tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post6600919551712327776..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Trailer Trash"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-88685307501714807272011-08-01T13:35:28.213-07:002011-08-01T13:35:28.213-07:00Dear Mr Pomerantz; sometimes a gem is hiding in th...Dear Mr Pomerantz; sometimes a gem is hiding in the summer movie round-up. I take it that was not the case here. Well, at least it was "COOLINSIDE". <br /><br />I dislike how a trailer campaign changes as the movie's release date gets closer. For example, the teaser trailer for "Cowboys and Aliens" posed a couple of puzzles: how did he get that thing on his wrist, who is he, is he even the guy the lawman is after, is he an alien, why are there aliens in the Old West - I think I'd have heard about that? Alas, subsequent trailers stirred in movie tropes and added a hot young woman. She's hot for modern times, let alone on the range. I don't want a "two people (hetero) thrown together during a crisis and fall in love" trope. I want mystery, explosions, tasteful violence, and finally a twist ending that explains everything but in a way I did not see coming.<br /><br />I think I won't get this @ "Cowboys and Aliens", but I'm willing to risk it on the strength of the teaser. If I'd only not seen the two or three trailers that followed it.<br /><br />-zZarayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336440600394588306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-3259402400654394692011-07-26T13:54:53.802-07:002011-07-26T13:54:53.802-07:00I like the idea of "It's Cool Inside"...I like the idea of "It's Cool Inside" being a major reason to pay for a ticket. It's like the ads in that film "The Invention Of Lying."<br />"Our Movies Stink, But You Won't Get Sunburn."Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-77474500808487220492011-07-26T13:37:11.924-07:002011-07-26T13:37:11.924-07:00Actually, the previews are one of my favorite thin...Actually, the previews are one of my favorite things about going to the movies. I look at them as short stories as opposed to the novel of the movie itself. I remember being fascinated when we were introduced to writing a precis in high school. Paring away everything but the essentials of the original piece and then cutting out more until you were left with just enough to explain what the original piece said. Maybe that's the better analogy to the movie preview. A preview is like a precis of the movie - plus a narrator with a golden voice telling you what you're about to see. I love good voice over work, too.<br /><br />Of course, if you're about to watch a movie you won't like and the previews are for movies "just like" the movie you're about to see, you're not going to like the previews.<br /><br />I've been alerted to some wonderful movies by seeing their previews at another movie I enjoyed. They were often movies I would have never heard about otherwise.<br /><br />I see I need to review what I learned in high school about writing a precis, though.<br /><br />Jim DoddJEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-28688532566229387522011-07-26T07:48:23.741-07:002011-07-26T07:48:23.741-07:00Blame it on the damn film companies. They sometime...Blame it on the damn film companies. They sometimes have attached previews to the main film and also include others that they "request" [read "demand" & "require"] you to attach and show, even if it's a piece of crap so bad that I wouldn't use to torture terrorists.YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.com