Reviewing The Previews 9/4

Popular demand has gotten me to bring back reviewing the previews, and by popular demand I mean one of the two people I get some feedback from.  The problem is I haven’t been to the movies in a month or so and don’t see any time in my schedule to start up regular visits again.  So, what I’ve done is go to IMDB.com and watched 5 random previews.  It doesn’t have the same effect as seeing them in the theater, but it’s the same previews, so it should work.

            It’s been a really long time so I’m sure you’ve forgotten…

F- I will never see this movie under any circumstances
D- I will never pay theater price to see this movie but may watch it on Netflix
C- I might pay to see this if nothing else is playing, if not I'll catch it on DVD
B- I am not excited, but I'll probably try to catch it in the theater
A- I'm all in

Nature Calls – D  11/9/12

            On paper this is an A+ movie.  Patton Oswald, Johnny Knoxville, Robb Riggle.  With the cast this movie sports, it would be hard not to be a hilarious film, but the trailer makes it look God awful.  It just looks super stupid.  I’m sure I’ll catch it on Netflix, with that cast I can’t not see it, but there’s no way I’m paying theater prices after watching that preview.

Stand Up Guys – C  1/11/13

            Another solid cast, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, but the thing is Pacino hasn’t made a good movie in a while, Walken never turns down a script so his stuff is hit or miss, and Arkin is never bad but some of the material he has to work with is less the stellar.  The preview made the movie look pretty interesting, but not astounding.

42 – C  4/12/13

            You would think this movie was right up my alley.  Not only is it a baseball movie, but also a true story of one of the most interesting people to ever play the game.  Problem is this preview doesn’t make it look like the movie is going to delve into some of the more interesting aspects of Jackie Robinson.  It looks like a movie about a black man breaking the baseball color barrier, but history has proven it to be a more complex event.  There is an incredibly interesting story here, I just have little faith that this movie is going to tell that story.

Cloud Atlas - A 9/26/12

          This is either going to be an amazing movie or a complete piece of crap.  I'm a sucker for a comnplex sci-fi movie, so it looks like it's right up my alley.  Even with that, their is enough doubt over how good it will be that I could possible skip it, but the trailer makes it look like a theater must see.  Even if the plot ends up being dumb the visuals look amazing and probably won't work as well at home on a TV.

Promised Land – A+ 1/11/13

            A movie written by Matt Damon, starring Matt Damon, directed by Gus Van Sant… say no more, I’m in!  When collaborators get together years after an amazing project, it very rarely pays off with another but Good Will Hunting built up enough credit for me to check this movie out, no questions asked.  Add in John Krasinski as both a co-star and co-writer and you have me more then sold.  Add in Dave Eggers, one of the most interesting writers out there, as a third co-writer and there is very little chance I won’t see this movie the week it comes out.  And I haven’t even talked about the premise, which is exactly clear but interesting none the less.