They have broken loose with another Skyfall trailer, even better than the last one. I would have thought they would have gotten predictable by now, but after 50 years of James Bond movies they just keep getting more creative. And personally I think this new Bond is my favorite since Sean Connery, I almost get the feeling they are the only two out of the crowd who actually read the Ian Flemming books and understand the character.
It is finally time to see whether the new version of Total Recall does either the Philip K. Dick book or the original version of the film justice. The trailers have looked very promising indeed.
On October 26th, one of the potentially best movies of the year will hit the big screen: Cloud Atlas. The 2004 book by David Mitchell was amazing, the cast and directors are amazing (many of the actors playing multiple rolls), this trailer makes it look like the finished product could just possibly live up to the promise that the component elements bring to the table. I can not wait to find out if they manage to pull it off; I will see you in the popcorn line as we go to find out.
They changed the name, but The Watch is about a neighborhood watch team that is out to protect their town from aliens from outer space… whether they are a danger to anyone or not. Somehow this one doesn’t really appeal to me, probably because I don’t find either Stiller or Vaughn more than boring. The plot seems to be an Americanized remake of Attack The Block except without the inter-character relationships that made the original film interesting. But it does have Richard Ayoade and Billy Crudup, and I suppose they might manage to save the movie.
Obviously The Dark Knight Rises is the movie of choice this weekend, but at select theaters you can also see the Dark Knight Trilogy. Apparently they were pretty impressed by what Marvel pulled off with their marathon leading up to the midnight release of The Avengers, so Warner Bros stole the idea. Batman Begins starts on Thursday evening the 19th at around 6PM with the new film playing at midnight, and the entire run of three movies will take 8 hours and 45 minutes.
My favorite part of the original Despicable Me movie was the Minions, so it is good to know they will be integral to the sequel as well. This trailer is extra funny in 3D, so if you have the chance to catch it in theaters (like at the Brave showing playing near you) be sure to do so.