Trailer: Noah


Poster-Noah-AronofskyI have mixed feelings about the upcoming film Noah.

On the one hand, it’s directed by one of my favorite directors, Darren Aronofsky.  I don’t think I need to remind anyone just how much I love Black Swan.

However, it also stars Russell Crowe.  Crowe is a good actor but he’s also  rather impressed with himself and Noah seems like the type of film that will bring out all of his worst tendencies.

But the film is directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Then again, Noah also appears to feature Anthony Hopkins playing yet another vaguely threatening mentor figure.  Hopkins is also a good actor.  I like Anthony Hopkins.  But, seriously, as soon as I heard that they were making a film about Noah, I knew Anthony Hopkins would be somehow involved.  It’s just so …. expected.

However, the film is being directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Unfortunately, the trailer that was released yesterday has a painfully generic feel to it.  Let’s put it like this — every time I saw the trailer for Black Swan, I knew that this was a movie that I had to see.  Every time I see the trailer for Noah, I find myself wondering if Michael Bay was somehow involved in producing the film.  That’s how generic it feels.

However, Noah was directed by Darren Aronofsky.

So, I’ll see it.

Trailer: Divergent


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When I first saw this trailer for the upcoming film Divergent, my immediate response was to go, “Uhmm … Hunger Games much?”  That said, it should be fun to watch Kate Winslet play a villain and Shailene Woodley is a talented and underrated actress.  It will be interesting to see if Divergent will make her a star in the same way that Hunger Games did for Jennifer Lawrence.

Trailer #2: The Wolf Of Wall Street


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So, originally, The Wolf of Wall Street was the movie that everyone was expecting to dominate the Oscar race.  Then, a few months ago, it was announced that the film might be held back until 2014 while director Martin Scorsese put the finishing touches on the film.  And then, just as suddenly, it was announced that The Wolf of Wall Street would be released this year, on Christmas Day to be exact.

And with that announcement comes a second trailer!

To be honest, neither one of the film’s trailers really feel like trailers for a Scorsese film.  Then again, that’s the same thing that many of us said about Hugo.

Trailer #2: American Hustle


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This trailer has been out for nearly a month now so I’m a little late in sharing it.  However, after having watched this trailer play before every single movie that I’ve seen since the month of October, I have to say that there is no film that I am more looking forward to seeing than American Hustle.

(You can check out the first trailer for American Hustle here.)

Trailer: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire


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Katniss Everdeen is back!  Here’s the final trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and, it’s nice to say, this one is full of details that seem to have been included specifically for those of us who have read the book.  The film itself will be released on November 22nd.

Trailer: X-Men: Days of Future Past


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Here’s our first glimpse of X-Men: Days of Future Past.  While there’s all sorts of things that I could say about this preview — mostly along the lines of how much I’m looking forward to seeing Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, and James McAvoy all gathered together on the same screen — I think the trailer can certainly speak for itself.

Trailer: Endless Love


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When Jeff and I went to see the remake of Carrie earlier today, we arrived at the theater just as the trailer for another remake started to play.  The first version of Endless Love was released in 1981 and is best known for featuring the film debut of Tom Cruise.  The second version of Endless Love will be coming out next year on Valentine’s Day.

Judging from the trailer, the film looks like it could be both sexy and silly; sexy because it stars Alex Pettyfer and silly … well, really, for pretty much the exact same reason.  However, I will give this film that benefit of the doubt just because I appreciated the fact that the trailer made good use of Florence + The Machine’s cover of Addicted to Love.