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Film:X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:43:39 GMT

Title: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Year: 2009
Director: Gavin Hood
Plot: The gruff, steel-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The film is set up as an origin tale for the character, and will find him sharing the screen with Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), John Wraith (will.i.am), Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), and Col. William Stryker (Danny Huston). Academy Award-winning director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) films a screenplay penned by Troy scribe David Benioff (Troy). Daniel Henney and Lost's Dominic Monaghan round out the supporting cast. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: x-men origins: wolverine

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:49:39 GMT

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Body: it looked fake but when you get past that it was a good film i will whatch it again for a sleep over. i love wolverine and his clawls they are so strong i whant some you shud see it its cool.=)=)

Spout Post: Obsessed Wolverine Duchess becomes Role Model to Fido

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:45:07 GMT

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Body: I got into The Duchess mostly because it looks so beautiful. Kiera Knightly ("Silk") stars as another quirky period heroine. Ralph Fiennes ("The Reader") is cold and serious and just wants a son. The costumes are gorgeous and the landscapes are breathtaking so much so they overshadow the story and characters. Kind of sad really.Role Models = hilarious. Paul Rudd ("I Love You Man") and Seann William Scott ("The Promotion") are almost outshined by their younger costars - Christopher Mintz-Plasse ("Superbad") and Bobb'e J. Thompson ("Columbus Day") - as they try to bond and put in their community service so as to avoid jail. Of course, they learn and grow along the way. But each step is more amusing than the next. See it.I was quickly drawn into the colorful quirkiness of Fido. In a future where the dead won't stay dead, a collar has been invented to tame the monsters so they become useful household servants. A long boy befriends his zombie and his entire neighborhood must deal with the consequences. Very entertaining.If you saw the trailer for Obsessed, you've pretty much seen the whole film. It's average. There is only one mildy surprising event in the film, but I won't spoil that here. A man flirts with a temp at his office and then has to deal with the repercussions of his actions. It's not so bad that it shouldn't be seen. You just shouldn't pay for it. Cable. Wait for cable.X-Men Origins: Wolverine kind of got a bad rap before it even entered theaters, but I found it thoroughly entertaining. Hugh Jackman ("Australia") gives himself over to the role, making even the cheesy lines work. The audience I saw it with loved him. The effects are good. The fights are good. I've been told the backstory follows the comics fairly well. Just a really fun summer film.

Spout Post: X-Men Origins: Wolverine: A Review

Mon, 04 May 2009 10:43:06 GMT

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Body: Cross-Posted from Giraffe Versus Unicorn. It is without question that Batman Begins and more so The Dark Knight have changed the way in which comic books are brought to the big screen. Gritty and dark in tone, the reverberations that they have created in the industry are only now beginning to seep down the chain, as we can see here with the completely unnecessary re-telling of Wolverine's origin story. Already told in a series of flashbacks and cuts throughout the original X-Men movie, Origins: Wolverine aims to expand on this in a story riddled with ridiculous plot-holes and dumbassery. We're introduced to our main characters, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Liev Schreiber's Sabretooth as children in 1845. A quick death which we're not given enough time to care about later and we're in the rather fantastic opening credit montage, which sees the two fight their way through history's major wars, beginning with the American Civil War and ending in Vietnam. Very reminiscent of Watchmen's excellent opening credits. It's never explained why either character ages from childhood and then conveniently stops when they reach their 'Hugh Jackman' and 'Liev Schreiber' years, but who are we to dwell on points such as this? The movie plods along at an acceptable pace, but thanks to a barebones plot with a myriad of holes, you find yourself wondering if the writers ever actually watched the other X-Men movies that they should have been working in conjunction with. Schreiber's cunning and cerebral turn as Sabretooth makes you wonder how we accepted the freakishly strong and freakishly stupid version that we were given in the X-Men trilogy? What happened to him between the events in this movie and the first X-Men movie that turned him into such a brutish idiot? Once we brush aside all of this, not even the action segments and the CGI are up to carrying the film across a finish line that we can deem as acceptable. Considering the hammering that internet bloggers gave a leaked work print of the film in terms of CGI, you'd expect that the finished product would be something to shout about. If anything, it's the complete opposite. One scene in particular, in which Wolverine plays with his new adamantium claws in front of a mirror looks glaringly false. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is saved by a handful of performances by actors doing the best with what they're given. Jackman is reliable in his role as always and Schreiber is a great fit for the character of Sabretooth. Glimpses of Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool show bundles of promise, but whether the character will go anywhere is questionable given the events of this film. Not quite the train-wreck of X-Men: The Last Stand, but a needless and poorly-told tale of events nonetheless. 2/5

Spout Post: Shoddy Production and Smoking Hotness

Fri, 01 May 2009 17:45:34 GMT

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Body: Forged in the heat of war and personal tragedy, claw wielding Wolverine was born. Shoddy production and inconsistent writing makes me wish that X-Men Origins: Wolverine could be retroactively aborted. After his life is turned upside down, the young James Logan - Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) embarks on a tragic journey with co-mutant Victor Creed (Live Schreiber) that spans four wars and endless killing. When the wars finally end, they are dispatched to be members of a special squad of men sent to commit unspeakable acts. Unable to stomach the discomfort of his orders, Logan splits to find newer, more unimaginable pain. All the while Hugh Jackman is hot. It surprises me that a movie with such a large budget and characters with a following as strong as the X-Men comics could not find a company to produce quality visuals. (Good thing Hugh Jackman didn’t need help with his high quality visuals.) The computer generated effects are more than 20% of the movie, and are 80% of the problem. Lighting on the actors is a different color and are at a different angle than the green screen scenery behind. The generated backdrops lack an understanding of shadow and depth of field. This basic misunderstanding of lighting irons the visuals so flat, it’s impossible to suspend disbelief. The frustration is further compounded by the unnecessary use of generated objects. (And the unnecessary use of clothing on Jackman.) Instead of using models to create locations too expensive to build fully, they are created using the same disappointing generations. When props could be used to save money on the film and create a better visual effect, director Gavin Hood still uses artificially spawned effects. The writing by David Benioff and Skip Woods does not come naturally either. Events that could prove Wolverine’s humanity are sped through at a pace that makes them almost comedy. The love story is so rushed, it is hard to feel their connection. Characters multiply so quickly, it is hard to keep them straight. (Except Wolverine, it is hard to miss Jackman when he is burning a hole in the screen.) Some of the one liners are as cliché as teenage angst. The audience is forced to languish in poorly lit fight scenes that drag on in near complete darkness. Those scenes that had enough light were poorly choreographed, and it is hard to get interested in what they are doing. Well, when they have their clothes on. X-Men Origins: Wolverine has an almost orgasmic amount of pretty. I admit it shamelessly: I am in complete and total lust with Hugh Jackman, and his special attention to his body for this movie did not go unnoticed, by me or any of the other people in the theater. Jackman wasn’t alone in unbelievably, moist-worthy hotness. Live Schreiber’s creepy character can’t outshine his ha-cha-cha-cha gorgeousness. Lynn Collin, who plays Kayla – the love interest in the film, made me want to fall in love with her. These actors did not just rest on their beauty. Hugh Jackman was completely handcuffed by an imprisoning script. Jackman and Collins have really beautiful chemistry. My only gripe about the acting was the complete lack of emotional connection between Jackman and Schreiber. Neither gave bad performances individually but they can’t seem to really bond the characters tight enough to make enough to give the story the depth. All I wanted from X-Men Origins: Wolverine was a bit of ass kicking fun. Even accounting for the Yowza Factor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine fell short. The substandard visuals made even the best looking people (Hugh Jackman) look stupid.

Spout Post: Oscar Bloggery Extended for 2010. Today in Film Bloggery 03/26/09

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:01:03 GMT

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Body: In case you haven’t heard (even though most people were talking about this yesterday — sorry today is that slow), next year’s Oscars will return to the month of March, due the Academy’s need to get out of the way of the Winter Olympics. For some of you, this may mean you have extra time to see the nominees. For most of you, this also means you’ll have more time to complain about how the Academy snubbed Wolverine, Avatar, Up or whatever other movie you think deserved a Best Picture nod. As for us film bloggers, the delay gives us additional time to speculate, predict and otherwise cover awards season to death. As if this year’s Oscars didn’t seem over-blogged enough, I can only expect there will be even more movie sites, including those specializing in the Oscars, next year. And therefore I can only expect that by the time the Oscar telecast airs on March 7 I will be so sick of the whole film awards concept that I’ll almost not even live-Tweet the big night. Reactions to the Academy’s announcement from other Oscar bloggers after the jump: Despite the fact that most of these guys are the reason the season feels overlong, they almost seem to be complaining that they have an extra two weeks to beat the dead horse: “Those who have been privately arguing that a shorter Oscar season might punch up the appeal of the Academy Awards just got sucker-punched by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,” write Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes at The Carpetbagger, noting that the move “adds two weeks to the awards season, which already seemed a tad long by the time the ceremony was held on Feb. 22 of this year.” “The seemingly endless awards season will be a little longer next year,” writes Kristopher Tapley at In Contention. “Buckle up.” “14 more days to savor the anxiety anticipation,” writes Ryan Adams at Awards Daily. For anyone wondering why the Oscars were pushed back so far back, despite the Olympics’ end date being February 28, Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere got the scoop this morning: “The reason for the new Oscar date,’ an insider confided right after the item posted, “is that a lot of the below-the-line [guys] who work the Oscars will be working the opening and closing Olympic ceremonies in Vancouver and will be out of the country during the ramp-up to the show. They just need the time.” And now some commentary from the non-specialists: Cinematical’s Monika Bartyzel wonders if the move is actually beneficial to Oscar hopefuls or the Academy ceremony: Does it matter? Would an extra week mean that we might get an Oscar ceremony with more accurate nominations? Doubt it. And maybe they’re just passing up a big cross-promotional opportunity — stars skiing down the slopes to accept awards, skating over ice … at least it would make up for all the highly congratulatory talk, should it seep into next year’s ceremony as well. Chris Hewitt at Empire also would have preferred the Oscars to stay put: Obviously, this doesn’t mean a lot in the long run – the Oscars will still be handed out, people will still grumble about who won what and we’ll still secretly wish that they’d ask Stephen Colbert to host. But we’re a little annoyed that the Academy didn’t grow a pair and go head-to-head with the Winter Olympics. Gregory Ellwood at HitFix sees more reason the date change sucks for some people: Who might loose in all this? It may amount to only two extra weeks, but that could be enough for studios nervous about their prestige pics to skip the trifecta of festivals that traditionally kicks off awards season: Venice, Telluride and Toronto. And considering the importance of the Hollywood machine at those events, that could be very dire news. Don’t be surprised to see some release date shuffling due to this announcement. Fox Searchlight currently has “Amelia” on Oct. 23. Is that too early now? Does Paul Greengrass’ “Green Zone” open limited to avoid the December rush? The news will certainly make distributors big and small take a second look at their release patterns. Richard Brody at The Front Row sees further film release issues: “With the Oscars in March, it will be even tougher for new releases to break through early in the year, meaning that calendars will likely be even more crowded in the fall.” Andy Scott at Oscar and the City has a different feeling: “I’m personally all for these kinds of delays. It opens the door for potential surprises, which seem to be a thing of the past these days.” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: 10 Supporting Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spin Off

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:02:11 GMT

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Body: If Tyler Perry gets an Oscar nomination for his acting in Madea Goes to Jail, can a washed-up actress scold him for taking away female roles? Actually, could it just be Cuba Gooding Jr. in drag, a la Boat Trip? Seriously, though, Madea won’t be up for any Academy Awards next year, but damn is Perry’s character popular. Enough that the sassy matriarch has now evolved from a supporting character into the star of her own vehicle (which gave the filmmaker his biggest opening yet this past weekend). Yes, it’s true that Madea is a central figure in most of Perry’s films and has previously been the main protagonist in his plays (including the one Madea Goes to Jail is based on), but in the movie world she was introduced as a secondary role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman. So, now she belongs in that small club of supporting characters who’ve earned their own film(s); other members of which include Jay and Silent Bob, Bruce and Lloyd, Cousin Eddie, Marshal Samuel Gerard, the Scorpion King and Wolverine. And Madea is one of the very few female characters to belong to the club, which is another good reason for an actress to scold Perry. But the problem also lies with the people who write woman characters, apparently, since in coming up with ten other supporting characters who deserve their own spin off, we managed to only include two females on our list. Perhaps if we’d permitted classic film characters there’d be more to choose from — though even then we might be more likely to include a Peter Lorre or a William Demarest role than a Thelma Ritter or Eve Arden. Rev. Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich), from Changeling Angelina Jolie got the entire spotlight for this film, earning an undeserved Oscar nomination among other things, but the only person truly worth watching in Clint Eastwood’s period piece is John Malkovich. He’s not exactly good in the role, but he looks amazing (and more creepy than ever) with his Marcel Wave hairdo and little mustache. The radio reverend could continue in a series of films in which he helps out other characters with their problems while constantly going up against the corrupt LAPD. Bust-Ass (Danny McBride), from All the Real Girls Danny McBride is starting to become a household name thanks to scene-stealing roles in last year’s Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder and his new HBO series Eastbound & Down, which he co-created with his Foot Fist Way collaborators Jody Hill and Ben Best. Yet his funniest performance is still arguably as Bust-Ass in All the Real Girls. So, even though that films’ director, David Gordon Green, has helmed episodes of Eastbound, we’d actually prefer the filmmaker go back and make a spin off to All the Real Girls starring the parka-wearing putz. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), from No Country for Old Men We could probably select just about any supporting character from a Coen brothers film (here’s a related list, to get some ideas); most would be good for a spin off of their own. But the character that won Javier Bardem an Oscar seems the most easily appropriated to any number of new situations. While Hollywood might prefer to be consistent by ruining the character’s mystique with a prequel explaining Anton Chigurh’s background, we think it’d be more fun to see any one (or number) of the following unconnected tales: Anton Goes to Jail; Anton Saves Christmas; Anton Takes Manhattan. John Givings (Michael Shannon), from Revolutionary Road John Givings functions perfectly as a minor plot device for the Wheeler’s story in Revolutionary Road, and he probably wouldn’t work as well at feature-length capacity in a film all of his own. But he could at least serve the same purpose in other stories, the way that Silent Bob functioned similarly throughout a number of Kevin Smith’s films. Then, maybe after a few more titles in which he’s still merely a supporting character he can finally get his own co-spin off, which will costar an also-deserving Kathy Bates. Currently, we like the title John Givings and His Mom Strike Back. Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), from 12 Monkeys Like Danny McBride, Brad Pitt needs to go back to his greatest performance, which was undoubtedly as the loony Jeffrey Goines, from Terry Gilliam’s underrated sci-fi masterpiece. A spin off (or franchise) would have to do away with the original film’s time travel angle, but it would still be interesting following Goines on other crazed adventures in animal activism. Plus, for Pitt it would mean another chance at winning an Oscar for his most deserved role, yet this time it could be for Best Actor (actually a number of actors on this list could do the Al Pacino-as-Michael Corleone Oscar promotion). Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: 10 Movies Ruined by a Former Child Star

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:01:20 GMT

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Body: Are you one of the many sci-fi and comic book geeks who’d be more interested in Push were it not for Dakota Fanning? Sure, the precocious child star is now a teen actress (she’s about to turn 15), yet that probably makes you even more worried about her appearance in the movie. But what can you do? She’s literally everywhere this week – voicing the title character in the animated Coraline and starring in two new video releases, Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees, both of which were released Tuesday. In the tradition of child actors continuing careers into adolescence, it’s only a matter of time before she ruins a movie that would have been better without her. We’ll have to wait until this weekend to see if that time is now, with Push, but in the meantime let’s take a look at some of the past offenders in this tradition. Most of the following former child actors (our definition: actors that began their career below the age of 13) have done great things in their adulthood, but each has done at least one film that could have been better without him or her. You may disagree with some of these picks, and you may think we’ve forgotten some (was Christian Bale really the worst part of The Dark Knight? did Mary-Kate Olsen’s disturbing kiss with Ben Kingsley take away from The Wackness?), so do share your own thoughts on former child stars below. We just ask that you keep your comments somewhat tasteful and law-abiding. BUtterfield 8 (1960) Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar for her performance in this film, and that’s basically the problem. Everyone knew then as they know now that she only won the award because she came down with a near-fatal illness weeks prior to the ceremony. Of course, she was nominated without such sympathy being the reason, so shouldn’t that mean the performance is still great? Well, that’s certainly debatable, but many critics today claim this to be one of the worst best actress wins of all time. So, if you go into BUtterfield 8 expecting an Oscar-worthy film, it’s going to be ruined for you. The Cat’s Meow (2001) Kirsten Dunst, who made her debut at age 7 in Woody Allen’s segment of New York Stories, got to work with another ‘70s cinema great, Peter Bogdanovich, in this comedic telling of an infamous Hollywood scandal. She portrays silent film actress Marion Davies, who becomes the catalyst in the scandal when her boyfriend, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann), discovers she’s having an affair with Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard). The irony is that Dunst is so annoying in the role that it’s hard to believe any guys would fight over her. Many Dunst fans continually defend her performance in the film, but if it’s not her acting that ruins The Cat’s Meow, it’s at least her singing, which can be heard during the closing credits. Donnie Darko (2001) Drew Barrymore may be the most adorable thing to happen to romantic comedies since Jean Arthur, but occasionally she tries to make us believe she can do other roles. Unfortunately, she’s just not fit for most jobs, and English teacher is certainly one of them. Somehow in Donnie Darko her awkward speaking voice is even worse than usual, and she comes off sounding like she knows this and is attempting to enunciate as best she can in spite of the problem. Well, Drew, there’s a reason Spielberg hasn’t cast you in a sci-fi flick since E.T., you simply can’t pull off the dialogue. Garden State (2004) Natalie Portman didn’t make her film debut until she was 13 (in Leon, aka The Professional), but she did begin acting three years earlier, so we’re allowing her to make the list. How can we not? There isn’t a Garden State hater out there who doesn’t blame Portman and her obnoxious, flaky love interest character for ruining the film. Yet she was once the young girl that made tons of these cinephiles relate to a questionably friendly Timothy Hutton in Beautiful Girls. A year after Garden State, fellow former child starlet Kirsten Dunst (see above) played a similarly obnoxious and flaky love interest in the similarly plotted Elizabethtown. But at least Dunst had Orlando Bloom to make her seem talented by comparison. Portman is all alone in her ruination here. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Ron Howard, child star-turned-Oscar-winning filmmaker, has a special circumstance that warrants his inclusion on this list. Unlike the other nine, he managed to ruin a movie he wasn’t even involved in. Notice both the title and the date above. Or click on the link. That’s the old animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss holiday classic, which Howard ruined by directing his live-action version. You could also say that he ruined the book, and you could say that he ruined his own movie by making the latter so terribly horrendous. But it’s Chuck Jones’ earlier film that was most adversely affected by the release of 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (often listed simply as The Grinch), because how many children will now grow up with the ugly Jim Carrey-starring version instead of the wonderful Boris Karloff-narrated one? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Shia LaBeouf, like Natalie Portman, barely makes the child actor cutoff, but he needs to be included because we need to keep chastising him for ruining not only the latest Indiana Jones movie, but also the whole franchise. Maybe there were indeed other faults with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Plenty of people credit the “nuke the fridge” scene as the downturn in both the film and the series, for instance. But most of us were forgiving up until Shia swung through the trees like Tarzan. So, he’s clearly to blame. It’s quite a shame, too, because he’s pretty much the only thing that really saves the Transformers movies. Inside Man (2006) Jodie Foster has often seemed out of place in movies. She doesn’t feel right in period romances, such as Sommersby and Anna and the King, but she’s a good enough actress that she’s forgiven for such casting faults. As for Inside Man, well, even her Oscar-winning talent couldn’t keep her from appearing ill fit for her role. Part of the problem is the character itself, that of a woman who comes off far less intelligent and tough than she should (the same kind of character ruined The Bourne Supremacy a year earlier). You want Foster, a smart and strong woman in real life and typically on screen, to be more and do more. But she hardly contributes to the film and if anything slows it and dumbs it down too much. Hopefully the rumors are correct that her character will not return in Inside Man 2. Monster (2003) Christina Ricci is not really a good actress to begin with, but if you cast her opposite a great performance she comes off as seeming a downright terrible actress. This is what happened with Monster, in which Charlize Theron does her Oscar-winning best at becoming unrecognizable. Next to that transformation, Ricci just looks like Ricci, and a really untalented Ricci at that. For the amount of screen time Ricci’s lesbian love-interest character is allotted, Patty Jenkins really should have gotten someone better. Because not only does the performance end up awful next to Theron’s, it ruins a film that is otherwise worth watching for the acting. Silver Screen Confidential (1996) Scott Schwartz actually won an award for this adult film, in which he gives a non-sex performance. It wasn’t his first porn nor was it his last, but because of the recognition he received for this one, it’s being used as the exemplary title. While creepy people out there tend to count down to the day that female child stars reach the age of 18, probably in the hopes that the girls will quickly appear in their first legal nude scene, it is unlikely that anyone was waiting for the day the kid from The Toy, A Christmas Story and Kidco would enter a career in porn. To be honest, we haven’t actually seen any of Schwartz’s adult titles, but we can imagine his appearance is quite distracting to anybody who recognizes him as “Flick” while otherwise trying to get off watching Jenna Jameson. Still, Schwartz does star in his very own title, Scotty’s X-Rated Adventure, so maybe he’s somehow a draw? X-Men (2000) Anna Paquin is the prime reason why the Academy needs to stop allowing child actors Oscar nominations. Yes, Paquin was terrific in The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. But then look what happened: she grew up to be an irritating starlet who could ruin a film by Spike Lee, Cameron Crowe or Gus Van Sant with just a single whiny-voiced line while playing the same nymphet character over and over and over. So what if she can claim to have confirmed her talent with a recent Golden Globe win (for TV work)? That still doesn’t take back the fact that she stunk up the first X-Men, one of her rare deviations from her typecast Lolita roles, enough to make it a huge disappointment. Fortunately with the sequels, not even her lack of talent could depreciate X2, and she was far from the worst thing about X-Men: The Last Stand. Thankfully she won’t be in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, nor will she likely be given her own spin-off. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: Re:Top Trailers of 2008

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:46:06 GMT

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Body: [quote user="mercurial"] After much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year? [/quote] I just saw the Revolutionary Road trailer over the weekend for the first time. Wow. it looks really intense. It does work as it's own short film is a lot of ways. Also, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer freaked me out a bit. I can't believe that movie is for kids.

Spout Post: Top Trailers of 2008

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:21 GMT

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Post To: Trailer Park
Post Date: 1/6/2009 9:41:21 PM
Body: After much neglect I am determined to make Trailer Park a more active group. I thought that a Top 10 List of trailers released in 2008 might be an interesting start. The trailers that I have chosen are those elite few that have not only kept my attention but made me gush afterwards about how exciting the film will be once it is released. Not only that, but have sought them out on the internet or on my phone to watch again and share with friends. Here we go: Top 10 Trailers of 2008 10.) Zack and Miri Make a Porno - The title alone made this trailer a must see while cameos by Traci Lords and staples in the Askewniverse and Team Apatow got all the cool kids watching. 9.) The Dark Knight - Everyone was searching for this trailer months before its release due to the death of Heath Ledger. Fortunately the trailer did not disappoint and the film became one of the most profitable ever. 8.) Twilight - To many this trailer came and went, but to that subset of the populace obsessed with the novels, Twilight was THE trailer to watch over and over and over . . . . 7.) Australia - The stunning visuals along with a shirtless Hugh Jackman and stunning Nicole Kidman made this trailer one to talk about around the water cooler. Unfortunately many found the feature lacking. 6.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Pretty much a given. Either you're a fan or you're not, but you have to admit that the films keep getting better and better. Trailers included. 5.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The subject of the film eluded most until the first trailer showed us a diminutive old man that looked surprisingly like Brad Pitt and a gorgeous Cate Blanchett doing pirouettes in the moonlight. Sure enough this trailer did its job. 4.) Watchmen - When this trailer finally found its way onto the internet, ever geek went into ultra nerd mode and spent a good day dissecting the trailer to see that it matched the amazing graphic novel it is based on. The trailer has that great Smashing Pumpkins song playing and just enough is teased in front of our faces to make us buy our tickets to the first showing right now. 3.) He's Just Not That Into You - A huge ensemble cast for this flick but surprisingly the star power takes a back seat to the lesser-knowns in this cutesy rom-com trailer. 2.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - After the horror that was X3, I was terrified by the thought of another X-Men movie being eviscerated by a faux-comic book loving screenwriter. But alas, the trailer looks accurate to the source material and the explosion of superheroes and villains just made me all giddy. 1.) Revolutionary Road - Utterly spellbinding, this trailer is its own magnificent short film. The combination of that haunting piano and the powerful Nina Simone rattle the viewer to the bone and make this trailer my best of 2008. So what trailers did you all like this past year?

Spout Post: Holiday Movies, Act III -- Daniel Craig's DEFIANCE + best new movies out there

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:48:46 GMT

Post By: spout
Post To: Coming Soon
Post Date: 12/29/2008 7:48:46 PM
Body: Jan. 2 - LImited release Only one new film comes out this week: Defiance. Watch the trailer. Based on a true story, this film reminds me of a WWII version of Robin Hood. A band of brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jaimie Bell) refuse to give in to Nazi Germany. They liberate Jews, give them a safe haven in the woods, and train them to fight the Nazis. Some critics are dubious of the film, wondering why Paramount studios would delay its original December release until the quality wasteland that is January. Me, I'm still looking forward to the film for two reasons. I have faith in the director Edward Zwick. Although I didn't quite love The Last Samurai (2003), it definitely had its moments, and I thought the later Blood Diamond (2006) was even more impressive. Secondly, the actors are excellent. Daniel Craig is always intense and compelling. Liev Schreiber is great too, so I'm glad we'll be seeing more of him. (He's playing Sabretooth in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Watch the trailer.) BEST NEW MOVIES OUT THERE The Wrestler -- Watch the trailer. Read the review. If it's in your town, go see it! If it's not in your town yet, write your congressman and get it there! Frost/Nixon -- Watch the trailer. Even if you're not very interested in politics, this is a highly watchable story about integrity. And the "interviews" between Frost and Nixon, though civil on the surface, play more like gladiatorial combat where you can feel the sting of every strike and counter-strike. Far from a simple hatchet-job on the former president, this film balances a fair judgment of Nixon's abuses of power with an awareness that he was not just some snickering villain. If this were a lesser film, viewers might walk away disliking Nixon more than they already did; instead, Ron Howard's story makes these characters relatable and even a bit haunting. The Reader -- Watch the trailer. Read the review. Have any other recommendations? I'd love to hear them.

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