This Week’s Top New Movie Trailers
Battleship (5-18-2012)
DIRECTOR: Peter Berg
CAST: Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch
FLICKCHART FUTURE: Maybe the worst big-budget trailer of all time? I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt because there is some strong talent behind it but it really seems like this will end up being to the Transformers series as Pearl Harbor was to Titanic. Only worse, because the Transformers movies kinda already suck.
Knights of Badassdom (2011)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gTT59NibGw[/youtube]
CAST: Danny Pudi, Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau
FLICKCHART FUTURE: I have a feeling any movie with Danny Pudi as a character named “Lando” AND Peter Dinklage will be pretty much perfect.
The Ides of March (10-7-2011)
DIRECTOR: George Clooney
CAST: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei
FLICKCHART FUTURE: This looks absolutely fantastic. It looks like it was actually made for adults with functioning brains and should work its way up near the top of the political thriller list.
Tower Heist (11-4-2011)
DIRECTOR: Brett Ratner
CAST: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda
FLICKCHART FUTURE: Looks like a typical slick Ratner movie. A decent way to kill a couple hours but probably forgettable. Nice to see Eddie Murphy in a more adult role too.
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (9-02-2011)
CAST: Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Nick Kroll
FLICKCHART FUTURE: I’m getting a bit of a Hot Tub Time Machine vibe from this, and I’m on board for any movie that casts Nick Kroll. Should be a fun time.
Happy Feet 2 in 3D (11-18-2011)
DIRECTOR: George Miller
CAST: Elijah Woods, Robin Williams, Sofia Vergara
FLICKCHART FUTURE: I take back what I said about Battleship, this is the worst big budget trailer I’ve seen. I love the first Happy Feet but I just don’t see the point of this one. In that way, it will probably end up like Cars 2.
Margin Call (10-21-2011)
DIRECTOR: JC Chandor
CAST: Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Marisa Tomei
FLICKCHART FUTURE: It’s trying to be our generation’s All The President’s Men, time will tell if it succeeds.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked(2011)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI86-KBE1mk[/youtube]
FLICKCHART FUTURE: Well, I guess it can get worse than the trailer for Happy Feet 2.
I’m guessing those Chipmunk films are relatively cheap to make, which would mean they’re making their money back and able to crank out more squeakuels.
That said… :(