A few highly anticipated movies released trailers last week, and they all looked great. But that's what trailers do, they hype up the movie. Everybody remembers the exciting Suicide Squad trailers with Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody cranked up and - oh yeah - scenes taken out of context, a shift in tone that didn't match the film, and even several scenes (most of which included Jared Leto's Joker) that weren't in the film. Or the inspiring Man of Steel trailer with stunning scenes of Americana iconography and soaring melodies that hid the truly dark, dismal look of the film and a very out-of-character representation of Superman. Trailers mislead us, but why did I single out two DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films.
The first trailer I want to briefly brain out loud about is for this summer's Justice League. Unfortunately and despite the horrendous start to the DCEU under his stewardship, Zack Snyder is still directing Justice League. Snyder, similar to Michael Bay, is all about making the shot look cool and not about giving the shot any actual meaning or emotion. When you have an entire movie full of this meaningless but cool looking cinematography you get a bad movie but a great trailer. So as always I will wait for the reviews, watch it anyway and then cast judgment. But before all that I do have one criticism. Cyborg looks absolutely horrible, he looks out of place and is either coated with Teflon or the CGI is just bad because he is way to polished. It's worse than anything in the Michael Bay Transformers franchise, including Megan Fox's acting.
Just three days after the Justice League trailer was released Marvel sought to get the spotlight back, releasing a series of posters and the second Spider-Man Homecoming trailer. It looks good and provides more insight into Michael Keaton's Vulture in that he is more than just a man who dresses up like a vulture, he literally scavenges the streets of NYC acquiring Chitauri technology left behind after "The Incident" from the Avengers movie. This is a common theme among the Netflix series where corrupt businessmen like King Pin or Cotton Mouth use nefarious and often illegal tactics to gain the contracts to rebuild NYC. Vincent D'Onofrio has expressed interest in appearing in the MCU or the Sony corner of the MCU coming face to face with Spider-Man, but with the scheduling and continuity complications between potential Marvel film and television cross-overs, let alone adding Sony to the mix, the logistics involved are staggering .
This is Sony's third attempt at putting one of the most popular Marvel heroes of all time onto film, but history has proven that Sony can foul up what should be virtually foolproof, and Sony is now working with Marvel allowing Spider-Man to actually be included in the MCU. A point this marketing hammers on perhaps too much with Avengers Tower prominent in the posters and the amount of time Tony Stark/Iron Man appears in the trailer. Even having Stark coin the phrase "friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man" is a bit cringe-worthy. I don't expect Iron Man to be in the film no where near as much as the trailer seems to suggest, so maybe scale it back.
One day after the fresh Spider-Man footage took over YouTube, Warner Brothers (DC's parent company) stole the spotlight back, but not with anything from the DCEU. A terrifying and murderous clown known as Pennywise has racked up over 15million views in just one day, already passing Spider-Man Homecoming and quickly catching up to the Justice League trailers posted above. I recently re-read Stephen King's IT in anticipation for the movie adaptation and this trailer looks freaking amazing, it captures so much more than the disappointing 1990 television mini-series did. The visuals, the sinister music, the jump scares, even the lone red balloon floating in the Derry Public Library it's all ominous and amazing. The cast of kids look the part and show genuine terror when Pennywise assumes control of the slide projector.
Speaking of the cast, two actors stick out. Finn Wolfhard who plays the spectacle wearing Richie Tozier, who you may remember as Mike from Stranger Things on Netflix is a talented up-and-comer and appears to have a bright future. Pennywise itself is being played by Bill Skarsgår, you may know his older brother Alexander Skarsgård, Eric the Vampire on HBO's True Blood or you may know Bill from similarly themed Netflix series Hemlock Grove where he played the vampire Roman Godfrey. Where True Blood had some really good episodes and critical praise, Hemlock Grove is almost unwatchable. To be fair Hemlock Grove was one of the first original series Netflix produced, way back in 2013. Stephen King's IT may be a tipping point to Bill Skarsgår's career, and it looks as if his career is about to skyrocket. The best and most memorable part about the 1990 IT mini-series was Tim Curry's unnerving portrayal of Pennywise, huge shoes to fill (no clown shoe pun intended), but this trailer is amazing and Bill Skarsgår's killer clown may be the new standard bearer.
Out of the three trailers posted, I am most excited about IT.
You'll float too
The first trailer I want to briefly brain out loud about is for this summer's Justice League. Unfortunately and despite the horrendous start to the DCEU under his stewardship, Zack Snyder is still directing Justice League. Snyder, similar to Michael Bay, is all about making the shot look cool and not about giving the shot any actual meaning or emotion. When you have an entire movie full of this meaningless but cool looking cinematography you get a bad movie but a great trailer. So as always I will wait for the reviews, watch it anyway and then cast judgment. But before all that I do have one criticism. Cyborg looks absolutely horrible, he looks out of place and is either coated with Teflon or the CGI is just bad because he is way to polished. It's worse than anything in the Michael Bay Transformers franchise, including Megan Fox's acting.
Just three days after the Justice League trailer was released Marvel sought to get the spotlight back, releasing a series of posters and the second Spider-Man Homecoming trailer. It looks good and provides more insight into Michael Keaton's Vulture in that he is more than just a man who dresses up like a vulture, he literally scavenges the streets of NYC acquiring Chitauri technology left behind after "The Incident" from the Avengers movie. This is a common theme among the Netflix series where corrupt businessmen like King Pin or Cotton Mouth use nefarious and often illegal tactics to gain the contracts to rebuild NYC. Vincent D'Onofrio has expressed interest in appearing in the MCU or the Sony corner of the MCU coming face to face with Spider-Man, but with the scheduling and continuity complications between potential Marvel film and television cross-overs, let alone adding Sony to the mix, the logistics involved are staggering .
This is Sony's third attempt at putting one of the most popular Marvel heroes of all time onto film, but history has proven that Sony can foul up what should be virtually foolproof, and Sony is now working with Marvel allowing Spider-Man to actually be included in the MCU. A point this marketing hammers on perhaps too much with Avengers Tower prominent in the posters and the amount of time Tony Stark/Iron Man appears in the trailer. Even having Stark coin the phrase "friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man" is a bit cringe-worthy. I don't expect Iron Man to be in the film no where near as much as the trailer seems to suggest, so maybe scale it back.
One day after the fresh Spider-Man footage took over YouTube, Warner Brothers (DC's parent company) stole the spotlight back, but not with anything from the DCEU. A terrifying and murderous clown known as Pennywise has racked up over 15million views in just one day, already passing Spider-Man Homecoming and quickly catching up to the Justice League trailers posted above. I recently re-read Stephen King's IT in anticipation for the movie adaptation and this trailer looks freaking amazing, it captures so much more than the disappointing 1990 television mini-series did. The visuals, the sinister music, the jump scares, even the lone red balloon floating in the Derry Public Library it's all ominous and amazing. The cast of kids look the part and show genuine terror when Pennywise assumes control of the slide projector.
Speaking of the cast, two actors stick out. Finn Wolfhard who plays the spectacle wearing Richie Tozier, who you may remember as Mike from Stranger Things on Netflix is a talented up-and-comer and appears to have a bright future. Pennywise itself is being played by Bill Skarsgår, you may know his older brother Alexander Skarsgård, Eric the Vampire on HBO's True Blood or you may know Bill from similarly themed Netflix series Hemlock Grove where he played the vampire Roman Godfrey. Where True Blood had some really good episodes and critical praise, Hemlock Grove is almost unwatchable. To be fair Hemlock Grove was one of the first original series Netflix produced, way back in 2013. Stephen King's IT may be a tipping point to Bill Skarsgår's career, and it looks as if his career is about to skyrocket. The best and most memorable part about the 1990 IT mini-series was Tim Curry's unnerving portrayal of Pennywise, huge shoes to fill (no clown shoe pun intended), but this trailer is amazing and Bill Skarsgår's killer clown may be the new standard bearer.Out of the three trailers posted, I am most excited about IT.
You'll float too
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