Category Archives: Movies
Disney Trailer Double-Tap!
We’ve got a pair of trailers for a couple of upcoming Disney movies, so I thought I’d group them together and let you all know that I think they look pretty good. I’ve loved trailers since I was a wee little Sean, and we’re living in a golden age of movie trailers. So I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
Big Hero 6
Tomorrowland
I hadn’t heard about that Tomorrowland film, but it’s apparently by Brad Bird, the guy who made The Iron Giant and The Incredibles. That counts for everything.
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As If We Needed Honest Trailers To Tell Us What Was Wrong with Transformers 4
Turns out I’m making this a Transformers day! I honestly did not see that coming, but Honest Trailers whipped out a video for Transformers: Age of Extinction the same week I wrote up that nifty Transformers List of Six. I could not let that coincidence pass without taking full advantage. They hit all the right points. Such a silly movie and franchise.
We Get It, Godzilla Doesn’t Appear Much in the Godzilla Movie
It’s called delayed gratification, people! If the movie was just 2 hours of Godzilla fighting monsters, it would get boring within the first 5 minutes!
I really only have two sins for the new Godzilla film. 1.) How did Ken Watanabe have any clue that Godzilla was some kind of ‘protector of the Earth’ and would arrive to restore cosmic balance? Where did that hypothesis even come from? 2.) When all the main characters are together at the end prior to parachuting scene, why didn’t they have a moment where they meet up and acknowledge each other? Watanabe and the general met Ford earlier in the film, then they all end up at the same base camp in the end? That should have warranted some kind of moment!
Also, Cinema Sins does have a point on arresting Bryan Cranston. Why have the cops arrest him one day, but then on the next day, he’s delivered right to the heart of the operation, on the same day the monster hatches?
Seriously, though, I loved this movie.
Everything’s Coming Up Pixar!
The first teaser trailer for Pixar’s next movie hit the web yesterday, so I decided to share it with you all. The movie is called Inside Out, and it’s about a group of anthropomorphized feelings living inside a little girl.
I don’t like it.
Of course, I’m probably going to be eating crow later. But this trailer has all the markings of a bad idea. Mostly I just don’t like movies where the core cast is made up of the same cliched ‘best friends’, who all fit into the same neat animation stereotypes, and that’s exactly what this looks like. And don’t say that just because it’s Pixar that it’s going to be good. Brave was terrible.
Here’s the plot of Inside Out:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Also, while we’re on the subject of Pixar, some blokes at Bloop Animation put together a nice video explaining The Pixar Theory. Take a watch.
Notice how they didn’t bother to include Cars 2. That should tell you something. I don’t know what, but definitely something.
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See? Aquaman Can Be Totally Badass!
Once upon a time, DC Animation decreed that they would only make animated Batman and Superman adventures, despite the fact that Wonder Woman was their best movie. I’m glad to see they have eased up on this decree, because we’re about to get a badass Aquaman movie!
Kind of cruel about his name though…For the most part, I’ve been mildly entertained by DC Animation as of late. I kind of gave up on them as a whole a few years ago, but I keep watching, and keep finding myself mildly pleased. I think it’s a good idea that they’ve switched over to the New 52, and there are a lot of stories they can mine (Simon Baz!). So hopefully this Aquaman flick is as awesome as it looks.
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