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Reviewing the Super Bowl movie ads - GI Joe added
Having blogged elaborately about how to watch a Super Bowl movie ad, it’s time to grade the lot of them this year.
Angels and Demons: Hated The Da Vinci Code. Doesn’t look horrd, doesn’t look great either. GRADE: C (May 15)
Fast and Furious: Not a fan of this franchise, but I have to admit, this ad was a grabber. GRADE: B (April 3)
GI Joe: The rise of Cobra: I’m of two minds on this one. The stunts and effects do look cool, but the director is Stephen Sommers, who melted my brain with Van Helsing. This gets a “we’ll see.” (This wasn’t on Hulu for some reason, had to use YouTube.GRADE: B- (Aug. 7)
Land of the Lost: Will Ferrell. Plecch. This makes the Lost in Space movie look golden. GRADE: F (June 5)
Monsters vs. Aliens: Looks like it could be one of DreamWorks’ better movies, but the highly touted 3D effects were negligible on TV. I’m sure they’ll look better in the theater. GRADE: B (March 27)
Race to Witch Mountain: I was already sold on this one, because I have a soft spot for the original films. The stormtrooper gag is quite funny. GRADE: A (March 13)
Star Trek: Still not sure what to make of the whole young crew angle, but I trust the ever-inventive director, JJ Abrams (Mission Impossible 3). GRADE: B (May 8)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: I know this one has a lot of people excited but all I see are robots, shiny photography and explosions. Been there, done that. Oh, and the bridge blowing up? Spielberg did it better in War of the Worlds. GRADE: C (June 26)
Up: Pixar. Any questions? GRADE: A
Year One: Not much to go on here, but I’ll give it a look-see, especially since Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day) directs. Michael Cera’s role looks funny. GRADE: C+ (June 19)
Which of these ads did you like/dislike?
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By Kim
February 4, 2009 10:20 AM | Link to this
I am actually way excited about the Star Trek movie - that is the one I’m most looking forward to. I was also a fan of the original Witch Mountain films, so I am interested in this - although it’s the messing with a classic syndrome, but it will be fun to see it updated with decent special effects. And I can’t believe that Will Ferrell is still be cast in movies - especially anything other than a slap-stick comedy. What are they thinking??By SRCputt
February 2, 2009 7:13 PM | Link to this
I thought Year One was underwhelming, but then I remind myself so were the Superbad ads. Fast and Furious was surprisingly good, but then I remind myself the ads for The Fast and The Furious were much better than the movie. I know I am not a fan of Will Ferrell, but Land of the Lost looks terrible. I do not see the appeal.