very promising in general.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

The Superman Returns trailer (and the earlier teaser trailer) make it seem like it's quite well done. I do worry a little about the kid cringe factor element, but certainly not enough to keep me away from the film.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, it does certainly seem promising enough to make me want to see it. I'm curious if nothing else because the official movie site describes this as a "redemption" story, which makes me wonder what the heck Supes has to be redeemed for, since that sort of plot is about the last thing I'd think of in connection to Superman. :)

Plus, Kevin Spacey does seem awfully promising as Lex!

[otoselkie.livejournal.com]

Looks like we're in for a good summer as far as nice, flashy action flicks are concerned. And Pirates II doesn't look half bad (though the first thing I thought when I was 'Davey Jones' was "Cthulhu!").

[annathepiper]

*snicker* Yeah, he does rather look Cthulu-esque, doesn't he?

And yeah, between Pirates II, X3, and Superman, I expect to be pretty well entertained this summer and to munch my fair share of popcorn.

[gellemar.livejournal.com]

Add 'funny member of [sexual/national/cultural/etc.] [minority/community] who always do stupid things' to the list of suck signals, as you mentioned 'cute, smart kid'... I could recall only one movie, where such character is present, but movie is nice: 'Star Wars' (original trilogy).

'Pirares...' looks cool.

[annathepiper]

Hrmm, I presume you are talking about Lando in the original SW trilogy? Or did you have another character in mind? Since I am not entirely convinced it's fair to say that Lando is an example of a stereotypical 'minority character who does stupid things'. Yeah, his selling out to Vader is really, really morally thin, and sure, it's not exactly smart to expect you'll actually get what you bargain for when you bargain with Darth Vader--but it's not exactly like he had much of a choice in the matter, either. :)

But yeah, the Pirates flick does indeed look like fun!

[gellemar.livejournal.com]

No, I meant C3PO... Lando (for my opinion) is not front-line character, he flicks two or three times (yes, doing stupid things sometimes), while C3PO is real 'member of hero's band'. You see, if we'll look for second- and third- line stupids we'll find a lot of them in nearly any movie. But stupid front-liner is a signal. E.g. in first 'Pirates...' Jack is somehow going to fit into frontliner-stupid role and several pirates of opposing side (along with governor) are secondliners. But here we have different situation: the main hero is smart, but mad. I speak mostly of situations where main hero is nearly ideal and has a friend (borther-in-arms, etc.) who always makes idiotic remarks, falling in trashcans and etc.

[annathepiper]

Ack, I let this comment sit too long in my Inbox, sorry about that! This is what I get for my brain being eaten by writing most of the time when I'm at home. :)

Thanks for the clarification about C3P0, that does indeed make a lot of sense.

[gellemar.livejournal.com]

I'm glad we've understood each other. It's OK, that you anwered only now - I know precisely how it happens when other things demand more and more attention. ;-)

[annathepiper]

Thanks! :)

[wrog]

the new Bond flick, Casino Royale

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[annathepiper]

Okay, so there's one who won't be going to see this film... ;)

[wrog]

it's high-order sacrilege.

David Niven doing bizarro Scots dances and Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond? You cannot remake that.

[annathepiper]

*snork!* Well, having never seen that version, I'll have to take your word on that. ;)

[wrog]

get thee to Scarecrow!

[annathepiper]

I'll see what I can do! ;)

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

I still say the best Superman was Kirk Alyn.

[annathepiper]

Well, he was the Supes you grew up with, right? I daresay "the Supes you grew up with is the best" is going to be the one anybody will vote for. For me, that was Christopher Reeve. :)

Though I must admit, the animated Supes I've been watching lately is also pretty keen!

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Nope. Well before my time. I only got in on the tail end of the George Reeves TV version, and even that in reruns, later. The only Superman when I grew up was in comics and animated on Saturday mornings.

[annathepiper]

"Well before your time" doesn't necessarily mean you didn't grow up watching it! Elvis movies were well before my time, but I grew up watching them anyway. ;) However, point taken.

I've never seen Kirk Alyn's Supes myself, so I am not in a position to compare him to anyone else's.