Jan 14 2008 'Watching the Detectives' Trailer Fulfills Introverts' Fantasies
There's a trend in recent years--done with success in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and less so in Garden State--where the romance of a film is based on the dynamic between a geeky, introverted guy and an eccentric, fun-loving girl. Replacing the long-standing formula of the intellectual trying to date the hot cheerleader, the idea of a relationship with an abundantly quirky extrovert is not only more feasible, it brings along the possibility of "breaking them out of their shell" and allowing them to have wacky, fun experiences without sacrificing aloof cynicism.
Being disgustingly familiar with the mentality, I can tell you with out-of-character confidence that Watching the Detectives looks like a poorly-written thesis on the subject. Each scene goes out of its way to point out what flat archetypes they've created just to fill the ingredients in the formula. Look! Cillian Murphy is living vicariously through movies instead of garnering actual experiences! Lucy Liu is zany and fun-loving, but needs some grounding! I get it. And, despite myself, I'm sort of charmed. You win again, irrational emotion.
And is his name really pronounced like "Killian"? That's not what I've been saying.
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Oct 29 2007 'Kung Fu Panda' Trailer Panders Fast as Lightning
It looks like Dreamworks is already sending out their cease and desists, but for the time being, you can check out the teaser trailer to their latest CGI masterpiece, Kung Fu Panda (AKA Shrek the Panda) at /Film.
I never understand why they forcibly remove the free advertising they're getting. It's like they don't want us to see how they got the lead voice actor, Jack Black, to ham it up in live-action antics, like Seinfeld with Bee Movie only even more patronizing. Or how they cleverly found a little-known Kung Fu-themed song, "Kung Fu Fighting," to subtlely broadcast that, indeed, this movie does involve Kung Fu.
Kung Fu Panda Teaser Trailer [/Film]
