Avatar trailer

I figured it out!  I figured out why people have been so standoffish about supporting this movie.  It’s the Uncanny Valley.  I won’t pretend that I knew much about this crazy theory, I heard about it in a 30 Rock episode.  It essentially says that humans are ok with robots, cartoons, and some CGI, but there’s a point when we feel a subconscious dislike for something that appears real but isn’t.  Here’s how it was explained to me:

Tracy: Tell it to me in Star Wars.
Frank: Alright. We like R2D2 and C3PO.
Tracy: They’re nice.
Frank: And up here, we have a real person like Han Solo.
Tracy: He acts like he doesn’t care, but he does!
Frank: But down here we have a CGI Storm Trooper or Tom Hanks in the Polar Express.
Tracy: I’m scared! Get me out of there.

I think that Avatar is stuck down in the uncanny valley.  But don’t worry, you can overcome your natural dislike for realistic unreality… right?

But let’s discuss this trailer.  It incorporates a lot more of the story and appears to be quite complicated.  I don’t fully understand who’s on which side or what Sigourney Weaver’s job is.  But we shall see.  By the way, who wasn’t impressed with John Cameron’s career?  I always forget about how many successful movies he’s made.  Not that I actually like his movies, but he must be extremely rich.

Sorry about the strange picture, but there are only two posters for Avatar, and I already used the good one.  Click on this oddly shaped picture to watch the trailer.

From Yahoo.  (At the time of posting this site wouldn’t allow Canadian’s to watch the trailer.  I don’t know why it isn’t working, but it makes me mad.  That’s racism.)

Or try Trailer Addict.  (Sorry about the Thai subtitles.)

Or try Empire.

- izi

Green Zone trailer

Here’s an odd one.  This is a movie about an elite, rogue soldier fighting against his own government and uncovering multi-layered conspiracies.  It stars Matt Damon and is directed by Paul Greengrass.  I won’t be the first person to say that this is essentially a Bourne prequel.  It most definitely isn’t but it might as well be.  That’s not to say that it isn’t worth watching, I absolutely loved the Bourne movies, and especially the last two (the ones Mr. Greengrass directed).

This movie is something about W.M.D.s and Baghdad, I don’t really know, I have no interest in war stuff.  It also starts Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson.  I kinda wish Amy Ryan wasn’t a successful film star, but Only because I want her to go back on The Office.  Brendan Gleeson appears to be playing an American in this movie.  That should be interesting.  I love the guy, especially his accent, but without the accent I’m afraid he might just come off as extremely effeminate.  We shall see.

Click the picture to watch the trailer.

From Yahoo.

- izi

The Prisoner trailer

The Prisoner looks like a movie; it has an extremely high quality production value, it stars two talented movie stars, it has an epic scope; but it’s really a mini-series.  This miniseries is brought to you by AMC the dark horse that brought you Mad Men.  And following AMC’s recent pattern, it’s sure to win all the awards at the Emmy’s next year.

It’s supposedly a remake of an old BBC mini-series.  I know nothing of that.  The story appears to be a very familiar sci-fi story.   A regular man wakes up in a dystopian society lacking in emotion and with an emphasis on conformity.  I don’t know which sci-fi fallback I like more, dystopian nightmares or robotic uprisings.  In the end they’re both the same, they both have a twist at the end (or in the beginning), and they both have slightly tragic compromising endings, but I think the dystopian version allows for more creativity.

Anyways, back to this mini-series.  These two actors will be a lot of fun to watch, they’re both extremely good actors (poor Mr. Caviezel will always be known as Jesus).  The locations look beautiful.  For some reason that balloon looks quite exciting.  I have no idea how it fits into the storyline, but it looks interesting.

Click poster to watch trailer.

From YouTube.

Also, check out the Official Site.  I can’t find the trailer on it, but it’s full of goodness.  All Official Sites should be this good.

- izi

The Wolfman trailer 2

This trailer is far more exciting than the last one.  Obviously all the good things about the last one are still here, the awesome cast, the beautiful sets and the fact that the writers and the director didn’t sellout.  It would have been very easy to make a ridiculous Werewolf movie set in modern times with teenagers and maybe, if we’re lucky, Paris Hilton.  But fortunately the movie didn’t take that route.

Now let’s all hope that this movie doesn’t get delayed… again.

Click poster to watch trailer.

From Apple.

Bunny and the Bull trailer

I can’t explain this trailer, please don’t ask me to, I just want you to watch it.  Supposedly it’s a movie about a guy who remembers a road trip he took last year.  It’s not actually flashbacks of the trip it’s kinda just reenactments in his apartment using the souvenirs he picked up along the way.  It doesn’t really make sense but it looks hilarious.

Click poster to watch trailer.

Via Twitch.

From Youtube.

Or try The Times Online.

- izi

Toy Story 3 trailer

Toy Story was a big part of my childhood.  I was raised on Disney movies, and I was 7 when the movie originally came out, pretty much the perfect age for a movie like this.  Anywho, we’re on to the third movie and this one looks like it’ll make me cry more than the other two.  I’ve always been extremely nostalgic, so a movie about leaving toys behind is terribly depressing for me.  Also personification of inanimate objects is a hobby of mine (also a sign of insanity), so this movie is right up my alley.

Click poster to watch the trailer.

From Yahoo.

Or try Apple.

- izi

Where the Wild Things Are tv-spots

I don’t usually post TV-Spots on this blog, there are usually just too many, and if I start posting them I might never stop.  Plus they’re usually just shortened versions of the trailer.  Buuut, Where the Wild Things is going to be my favorite movie this year so I’ll make an exception.  Also there have been an extraordinary amount of TV-Spots for this movie.

And just for the fun of it I’m going to post the rest of the Where the Wild Things Posters.  Apparently a lot of people have used my blog to get posters, that’s fine with me (probably it isn’t fine with the other sites where I get the posters from.)

Click on the posters to go to Warner Bros. Official YouTube page.

TV Spot 1

TV Spot 2

TV Spot 3

TV Spot 4

TV Spot 5

TV Spot 6

TV Spot 7

TV Spot 8

- izi

The Secret of the Kells trailer

I would never have found this trailer if it weren’t for Twitch, my favorite indie movie blog.  They had a great interview with Tomm Moore the director of this film.  (It’s worth checking out Twitch just to see all their awesome banners.)

This is a ridiculously good looking cartoon from Ireland.  It’s distributed by Beuna Vista International, I don’t really know if that’s Disney or not, but that’s nothing but a stamp of approval and a budget so it hardly matters.  I can’t find a lot of information about the movie, there is a lot of ambiguity.  It’s sometimes called Brendan and the Secret of the Kell, and I have no idea when it’s coming to North America, or if it already did.

I shouldn’t actually say this because it’s sure to jinx it, but wouldn’t it be great if this movie was nominated for the animated Oscar.  It’s better than Monsters Vs. Aliens getting nominated.

Anywho, click the poster to watch the trailer.

From YouTube.

Or try the Official Site.

- izi

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus trailer 2

This trailer isn’t terribly different than the last trailer, but I think it does a better job at selling the movie.  The CGI looks amazing.  Heath Ledger is still front and center, and I’m still worried that people will raise their expectations a little too high because of these trailers.  But I guess Terry Gilliam has to do something to get people to watch his movies.

Click poster to watch trailer.

From Yahoo.

- izi

Summer 09 Recap

September has been a very, very dull month for trailers.  So to make sure no one forgets that I’m here I’m going to repost some of my favorite trailers from the Summer.