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I have found memories of going to see the original Clash of the Titans film at cinema as a kid (Yes I even loved the Clockwork Owl). When they announced they were doing a remake I thought ok so long as it keeps the same epic vibe I got from the original film.
I thought, after watching this first trailer, that this definitely has that epic vibe to it and felt like it had taken the look of Gladiator and bought it into the Clash of the Titans universe.
My only two problems? the tag line and the trailer music. You give me all these epic scenes and then stick on this cheap ass rock sound track (so you couldn’t nick some backing music from the hundreds of fantasy film trailers out there?). Also the ‘Titans will Clash” really? it made it sound like this was a trailer for some WWF rematch.
Despite those missteps (please someone in internet land give me a new mashup with some decent backing music) I really liked the look of the trailer.
I’m a big fan of the Kick Ass comic by Mark Millar (still got one more issue to read) and if the film lives up to half of the fun I got from watching that trailer then I’m going to be one happy comic geek.
Angelina Jolie stars in Columbia Pictures’ Salt, a contemporary espionage thriller. Before becoming a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. She will prove loyal to these when a defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA.
Ok I thought the trailer looked kick ass and remined me a little of the Fugitive meets Bourne. It’s got a top notch cast and the premise is solid. The only think that had me making the ‘Huh’ face was the name…Salt seriously that’s what yo’re calling the film Slat. It doesn’t really scream action Thriller to me.
The film’s not out until next summer so the name has time to grow on me.
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of “Titanic,” first conceived the film 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not exist yet. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.
We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. Despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth’s energy crisis. Because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human “drivers” have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air. These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora… the Na’vi.
Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures. As Jake’s relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them. Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.
I have to admit to be one of those who wasn’t blown away by the first Avatar trailer. I thought it looked like some solid sci-fi fare but wasn’t exactly living up to all the hype (which I don’t think it ever could as there’s been so much of it.) The second trailer however is streets ahead of the teaser trailer.
I really looking forward to seeing this on the big screen.
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.
I loved the Bourne films so anything which involved greengrass and Matt Damon back together doing another action thriller then I’m definitely going to give this a look-see. I thought the trailer looked good with a lot of cool set pieces back up with a a solid plot.
Seriously though is Jason Issacs ever going to play a good guy?
From the team that brought the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia. A rogue prince (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (GEMMA ARTERTON) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Directed by Mike Newell (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) with a cast that includes SIR BEN KINGSLEY and ALFRED MOLINA, and a screenplay by Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard from a screen story by Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin, PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME hits theaters 2010.
Hmmm not sure what to make of this trailer. There were a lot of wow moments to be sure and they were delivered by the special effects which were top notch. The problem is that these days the standard os special effects is so high that filmakers need to give the audience a little more than just flashy effects.
I didn’t really see Jake Gyllenhaal as some rouge prince and I definitely didn’t buy Gemma Arterton as a mysterious, dusky princess. I didn’t particularly rate her performance in Quantum of Solace and haven’t seen much here to change my mind (I’m assuming it was her doing the narration). Of course this was only a teaser trailer and I’m hoping when I see more of the film my doubts will be swept away by…ok I was going to say the sands of time but now that I’ve said it I realise how cheesy that sounds so I’ll just say I hope I’m proven wrong.
I say onto you my geek brethren that any movie with Denzel Washington as a Mad Max style hero with the skills of Rambo and Bruce lee and Gary Oldman as a scene chewing villain is already a winner.
Twentieth Century Fox is pleased to announce the theatrical release of JENNIFER’S BODY in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, November 6th 2009.
Advance screenings will be taking place on Saturday October 31st – Halloween!
Starring Megan Fox (Transformers; How To Lose Friends & Alienate People) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia; Mean Girls), JENNIFER’S BODY is a sexy, dark comedy balancing chills with the witty humour of Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 2008 smash hit Juno.
When a gorgeous cheerleader (Fox) becomes possessed by a demon force, her bookish lifelong best friend (Seyfried) must take drastic measures to protect their small town from the seductive teenager’s insatiable appetite for high school boys.
JENNIFER’S BODY co-stars Adam Brody (Mr and Mrs Smith; The OC) and J.K. Simmons (Juno; Spiderman 1,2,3) and is directed by Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux; Girlfight)
