Movie Trailers A-Go-Go!
The Hollywood production engine has started to run once again post the Pandemic shutdown.
Most feature projects require a solid 5 years production time and in many cases, Covid furthered that by 1, 2, and even 3 years.
What we see now is the first bloom of the post-Pandemic Productions. We should celebrate them all!
The new trailer looks amazing. Cameron’s 3D direction looks as inspired as the original. The motion capture makes everything else look sub-par as it swims in the uncanny valley of mediocracy. And as always the story will be alienating. Cameron is brilliant.
The only issue is finding a high-quality cinema that will do the film justice.
Personally, I am a fiend for crime procedurals – those sleek and stylized windows into the world of the criminal and their tools and rules. That kind of film that taps into the mind of a thief – how they think and what they need to survive. And with the Feb 2023 release of Jonathan Salemi’s new feature, I may have found the next crime drama I will be compulsively re-watching and telling everyone about.
Bonus points, Salemi seems to be doing a great Michael Mann riff. I haven’t been this excited about a crime drama since NARC.
Nicholas Windfig Refn – now going by “NWR” has a new feature out and I will be there with bells on! Non-traditional, weird, disturbing, art-house, whatever you call it, it is guaranteed to feel original and interesting. I’m always there for that.
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3
This one looks like a tear-jerker. Who will stay and who will go? Where will the series go next? It does look like we finally get to see the origin of Rocket and I surely do hope it matches his original comic limited series drawn by the genius Mike Mignola.
The surprising thing here is how traditionally Spielbergian this trailer looks. From the initial camera work, it looks like a throwback to Raiders of the Lost Ark. And I for one am on board for that! The “youthafication” of Ford is of great concern, as is the storyline – but the trailer is a very confident step forward.
