Technicolor Commentary
21Mar/114

Knowing is One Big Spoiler Alert

Posted by movieguyjon

Ice Age 2

Over the course of doing my "Diagnosis:Film" posts, I've seen quite a few movies. And by that I just mean I've seen their fully-spoilerific trailers. It seems like these days a trailer needs to give you every beat from the upcoming film, and it needs to spoil almost anything that might have dragged your butt into your local multiplex. The first example that comes to mind is the Iron Man 2 trailer, which shows perhaps the only awesome scene in the movie in which Tony Stark pulls out a travel-sized Iron Man suit and uses it to kick Mickey Rourke's (played by Mickey Rourke) ass. Wouldn't that have been quite the pleasant surprise? You expect to get your standard fare Iron Man action, but this blindsides you out of nowhere.

Yeah.

The moment I saw that trailer, I realized I had seen all the best bits. And it's true, all that was left were the uninteresting dialog moments and the forced chemistry between RDJ and GP. But I digress. Trailers have a terrible habit of giving you everything they can to try and get you into the seat, when perhaps the teaser trailer was more than enough.

Here are 10 teaser trailers that I thought best proved that you don't need to get all the best bits into the trailer to make the film look interesting. Granted, there are probably more out there, but these were easily my favorites.

List after the jump!

1Mar/114

Battle Royale: Young Jeff Bridges vs. Young Neil

Posted by movieguyjon

Welcome to a sophomore as well as sophomoric edition of Battle Royale. This time I come at you with a curveball: Young Jeff Bridges or Young Neil? It's up to you to decide which one is the better and on what merits. Personally, I think Young Neil wins, but just by a hair. There's no denying that the youthful Mr. Bridges was a great actor, but Neil is sort of an enigma wrapped in a mystery.

What say you?

9Mar/100

Tron Legacy Trailer

Posted by movieguyjon

Tron Legacy

Found via CBR (THANKS!):

The film looks like it will be pretty cool. I just hope it's not another Alice in Wonderland in that it's pretty but with no substance. That would just be a dick move on Disney's part, right? Also, who's the Bowie wannabe in this trailer? He seems interesting. Note: If the trailer doesn't work, just follow the link to the CBR site.