And the versatility of Ralph Fiennes? Never the same. You can’t sometimes even recognize him: his voice his attitude his look his mind changes as the different roles demand it.
Yes, of course, Fiennes is fantastic. Look at “English Patient” and “Harry Potter” films, complete change. I am sure there are others but those two come to mind right now.
I mean I thought it looked bad as in bad, as in not good. I’m not saying the actors aren’t necessarily good actors (Spider is my favorite Fiennes performance, btw), but it just seemed, from the trailer, that the film would be a tired retread of several cliches. Of course, trailers themselves are tired retreads of several cliches, so that could be part of why it felt that way.
Thanks for the clarification Peter. I know what you mean by trailers — I really like Disney/Pixar trailers because they are never about the movie. I see the trailer, then the movie comes out, it has nothing to do with the movie. Like “Incredibles” trailer was so off the track on what the film was about, but both were fantastic, in my opinion.
Agreed. The best trailers (or maybe I’m using the wrong term…is it teaser?) are the ones that try to stick something memorable into your head without trying to encapsulate the entire film into 1-2 minutes of content.
Peter said
January 3 2008 @ 7:30 am
Caught this trailer before There Will Be Blood. It looks eye-rollingly bad. Maybe it’s just me..
Kenna McHugh said
January 3 2008 @ 9:20 am
Funny. I was told it was new. “Eye-rollingly bad” do you mean that it doesn’t look good or bad as in good?
Colin Farrell versatility is showing through in regards to all the different types of roles he’s taken on recently.
zsuzsanna said
January 3 2008 @ 2:03 pm
And the versatility of Ralph Fiennes? Never the same. You can’t sometimes even recognize him: his voice his attitude his look his mind changes as the different roles demand it.
Kenna McHugh said
January 3 2008 @ 8:01 pm
Yes, of course, Fiennes is fantastic. Look at “English Patient” and “Harry Potter” films, complete change. I am sure there are others but those two come to mind right now.
Peter said
January 3 2008 @ 8:08 pm
I mean I thought it looked bad as in bad, as in not good. I’m not saying the actors aren’t necessarily good actors (Spider is my favorite Fiennes performance, btw), but it just seemed, from the trailer, that the film would be a tired retread of several cliches. Of course, trailers themselves are tired retreads of several cliches, so that could be part of why it felt that way.
Kenna McHugh said
January 3 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Thanks for the clarification Peter. I know what you mean by trailers — I really like Disney/Pixar trailers because they are never about the movie. I see the trailer, then the movie comes out, it has nothing to do with the movie. Like “Incredibles” trailer was so off the track on what the film was about, but both were fantastic, in my opinion.
Peter said
January 4 2008 @ 7:16 am
Agreed. The best trailers (or maybe I’m using the wrong term…is it teaser?) are the ones that try to stick something memorable into your head without trying to encapsulate the entire film into 1-2 minutes of content.
Kenna McHugh said
January 4 2008 @ 8:15 am
That is so true. Even “Finding Nemo,” to me was an odd trailer or teaser. I knew nothing about the film.
Yes, memorable is what any publicity department would want as an end product. Keep that image in the mind.