Apparently everybody wants to have the trailer for their summer blockbuster seen by the Watchmen audience because three big new trailers released on Friday, and all of them feature exciting new footage of some highly anticipated films.
First up is, well, Up, from Pixar. In this trailer, we really see for the first time what this movie is about — beyond just an old guy and a kid flying away in a house attached to balloons. While I’ve always thought that Up looked interesting and fun, this was the first preview that made me laugh out loud.
Yes, the part that I laughed at was “Squirrel! … Hi!”
Next up, we boldly go into the action-packed trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot. Lots to geek out about here, and this trailer goes a long way toward settling the debate about whether this will be a good Star Trek movie, or simply a good sci-fi action movie. It just might be both.
Whew!
Finally, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has probably had more trailers and previews released for it already than most movies that I can remember thanks to its six-month delay of release. In my opinion, many of those previews and trailers have all had the same clips, just reworked and switched around to be in a different order each time. There’s still a lot of that going on here, but we do get some new footage, so enjoy!
Personally, I can’t remember a year when there’ve been so many “must-see-in-a-theater” movies on my list. With today’s ticket prices, I’m already saving my spare change and making plans for a lot of matinee shows. What’s on your “must-see” list?
I had to take a look to remember what’s coming out this summer. The only ones that jump out right now are Up and Harry Potter. If Star Trek gets good reviews, I’ll have to take a look at one eventually — although I have a whole family of Trekkies, so I probably see it one way or another.
XMen and Transformers are on my “if it’s cheap and friends really want to see it” list. XMen 3 was a lemon, and Transformers was fun, if just a little dumb and Megan Fox couldn’t act her way out of a wet paper bag.
You won’t get any argument from me about X3…it was awful. But Wolverine isn’t exactly X4; it’s all just about Logan, who was (in my opinion) the only redeeming factor to X3. Also, this solo film isn’t directed by (*shudder*) Brett Ratner.
Transformers…I’m a dutiful child of the ’80′s, and having grown up watching Optimus Prime and pals, I’m excited for this sequel. I thought the first one was big, dumb, loud…and also the most straight-up fun I had at the theater in 2007. I think very few of the people in that movie could act, but most of us just went for the cars, the giant robots, and the explosions.