I really don’t think I need to say anything after the trailer, except maybe to give you the link to their blog.
Gravity is the Sci-Fi film of choice this week, but there are several other options. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is hitting theaters for an extremely short lived run, but this time it will be in IMAX 3D. This is not a trend that will end anytime soon; all the company owning the movie has to pay for is the 3D and/or IMAX upgrade processing, and they get a product they can stick in theaters and on 3D Blue Ray that they already know people will pay for, based on sales the first time around. I think my favorite to get this treatment so far was the original 1939 The Wizard Of Oz, which was quite amazing to see on the big screen. I am not a horror fan, so I would have forgotten Dracula 3D right away if it weren’t for Rutger Hauer being in the movie. Finally, Metallica: Through the Never is a truly surreal experience with a world-class selection of camera work. It is basically a concert interspersed with an epic journey undertaken by a roadie through a Mad Max-like environment.
Monty Python as filmed by Michael Bay is the best way I know to describe this video edit. It underscores the difference between films from two completely different decades, and the changes in film making between those times. It also says a lot about how a good editor can make a trailer say anything they want it to, no matter what the original source material has as its actual content. Seeing this and knowing the movie this came from, I begin to understand how I got suckered in to a few films that wasted both my time and money. So if you decided to make your own trailer for one of your favorite films, what would it look like?
This week brings an amusing animation, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Evolution has definitely happened in their absence, and there are all kinds of food animals to brave on their way to saving the world.
Silly and offensive… but that actually describes a lot of my favorite movies. Check out the trailer for Ghost Team 1, and see if it doesn’t give you a giggle. They definitely have a new twist to the found-footage mocumentary.
The Colony is about the survivors of humanity, living underground to escape the never ending winter that has taken over the planet. If that doesn’t interest you, The Wizard of Oz: 3D is an IMAX 3D processed run of the original 1939 classic. I am going to be at that one, if only because I have never seen it on the big screen.