Trailer Friday

Before we get into the future movies, let me take a moment and state that I, personally, am very excited for the opening of Unleashed today... It's not gonna get good reviews, but when Luc Besson makes an action movie, it's generally unlike anything you've seen before. The Fifth Element, for example, is totally ridiculous and over the top, but also gets more interesting the more times you watch it.

Plus, Jet Li is awesome, and it's from the director of The Transporter, one of the best action films I've ever seen.

Anyway. On with the massive amounts of trailers.

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire - This is an awesome, awesome teaser. It does absolutely everything a teaser should do. Reminds us of the previous movies, shows us how this one is different, and gives us some totally giddy, excitement inducing footage. I was a little worried about this movie, but now I can't wait to see it. How many fourth movies in a series have YOU been excited to see? Well, besides Leprechaun in Space.

The Chronicles of Narnia - Um, not so much. It's from the director of Shrek, so everything seems to be nice and evenly lit. And I'm sure at some point, Aslan will fart, and then everybody will dance to "Tubthumping." Seriously, though, "Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe" is the first book I ever read. When they screw this up, I'm going to murder someone.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith - There's a new trailer for this. Again, it's painfully obvious what every plot beat in this movie is. Again, I totally don't care and will see it five times.

Land of the Dead - If I had ever seen any of George Romero's films, this might not look as derivative as it does, and I'd better understand how he created this genre. It looks derivative.

The Legend of Zorro - Ah yes, the sequel we've all been clamoring for. Actually, this does look like fun, except for Baby Zorro. Who I hate.

The Dukes of Hazzard - Oh my. It sure seems like they THOUGHT there were jokes in this trailer. There aren't, by the way.

The Man - See above.

Serenity - I'm interested to hear what people think of this. I avoided watching Firefly, the series this is based on, for a long time, and when I finally did, fell in love with it. It's excellent, fun, funny... The last episodes, which they made as they were being cancelled, to try to prove to the network how good the show could be, are some of the best hours of television, ever. And the strong DVD sales got this movie made. However, I think the trailer plays too much like Direct to DVD, or a Sci-Fi Channel movie. That being said, some fan dude addresses my concerns about it, and re-cut the trailer to new music. It definitely looks like it was made on someone's computer, but it also looks kick-ass, and is a lot more fun than the real trailer. Check it out.