Movie Trailer Reviews

I like watching movie trailers and then reviewing the movie based on the information gleaned from them. I work at the Telluride Film Festival, and I get to see quite a few movies well before their domestic release dates, so I have a little insight into those movies as well. Because the TFF program isn't released until the day of the festival, I like to try and guess what might show up here.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Harry Potter 5: The Order of the Phoenix

In Theatres: July 13th, 2007
David Yates (dir.)
Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Trailer

Before I say anything, it's a foregone conclusion that I'll be going to see this. The trailer kinda sucks though. It gives some tantalizing glimpses of the scrip and the locations, so I guess it does it's job, but for some reason, it didn't really grab me or excite me. It looks like they have some really cool location work in London this time, so that should be fun. We'll see.

Anticipated rating: 7/10 (I'm a fan of the series, but I don't really think they're great movies)
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Bridge To Terabithia

In Theatres: February 16th, 2007
Gabor Csupo (dir.)
Josh Hutcherson
Annasophia Robb
Robert Patrick
Zooey Deschanel
Trailer

I don't normally review a lot of kids movies. I'm too prejudiced against the CGI stuff that comes out and against Disney in general. I feel like their stuff is too slick, too watered down, too easy and too one dimensional. But, this movie looks good. Children's fantasy/adventure films are something I like, and this one looks pretty decent. Lots of special effects, but it doesn't look like a digital wankfest for the animators. It seems to be as surreal as it needs to be without getting in the way.

Anticipated rating: 9/10
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