trailer trash

That's me, today, as I've watched an unholy number of movie trailers. I'm trying to prep for what could be an interesting summer of movies. Feel free to check out the following:

City of Ember: Yeah, it looks young-adult-y, but it's basically a Steampunk movie. Kinda looks like Bioshock, too. Based on that alone, I want to see it. Wait till you see the pair of rather famous actors that pop up in this trailer, too. Classic.

Righteous Kill: This could be devastatingly good. Pacino, DeNiro, duh. But given both of their recent misadventures in cinema (too many to list), I have a Righteous Fear that this movie will fall short of expectation. But the screenwriter is the same guy who wrote Inside Man, which was an excellently conceived and executed film (between that an When The Levees Broke, Spike Lee's renaissance...but I digress). And it just looks so...good. I'm going to have trouble managing my expectations for this one...on second thought, screw it. I want this movie to be that scene in the diner from Heat ("I take scores."), extended to full-length feature film, and I don't care what kind of fall that sets me up for!

The Dark Knight: How can you not be giddy about this? This could be Ledger's legend-making performance. If this follows the modern trend of comic-movie-sequels being better than the originals (see X-men and Spiderman), this could vault into my Top 20 all-time...but again, I'm NOT going to let my expectations get too far...looks damn good to me, though...

Hancock: Um...not sure what to say about this one. Or how to feel about this one. Looks like campy fun, with some neat effects involving things getting blown to pieces by the mere arrival and presence of Will Smith. In life, he uses his Power of Cool in much the same way.

Oh, and don't forget to look up trailers for Doomsday (a movie I'd like to watch while drinking copious amounts of beer at a theater pub) and War, Inc. (a movie that makes me want to drink copious amounts of lighter fluid while smoking a cigar...but it might turn out to be really good).