Tuesday, November 17, 2009

TRAILERS: CLASH OF THE TITANS; KICK-ASS; AVATAR

CLASH OF THE TITANS; IGN.COM
This is an remake of a classic stop-motion/live-action movie by Ray Harryhausen.  Usually when movies like this, that are remakes of classics, only bad news follows.  But when actors like Sam Worthington (the only good part of Terminator Salvation) and Liam Neeson (whos occupations include Jedi, Darkman, Batman mentor, and lion.  To name a few.) are set to star, then THIS trailer comes out, something good is bound to come of it.  In the short trailer you see a great deal of special effects and don't really get to know so much about the story, but what do you really need to know?  Sam Worthington fights Greek gods, and epic doses of awesome occur, thats it.  Maybe I just have a weak spot for Greek Mythology, but by the looks of this early trailer, people should really dig this movie.

A comic-book based movie, believe it or not.  Kick-Ass looks kinda like a cross between GHOST WORLD and WATCHMEN, in terms of style anyway.  Hopefully people won't be too 
worn out by superhero movies yet because this movie looks like a breath of fresh air.  Half comedy/half violence KICK-ASS shows what it's like when people decide to become superheroes in the real world, with no powers but (seemingly) real villains. Our hero looks battered and bloody as he receives beatings as equal as he gives them, maybe signaling that this movie will be more on the 'real world' side of being a faux crime fighter.


AVATAR; APPLE.COM
THIS IS the trailer you need to see if you don't have any desire to see this film, because afterwards you will.  This trailer offers more about the plot within AVATAR's much hyped special effects, which as I said before is at its core "Pocahontas In Space".  And also you get to see some James Cameron trademarks that make its way into this film; a strong female soldier (actually 2 this time), a corporation bent on its own self survival, a conflicted main character, and of course, a relationship that probably shouldn't be going on.

Most of the hype around this movie has been contained within the internet, where it almost always is, and the commercials on TV are specifically made for audiences (TV ads during last weeks football games only had war scenes in them, ads during prime-time shows had more romantic scenes) to showcase that this film will have something for everyone.  Im gonna go with the TV ads on this one, by the looks of this trailer the movie can be enjoyed on a lot of levels.  Will it be the greatest movie event ever?  Probably not, but who cares.  This is still a movie to be excited for, and the last big movie event of the year.  ILL be there at IMAX on opening weekend.

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