March 09, 2006
Over the Hedge Trailer
The full trailer for Dreamworks Animation's Over the Hedge is up at Yahoo! Movies, and it looks to be sort of a children's comedy with a message. In the same way Bambi said, "Hey, stop shooting deer mothers," Over the Hedge says, "Hey, stop building suburbs, rich white people." And, like Bambi, it looks boring. It's probably decent for kids, but in recent years Pixar has really raised the bar for children's animation, and this film doesn't look at all smart or interesting. It's particularly disappointing because they're wasting a great cast. With talent like Steve Carell, Garry Shandling, Bruce Willis and William Shatner, they could have done so much more. Like have them sit in a circle, shirtless, reading Garfield comics aloud to the camera. That would have probably been better than this.
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The Fountain Stills
Some new shots from The Fountain have been posted, giving some visual details to the millennium spanning story. The shots don't really give too much away in terms of plot, except the assurance that we will see a conquistador and some natives, which are two of three* things that make any movie a "must see" in my book.
*The third is visible nipples.
New Silent Hill Image
Ain't It Cool News has a new image from the video game flick Silent Hill, adding another horrific creature to the already plentiful supply. If disgusting freaks were dollars, this movie would have a lot of gross, bloody dollars.
A Prairie Home Companion Trailer
Since an honorary Academy Award was awarded to Robert Altman on Sunday, the publicity on his upcoming A Prairie Home Companion has really been stepped-up. Yesterday was the poster, now see the trailer at the official site. The film looks like it really gets into the details of the production of a radio show, almost to the point where it might only be interesting to those who like old-timey radio.
It's like when Drumline came out, I heard some pretty positive things about it, but the fact that it's about competitive drumming is such a turn-off that I refuse to watch it. There's literally nothing on this earth that I have less interest in than competitive drumming. I might be able to invent something that doesn't exist that I'd be less interested in, but it would likely be pretty similar to competitive drumming. Similarly, I refuse to see Jurassic Park because I don't believe in dinosaurs or science.
Also, what the hell is SNL's Maya Rudolph doing in this? It's like all these big-name, award-winning actors, then a lady known for doing bad impressions of Beyonce. I can't say how she must have gotten this role, but I can say that she clearly gave hundreds of blowjobs to get this role.
X-Men: The Last Stand Trailer
Fox has finally released the trailer for the third chapter of X-Men, and I have to admit that there are definitely some cool looking parts. Angel takes flight, Magneto leads an army of evil mutants, some things explode; it's all looking much better than I anticipated. That said, I'm still completely skeptical of the quality of this movie. It's easy to show the good parts if you only have to fill a couple minutes. I've got the feeling that, like the husband in a Lifetime movie, this film will eventually show its true colors. Sure, Dean Cain seemed friendly when he was picking up the kids from school, and there's no denying he's handsome, but why does Tracey Gold suddenly have so many bruises on her arms? I know he seemed like the perfect husband in the first hour (save for the times a dramatic chord was played when he got aggravated), but he's got another side to him! Goddammit, Tracey, get the hell out now, while you still have time. There's a reason he never talks about his ex-wife, whom we saw in only a brief flashback: she's dead! I don't remember what I was originally talking about now, so I'll just return to watching Golden Girls.
A Prairie Home Companion Poster
Here's the poster for Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion. The film, written by Garrison Keillor, tells the story of a radio variety show that has survived in the days of television. The poster shows the film's all-star cast, but it still fails to compare to my own "Prairie Home Companion," the dirty hillbilly slut I found at a bar.
