Hey guys, Jon here with another installment of the Trailer Zone. With the release of Inception this weekend, a whole bunch of new trailers have popped up both before the movie and online. Instead of doing them all out at once, here they are in a nice handy dandy single post for your viewing pleasure. Join me will you?
The Town
The Town is Ben Affleck’s directorial follow up to the critically acclaimed (and completely ignored by me) Gone Baby Gone. Affleck also stars in it this time around as a bank robber who falls in love with one of the people he kidnapped. Jon Hamm co-stars as the FBI Agent who wants to take him down. Jeremy Renner sports an absolutely horrid Boston accent as Affleck’s running buddy. Other people are probably in this too.
I caught this trailer before Inception, and…well I didn’t like the vibe. First, the music is waaaaay too dramatic for something like this. Second, the trailer pretty much gives away most of the movie, so now I don’t even feel the need to see it. Third, I cannot stand the movie version of a Boston accent (I’m from MA, so I can spot over exaggeration Mr. Affleck!) and Renner especially makes me want to stab a screwdriver in my ear. Still, it comes out the day after my birthday soooo that’ll probably be my best bet. At least it isn’t The Man this time.
The Town opens September 10, 2010.
Devil
I’m thinking Universal either didn’t get the memo or the trailer was finished beforehand, because throwing M. Night Shyamalan’s name in the trailer for this movie wasn’t the best idea in the wake of The Last Airbender‘s critical drubbing. The story (created by Shyamalan, who is only credited with this and producing, nothing else) follows a group of people stuck in an elevator. Sounds fun enough (yay claustrophobia!), but here’s the catch: one of them happens to be THE DEVIL…or at least some sort of demon.
This is being made under the banner of “The Night Chronicles”, which according to his site is a joint effort between him and aspiring young filmmakers who are looking for an opportunity. He will come up with the story, but the screenwriting and direction will be done by someone else. You know what? That is actually a good idea (minus the stupid nickname…a handjob isn’t a handjob when you do it yourself) and I’m interested to see where this goes; at worst, his films have had interesting premises. The trailer itself is a bit hokey (get a load of that lady yelling “TUUUUUUUUUURN OOOOOOOOOOOOON THE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTS!” and try not to laugh), but the concept will help me power through. Plus, Chris Messina is an underrated and excellent actor.
Devil comes out September 17, 2010.
The Social Network
The full-length trailer for David Fincher’s The Social Network has been released after two teasers popped up in the past few weeks online (VERY unnecessary teasers, but teasers nonetheless). This one goes more into the real-life story; Jesse Eisenberg plays the Facebook founder and deals with the creation of it, its expansion, and being sued by people who claimed to have actually created it. It co-stars Justin Timberlake and others I can’t remember off the top of my head.
A Facebook movie, eh? Well it had to happen eventually. However, I think people are barking up the wrong tree; although Facebook is used by pretty much everyone, that doesn’t mean everyone wants to go out and watch a two and half hour (I’m assuming, it’ll probably be less) movie about its inventors. I think the studio is banking on the people who use it to see this and, well, that’s doubtful (at least enough to make a ton of money). David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin (who wrote it) are big names though and it looks interesting enough; for a more adult crowd, this could fly, but don’t be surprised if it performs below expectations.
The Social Network opens October 1, 2010.
Due Date
Third on the list today is Due Date, the next directorial effort of Todd Phillips, the man behind The Hangover. Robert Downey Jr. plays a guy who is trying to get home in time to see the birth of his child and runs into a serious of mishaps, mostly the fault of Zach Galifianakis who plays…well pretty much what he played in The Hangover but with a dog. Jaime Foxx also stars as seemingly Downey’s friend and one can’t help but wonder why they don’t just ride with each other instead of Galifianakis tagging along. Maybe it’s because Foxx can’t grow a sweet hobo beard.
This…this is iffy. I didn’t find the trailer particularly funny…actually save for Downey threatening to choke Galafianakis out, I didn’t laugh once. This looks like a spin on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles but in 2010, does that really work? Can’t the guy get money through the internet somehow to buy a plane ticket? I guess part of the fun is to find out why they are riding together, but if the last joke of the trailer (Galifianakis quoting an Ice Cube lyric) is any indication…I’m going to be rolling my eyes on a near constant basis.
Due Date opens November 5, 2010.
Final Thoughts
Out of these four, I’m most excited to see either Devil or The Social Network; Devil because of its premise and its potential to either be scary or hilarious and The Social Network because I’m a sucker for something Aaron Sorkin has written. I’m iffy on Due Date and I really don’t care about The Town, but I know I’ll end up seeing it.
Here’s where I’d insert a poll (I forgot to ask Donna Corleone how to do one), but I’ll just ask instead: which of these four trailers piques your interest the most and which makes the movie its promoting look like it’s going to be the opposite of the bee’s knees? Let us know, and thanks for taking a trip into The Trailer Zone (*cue theme music and your guffaws at an attempt at a catchphrase*).
Sorkin and others keep saying that The Social Netowrk is not what everyone expects it to be. I actually hate Facebook, but I’m vaguely interested in seeing if Justin Timberlake can act.
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Alpha Dog’s one of those movies that has never interested me, but I’ll take your word for it. He’s been okay in other things though (except The Love Guru). Plus, I saw Model Behavior, a Made for TV movie, like a dozen times when I was a teenager so he’s got good karma for that (I relinquish my man card…*sigh*).
Jon, trust me Alpha Dog is great!
I counter AndyHart’s exhibit A with the Red Couch’s Exhibit 1
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What to do…what to do…I’ll decide after I see The Social Network.
The Town’s trailer doesn’t actually give away as most people think. You’re supposed to know Affleck is one of the co-conspirators in on the heist.
And I’m really looking forward to see Hamm lead a movie.
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I felt like I had seen a good enough chunk of the movie in the trailer to the point that I didn’t feel the need to actually see the whole thing, that was my issue. Although it wasn’t nearly as bad as the Charlie St. Cloud trailer that also played…that gave away EVERYTHING.
As for Hamm, I only know him from his SNL stints and the Lex Luthor thing on Funny or Die, so I’m conditioned not to take him seriously. I need to get on this Mad Men bus.
That’s the first time I have seen the trailer for The Social Network, it’s a great trailer and the movie looks pretty good too.
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The Social Network trailer is a good one…made me change my mind about wanting to check it out. Wall Street 2 trailer looks great too. Love how the Affleck movie uses the title “From the critically acclaimed director…” made me laugh out loud.
You’re not the only one. I hate how trailers do that from the critically acclaimed actor who starred in one movie and so on. We’re not that stupid.
I hate that us Europeans have to wait longer than you guys for film trailers. Seriously, they’re staggered worse than the film themselves. So before Inception we got Salt (which has been advertised for what seems like years – it sucks and is going to tank, no matter how many sex-with-her-bra-on scene of Angelina Jolie you put in the advertisement, get over it), The Adjustment Bureau (could be good, could be terrible) and The Expendables (which made me feel macho, but it’s like the sixth time I’ve seen that trailer in theatres).
Plus there’s now a worse product-to-film advertisement ration. Don’t try to sell me “the lighter way to enjoy chocolate”. I’m here for movies.
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Devil looks like it could be interesting, but I’m sick of the whole “everything happens for a reason” shtick. Still, looks like a good claustrophobic horror flick.
Social Network is the one I’m curious about. Fincher is hit or miss for me so I’d like to see the direction he goes with this. Looks more in line with Zodiac, which I think is his finest film so far, in that it seems more about the characters and performances than anything else.
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I’m pretty interested in Devil … .the chick’s a babe
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Well if she were President, she’d be Baberaham Lincoln, so I’m in agreement with you sir.
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excellent
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I’m really pumped for The Town and The Social Network. This fall looks like it’s going to be a good one.
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This Fall will definitely be good. Lots of great choices.