Movie Trailer Roundup

July 11, 2003

It's lunchtime, which means I must do something completely and totally unproductive. Today's event is watching movie trailers. Here are several I viewed followed by my thoughts and reactions.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Seriously, what's this all about. It makes no reference to the original movie but it's fairly obvious there is some sort of tie-in. And this was in the trailer, "Her life is about rules. His life is about freedom." Give me a break. Next.

S.W.A.T.
This is the newest from the new Jerry Bruckheimer, Neal H. Moritz. He is the "genius" who brought us XXX, The Fast and the Furious, Cruel Intentions and I Know What You Did Last Summer. I would write him off at this point, except he also produced Greg the Bunny, my favorite show that only lasted a few episodes. Anyway, this movie looks like J.U.N.K.

Peter Pan
Peter Pan is back and it actually looks really good. They are totally playing up the sexual tension between Peter and Wendy, which is cool. Is it wrong to think a 13-ish year old girl is cute? Don't answer that. Oh, and they use Coldplay as the music for the trailer. Looks exciting to me.

The Cat in the Hat
Okay. I love Dr. Suess. He is a genius and not a "genius." So, why do they keep making all of his books into fairly boring movies? Also, why do said movies kill careers? Look at Jim Carrey. After the Grinch, it was all downhill. Now Mike Myers might be on the same path. Don't do it Mike, I like you. Well, if you're into pastels and hidden jokes for adults, you'll probably be less annoyed by this.

The Medallion
Jackie Chan: go back to Hong Kong. America no longer knows how to take advantage of your talents. You are funny and you know how to fight. Don't let them make you do engrish jokes all the time. I like the Rush Hour movies, but Brett Ratner is a good director (and I'm surprised he hasn't gotten more work). Trust me, take all of your cash and leave the States.

There are more, and actually a couple good movies, but I'm going to go back to doing real work now. Whee? No.

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