Reviewing The Previews 7/11

     Time for another round of thoughts on some recent previews.  Last time I probably should have defined my grading system, so here's how my letters break down...
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 sure excited, but I'll probably try to catch it in the theater
A- I'm all in

     Here's this week's previews...

Alex Cross - D
     Tyler Perry as a bad ass detective.  Mathew Fox as a psychopathic killer.  A movie franchise that has done nothing for me.  I have little faith in the story being all that interesting and absolutely no faith in the lead's abilities to pull off their characters convincingly.  All that adds up to me not caring at all.

The Bourne Legacy - C
     Another preview that lost me with the name.  I could not be more indifferent about a movie franchise then I am with the Jason Bourne movies.  What makes it worse is that the Ludlam books are pretty amazing and the movie makers just slapped the name on the films without using anything from those books but the concept of a secret agent forgetting who he is.  Not much seems to have changed now that we have moved beyond Ludlum's novels, as the preview has NOTHING to do with the book of the same name.  Yet, I like Jeremy Renner and Ed Norton, so I'll probably end up seeing it at some point.

The Great Gatsby - C
     10 seconds into this preview I thought to myself, "this looks like a Baz Luhrmann flick."  And what do you know, it was.  So, to say it will be a stylistic take on the novel looks to be an understatement.  I'll out myself right now, I really didn't like this book when I read it in high school however blasphemous it may be to say.  I probably should give it another try since it's considered such a classic, but my negative thoughts on the book make me not really care much about the movie.  And as interesting as Luhrmann's movies are to watch, they really lack as far as everything else goes.  I'm not as excited as most of America probably is to see this one.

The Man with the Iron Fists - B
     The trailer started by flashing Quentin Tarantino's name across the screen, which got me all excited thinking it was Django Unchained.  But then I realized it was brought to us by Tarantino, not written or directed by him, which lost my interest.  Then I realized that it was a kung fu movie written by RZA and Eli Roth, which got me excited again.  This movie is a total toss up.  It could be a complete train wreck or it could be a lot of fun.  Either way, I have a feeling it's going to be highly entertaining.

Argo - A
     In all honesty, this movie had me at, directed by Ben Affleck.  I have an unexplainable crush on the man which has forced me to make many an apology for enjoying more then one movie (seriously, Gigli isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be).  Luckily, I haven't had to apologize for anything he's directed and this one isn't looking to be an exception.  Great cast, interesting story.  I'll be there with bells on.