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Trio o’ trailers: The Good, the Bad and the Controversial
I came across three trailers over the weekend: One surprisingly good, another looking rather bad, and the third looking like much ado about not much.
In order:
I wasn’t a fan of the original “Grudge” (or at least the American original “Grudge”) which was basically the same “boo” gimmick repeated ad nauseum. But this cleverly constructed preview makes it look like they might have something this time. Let’s just hope this isn’t one of those cases where the trailer editor is more creative than the director.
Is it just me, or did Billy Bob Thornton just release this movie last Friday, when it was called “School for Scoundrels?” And didn’t he make it shortly before that calling it “The Bad News Bears?” And then again before that when he called it “Bad Santa,” or “Badder Santa,” depending on which edition you rent? Nobody delivers a put-down quite like Billy Bob but he seems to be falling into a rut here. Hey Billy - direct something, why don’tcha?
This is the controversial faux documentary that tries to imagine what would happen if President Bush were assassinated. On the basis of this sort of interesting trailer, it seems like a clever concept that’s not that well executed. There just isn’t much “there” there - certainly not enough for people to be making such a fuss over it somehow endangering national security. Feh.
What say you?
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By Allie D.
October 2, 2006 12:08 PM | Link to this
There was a really good review of Death of a President written on the Ebert website by Jim Emerson that gives some really good perspective on that film. I look forward to seeing it, actually. I don’t know, but I didn’t really find the second Grudge trailer to be all that appealing. I’ll keep an eye out for your review, though. :)