Just when you thought that Inglorious Bastards couldn't get cooler they come out with a trailer that just makes me want to see it more. This reveals a lot more about the plot, so stop reading this and watch it already.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Popularity of Medical Dramas
Admittedly most of my rants on this little blog are informal and frivolous in nature. Every now and then my education kicks in and I am drawn to write about the bigger topics at hand then my likes and dislikes.
There are many academic areas of study in film, and many ways in which to study. You can study something from the historical perspective and talk about what pieces influenced it. You can study a film from a more artistic standpoint and pick apart every last bit of symbolism. You can study a film for it's technical achievements. Tonight I am going to focus on a new and rather exciting (to nerds like me) branch of film studies, anthropology.
Film is an excellent way to study the development of culture and society. Naturally non-fiction pieces and news reels play their part in documenting what is going on with a society, and that is all well and good. Yet I have this strange theory that in time the fictional works of a culture will be able to tell us a lot more about what people were like then documentary.
When we look at popular works of fiction during any given time period we can't help but notice themes. The films that we classify as Film Noir were never advertised as being Film Noir when they first came out, it took a few years and critics from France to recognize that all of the dark crime movies coming out from the US were deeply connected even if no one planned it that way.
As is often the case with movies, if you have one hit in a specific field (vampires, super heroes, ect) many similar films will suddenly be developed in an attempt to try and duplicate it's success. The financial motivations behind putting out a lot of similarly themed movies makes sense; however the really interesting question is why do audiences keep going back for the same type of movie.
Much of the time popular films represent little more then wish fulfillment, when a certain genre suddenly becomes popular it often says a lot about the wishes of general population. For example shortly after 9/11 superhero movies became extremely popular. Why? Because many Americans found themselves wishing for greater security, or wishing we could have some sort of vengeance, and perhaps most importantly we found that we were no longer the invincible superpower we thought we were. At a time when we felt so scared, and angry, and powerless we needed to see some heroes up on the silver screen. We needed to see good triumph against evil, we needed to see heroes who didn't die trying to save innocent lives, and we wanted villains that were clearly defined and easily thwarted.
A new trend has sprung up in American popular culture that has struck me, the popularity of the medical drama. Now Medical dramas have been around for years, but the most recent crop of shows seem to be closely tied. "House", "Nurse Jackie", "Mental", "Royal Pains", and "Hawthorne" all feature medical professionals who break rules and often work outside traditional medical systems in order to save lives.
If you want to take a financial standpoint on this you can blame the popularity of House for all of these new shows, but again lets not think about the studios producing these shows lets think about the audience who watches it.
I think the popularity of "House" is largely due to the fact that so many Americans are deeply dissatisfied with with the current state of health care. Even if you are lucky enough to have insurance it is a nightmare trying to get anything treated. There are so many insurance companies who refuse every claim as a matter of policy and promote workers who turn down the most people in need of medical care. There are hospitals that charge $60 for an aspirin, and miles upon miles of red tape to get proper referrals and treatments done. There are many good doctors who are forced to leave their practices because of an utterly fucked system which constantly raises rates for malpractice insurance even if they have made no mistakes, and forces doctors to settle out of course regardless of weather or not the person suing them is telling the truth.
We have a medical system that is so utterly and completely broken that the only foreseeable way for some people to be saved is doctors and nurses occasionally ignoring the rules. All of the new medical dramas popping up fufill a wish of the American populous. That if you became ill or injured you would not only be able to get the procedures and treatments you need, but that you would also have someone competent who was willing to break and bend rules in order to make sure you live.
Sure Dr House is a jerk, but if something was going horribly wrong with you he is the man you would want to hire.
Right now we are not seeing a lot of sitcoms which show loving families, or Gossip Girl rip offs which focus on being super wealthy, right now we are seeing a huge crop of Medical Dramas. Ok and Vampire related stuff, but I have no idea what that trend means yet.
Back to the point
What does it say about America that right now one of the greatest wishes of it's people is to simply have decent health care?
You know what it says to me, it says that there needs to be some changes made in the system. I am but a simple film snob, so all I can do is give you a link to a place where you can actually make a difference.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/?source=feature
I know I know, I'm sorry for turning this post all political, honestly I didn't start out with this intention. Alas I am a selfish blogger. I am currently covered under my Mother's health insurance plan, if for some reason I stop being covered I will be in big trouble. Legally insurance companies have the right to refuse me because of my serious pre-existing illness Lupus (sorry House sometimes it is Lupus), insurance companies also have the right to charge me far more then other people, most likely I will be unable to afford health insurance on my won, without insurance I will also be unable to afford my current medications and doctors visits, and I will without question become extremely ill and be in constant pain.
I promise not to make my blog a political one, but this is an issue that my life literally depends on. So if your a US citizen please at least look at the site and get involved if you can. Donate, Call your Congressmen, sign the dam petition.
There are many academic areas of study in film, and many ways in which to study. You can study something from the historical perspective and talk about what pieces influenced it. You can study a film from a more artistic standpoint and pick apart every last bit of symbolism. You can study a film for it's technical achievements. Tonight I am going to focus on a new and rather exciting (to nerds like me) branch of film studies, anthropology.
Film is an excellent way to study the development of culture and society. Naturally non-fiction pieces and news reels play their part in documenting what is going on with a society, and that is all well and good. Yet I have this strange theory that in time the fictional works of a culture will be able to tell us a lot more about what people were like then documentary.
When we look at popular works of fiction during any given time period we can't help but notice themes. The films that we classify as Film Noir were never advertised as being Film Noir when they first came out, it took a few years and critics from France to recognize that all of the dark crime movies coming out from the US were deeply connected even if no one planned it that way.
As is often the case with movies, if you have one hit in a specific field (vampires, super heroes, ect) many similar films will suddenly be developed in an attempt to try and duplicate it's success. The financial motivations behind putting out a lot of similarly themed movies makes sense; however the really interesting question is why do audiences keep going back for the same type of movie.
Much of the time popular films represent little more then wish fulfillment, when a certain genre suddenly becomes popular it often says a lot about the wishes of general population. For example shortly after 9/11 superhero movies became extremely popular. Why? Because many Americans found themselves wishing for greater security, or wishing we could have some sort of vengeance, and perhaps most importantly we found that we were no longer the invincible superpower we thought we were. At a time when we felt so scared, and angry, and powerless we needed to see some heroes up on the silver screen. We needed to see good triumph against evil, we needed to see heroes who didn't die trying to save innocent lives, and we wanted villains that were clearly defined and easily thwarted.
A new trend has sprung up in American popular culture that has struck me, the popularity of the medical drama. Now Medical dramas have been around for years, but the most recent crop of shows seem to be closely tied. "House", "Nurse Jackie", "Mental", "Royal Pains", and "Hawthorne" all feature medical professionals who break rules and often work outside traditional medical systems in order to save lives.
If you want to take a financial standpoint on this you can blame the popularity of House for all of these new shows, but again lets not think about the studios producing these shows lets think about the audience who watches it.
I think the popularity of "House" is largely due to the fact that so many Americans are deeply dissatisfied with with the current state of health care. Even if you are lucky enough to have insurance it is a nightmare trying to get anything treated. There are so many insurance companies who refuse every claim as a matter of policy and promote workers who turn down the most people in need of medical care. There are hospitals that charge $60 for an aspirin, and miles upon miles of red tape to get proper referrals and treatments done. There are many good doctors who are forced to leave their practices because of an utterly fucked system which constantly raises rates for malpractice insurance even if they have made no mistakes, and forces doctors to settle out of course regardless of weather or not the person suing them is telling the truth.
We have a medical system that is so utterly and completely broken that the only foreseeable way for some people to be saved is doctors and nurses occasionally ignoring the rules. All of the new medical dramas popping up fufill a wish of the American populous. That if you became ill or injured you would not only be able to get the procedures and treatments you need, but that you would also have someone competent who was willing to break and bend rules in order to make sure you live.
Sure Dr House is a jerk, but if something was going horribly wrong with you he is the man you would want to hire.
Right now we are not seeing a lot of sitcoms which show loving families, or Gossip Girl rip offs which focus on being super wealthy, right now we are seeing a huge crop of Medical Dramas. Ok and Vampire related stuff, but I have no idea what that trend means yet.
Back to the point
What does it say about America that right now one of the greatest wishes of it's people is to simply have decent health care?
You know what it says to me, it says that there needs to be some changes made in the system. I am but a simple film snob, so all I can do is give you a link to a place where you can actually make a difference.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/?source=feature
I know I know, I'm sorry for turning this post all political, honestly I didn't start out with this intention. Alas I am a selfish blogger. I am currently covered under my Mother's health insurance plan, if for some reason I stop being covered I will be in big trouble. Legally insurance companies have the right to refuse me because of my serious pre-existing illness Lupus (sorry House sometimes it is Lupus), insurance companies also have the right to charge me far more then other people, most likely I will be unable to afford health insurance on my won, without insurance I will also be unable to afford my current medications and doctors visits, and I will without question become extremely ill and be in constant pain.
I promise not to make my blog a political one, but this is an issue that my life literally depends on. So if your a US citizen please at least look at the site and get involved if you can. Donate, Call your Congressmen, sign the dam petition.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
True Blood Season 2 Premier Review
Season one of True Blood left us on a bit of a cliff hanger with Tara, Sookie, and the Sherif discovering a body in Merlott's parking lot. Most people believed that the body belonged to Lafayette, because in the book series Lafayette's death is what starts off book two.
I won't give spoilers as to who the body really belongs to but I am very relieved to say it is not Lafayette.
It seems as if Season two of True Blood will be making further departure from the book series, and in a lot of ways I think it is a good thing. In the origional novels Lafayette is a very small character, the creators of the TV series really breathed a lot of life into that character and I'm glad they will be keeping him around for a bit longer. Who knows what other twists and turns will happen this season.
In the book series Jason never gets involved with The Fellowship of the Sun. I'm not sure how I feel about a man-ho former v addict like Jason getting involved with the fellowship, but I'm interested to see how it all plays out. Another change from the books is the newly sired vampire Jessica who simply does not exist in the series, at least not this early on. Those two major changes will undoubtedly impact how the rest of the series turns out, and especially in Jason and Lafayette's case change a lot of what happened in the origional series.
Overall the first episode was quite good, but it felt a tad disjointed, like they were trying to do too many things at once.
Highlight for spoilers
In one tiny little hour True Blood attempted to cover: a murder in Metlotte's Parking lot, Romance between Bill and Sookie, Bills relationship with the new Vamp he made, Lafayette in a fricking dungeon, Tara and the new love interest, Maryanne and Sam's history, Jason getting involved with The Fellowship of the Sun.
Call me crazy, but I feel like things would have run a bit smoother if they only tried to tackle 3-4 of the 7 storylines currently going on.
It still has all the things you love about last season: the romance, the mystery, the supernatural, and of course a certain dark sense of humor; it's all still there. Yet they seem to have gotten into a bit more them most people can chew this season. If anyone watched tonight's episode without watching the previous season they would have been completely lost. But really you can't expect an edgy series like this to baby their audience, so I forgive them. Let's just hope episode two flows a little more smoothly.
The Season two premier "Nothing But the Blood" was entertaining. I wouldn't say that any loose ends from season one got tired up, but a whole host of new questions are on the table. There are a few mysteries that need to be solved this season.
Looks like this is gearing up to be another good season, although I highly suggest that everyone go back and do their homework. If you haven't seen all of season one, or you don't remember it very well I highly recommend another viewing before you jump on in to watching season two.
I won't give spoilers as to who the body really belongs to but I am very relieved to say it is not Lafayette.
It seems as if Season two of True Blood will be making further departure from the book series, and in a lot of ways I think it is a good thing. In the origional novels Lafayette is a very small character, the creators of the TV series really breathed a lot of life into that character and I'm glad they will be keeping him around for a bit longer. Who knows what other twists and turns will happen this season.
In the book series Jason never gets involved with The Fellowship of the Sun. I'm not sure how I feel about a man-ho former v addict like Jason getting involved with the fellowship, but I'm interested to see how it all plays out. Another change from the books is the newly sired vampire Jessica who simply does not exist in the series, at least not this early on. Those two major changes will undoubtedly impact how the rest of the series turns out, and especially in Jason and Lafayette's case change a lot of what happened in the origional series.
Overall the first episode was quite good, but it felt a tad disjointed, like they were trying to do too many things at once.
Highlight for spoilers
In one tiny little hour True Blood attempted to cover: a murder in Metlotte's Parking lot, Romance between Bill and Sookie, Bills relationship with the new Vamp he made, Lafayette in a fricking dungeon, Tara and the new love interest, Maryanne and Sam's history, Jason getting involved with The Fellowship of the Sun.
Call me crazy, but I feel like things would have run a bit smoother if they only tried to tackle 3-4 of the 7 storylines currently going on.
It still has all the things you love about last season: the romance, the mystery, the supernatural, and of course a certain dark sense of humor; it's all still there. Yet they seem to have gotten into a bit more them most people can chew this season. If anyone watched tonight's episode without watching the previous season they would have been completely lost. But really you can't expect an edgy series like this to baby their audience, so I forgive them. Let's just hope episode two flows a little more smoothly.
The Season two premier "Nothing But the Blood" was entertaining. I wouldn't say that any loose ends from season one got tired up, but a whole host of new questions are on the table. There are a few mysteries that need to be solved this season.
Looks like this is gearing up to be another good season, although I highly suggest that everyone go back and do their homework. If you haven't seen all of season one, or you don't remember it very well I highly recommend another viewing before you jump on in to watching season two.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The Hangover Review
This review is going to be a short one.
The hangover was hilarious. I don't think I went for more then five minutes at any given time without having a good laugh. It's one of those comedies that is greatly enhanced by being in a theater filled with other people who are laughing, so I recommend you go out and see it.
Literally there were so many funny things that happened in this movie I have difficulty thinking of just one. I mean sure was it a little gross and immature at times, but that's par for the course with this type of movie. Naturally here is some cursing, adult situations, drug references, and comic male nudity.
It was kind of like "Superbad" meets "Dude Where's my Car." It's a buddy movie that involves a journey to figure out what the heck happened to them last night. Unlike so many films of it's genre, it has a solid plot that makes sense. There is a ton of random hilarity, but it is all done in a context where it makes sense.
Here is the basic plot. Three friends and one soon to be Brother-In-Law travel out to Vegas for a bachelor party. They get there, pay for a fantastic hotel room and everything is going great. However they wake up the next morning to a completely trashed hotel room, and a host of bizarre problems like the groom to be going missing. They must travel around Vegas trying to figure out what the heck they did last night, and try to find their missing friend, hilarity ensues.
Zach Galifianakis completely stole the show. He played a stupid, odd, but strangely sweet and lovable kind of man. Honestly it's a very hard role to play and only a master of awkward humor like Galifianakis could have pulled it off. Because honestly if the character was played even a little bit more dumb, awkward, or strange everyone would have hated him and it would have ruined a lot of the movie. He played this role to perfection, and I laughed at literally almost everything he said. The other cast members did a great job too.
It's just a really funny movie, go see it if your not too easily offended.
The hangover was hilarious. I don't think I went for more then five minutes at any given time without having a good laugh. It's one of those comedies that is greatly enhanced by being in a theater filled with other people who are laughing, so I recommend you go out and see it.
Literally there were so many funny things that happened in this movie I have difficulty thinking of just one. I mean sure was it a little gross and immature at times, but that's par for the course with this type of movie. Naturally here is some cursing, adult situations, drug references, and comic male nudity.
It was kind of like "Superbad" meets "Dude Where's my Car." It's a buddy movie that involves a journey to figure out what the heck happened to them last night. Unlike so many films of it's genre, it has a solid plot that makes sense. There is a ton of random hilarity, but it is all done in a context where it makes sense.
Here is the basic plot. Three friends and one soon to be Brother-In-Law travel out to Vegas for a bachelor party. They get there, pay for a fantastic hotel room and everything is going great. However they wake up the next morning to a completely trashed hotel room, and a host of bizarre problems like the groom to be going missing. They must travel around Vegas trying to figure out what the heck they did last night, and try to find their missing friend, hilarity ensues.
Zach Galifianakis completely stole the show. He played a stupid, odd, but strangely sweet and lovable kind of man. Honestly it's a very hard role to play and only a master of awkward humor like Galifianakis could have pulled it off. Because honestly if the character was played even a little bit more dumb, awkward, or strange everyone would have hated him and it would have ruined a lot of the movie. He played this role to perfection, and I laughed at literally almost everything he said. The other cast members did a great job too.
It's just a really funny movie, go see it if your not too easily offended.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
RIP David Carradine
Apparently David Carradine was found dead this morning in a Bangkok hotel. He will be missed.
Carradine is best known for his work on the TV series Kung Fu and his role as Bill in Kill Bill. He has had an extremely prolific career starring in over 200 movie and television projects, he has been a continuously working actor from 1963 till present.
He was also an author. I read his book "The Kill Bill Diaries." On top of being a great actor and martial artist he seemed like a man with great insight and a wonderful sense of humor. If you get a chance (and liked the movie Kill Bill) I highly recommend you pick it up.
My heart goes out to his friends and family. He will be missed, but the body of work he left behind ensure that he will never be forgotten.
Carradine is best known for his work on the TV series Kung Fu and his role as Bill in Kill Bill. He has had an extremely prolific career starring in over 200 movie and television projects, he has been a continuously working actor from 1963 till present.
He was also an author. I read his book "The Kill Bill Diaries." On top of being a great actor and martial artist he seemed like a man with great insight and a wonderful sense of humor. If you get a chance (and liked the movie Kill Bill) I highly recommend you pick it up.
My heart goes out to his friends and family. He will be missed, but the body of work he left behind ensure that he will never be forgotten.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
100 favorite movies to celebrate my 100th post
What can I say I figured I had to do something a little special for my 100th post, and for some reason the idea of doing a 100th post that had something to do with the number 100 sounded like a good idea to me.
So I am listing 100 of my favorite films. It's a pretty big number and a pretty broad range of films so to keep myself organized I will have 10 films representing 10 different genres (although naturally there is some crossover). I'm not saying that these are the best films ever made but they are some of my absolute favorites. I recommend seeing them if you haven't seen then already.
Making up a list of 100 films is hard enough so I'm not going to explain my choices, feel free to comment and question my decisions though.
Action/Adventure
Lord Of The Rings
Snatch
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers
Boondock Saints
Dark Knight
Fight Club
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Classics
Sunset Boulevard
Singing in the Rain
Gentleman Prefer Blonds
Rebel Without a Cause
Asphalt Jungle
All About Eve
Arsenic and Old Lace
Auntie Maime (The version starring Rosalind Russell)
Jane Eyre
Lawrence of Arabia
Commedy
Monty Python's Holy Grail
40 Year Old Virgin
This is Spinal Tap
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Rat Race
Superbad
Caddyshack
Dogma
A Fish Called Wanda
Young Frankenstein
Drama
Almost Famous
The Deaparted
The Chumscrubber
Dancer in the Dark
Donnie Darko
My House in Umbria
Requiem For a Dream
Virgin Suicides
Waking Life
Eastern Promises
Documentary
Endless Summer
Trekkies
Super High Me
F**k: A Documentary
Sicko
Spellbound
Blue Vynil
The Weather Underground
Grizzly Man
Manufacturing Consent
Foreign
A Very Long Engagement
Life is Beautiful
Carindiru
City of God
Rashimon
Hero
La Haine
Mongol
Run Lola Run
A Band of Outsiders
Kids Movies
Mirror Mask
Surf Ninjas
Labyrith
Three Ninjas
The Mighty Ducks
Enchanted
A Goofy Movie
Newsies
Bed knobs and Broomsticks
Marry Poppins
Romance
True Romance
Moulin Rouge
Don Juan Demarco
When Harry Met Sally
Penelope
I.Q.
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Chocolate
The Notebook
10 Things I Hate About You
Sci-fi/Horror
Star Wars (Episodes 4-6)
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
Nightwatch
Stardust
The Fifth Element
The Terminator
Terminator 2 Judgement Day
Willow
Serenity
Other
Please note this category is dedicate to things that could fit in multiple categories (The Graduate could be a classic or a comedy) things that didn't fit in a category listed (Shaun of the Dead), or Cult Classics.
The Graduate
Harold and Maude
Shaun of the Dead
Garden State
The Lost Boys
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Battle Royale
The Crow
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
So I am listing 100 of my favorite films. It's a pretty big number and a pretty broad range of films so to keep myself organized I will have 10 films representing 10 different genres (although naturally there is some crossover). I'm not saying that these are the best films ever made but they are some of my absolute favorites. I recommend seeing them if you haven't seen then already.
Making up a list of 100 films is hard enough so I'm not going to explain my choices, feel free to comment and question my decisions though.
Action/Adventure
Lord Of The Rings
Snatch
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers
Boondock Saints
Dark Knight
Fight Club
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Classics
Sunset Boulevard
Singing in the Rain
Gentleman Prefer Blonds
Rebel Without a Cause
Asphalt Jungle
All About Eve
Arsenic and Old Lace
Auntie Maime (The version starring Rosalind Russell)
Jane Eyre
Lawrence of Arabia
Commedy
Monty Python's Holy Grail
40 Year Old Virgin
This is Spinal Tap
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Rat Race
Superbad
Caddyshack
Dogma
A Fish Called Wanda
Young Frankenstein
Drama
Almost Famous
The Deaparted
The Chumscrubber
Dancer in the Dark
Donnie Darko
My House in Umbria
Requiem For a Dream
Virgin Suicides
Waking Life
Eastern Promises
Documentary
Endless Summer
Trekkies
Super High Me
F**k: A Documentary
Sicko
Spellbound
Blue Vynil
The Weather Underground
Grizzly Man
Manufacturing Consent
Foreign
A Very Long Engagement
Life is Beautiful
Carindiru
City of God
Rashimon
Hero
La Haine
Mongol
Run Lola Run
A Band of Outsiders
Kids Movies
Mirror Mask
Surf Ninjas
Labyrith
Three Ninjas
The Mighty Ducks
Enchanted
A Goofy Movie
Newsies
Bed knobs and Broomsticks
Marry Poppins
Romance
True Romance
Moulin Rouge
Don Juan Demarco
When Harry Met Sally
Penelope
I.Q.
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Chocolate
The Notebook
10 Things I Hate About You
Sci-fi/Horror
Star Wars (Episodes 4-6)
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
Nightwatch
Stardust
The Fifth Element
The Terminator
Terminator 2 Judgement Day
Willow
Serenity
Other
Please note this category is dedicate to things that could fit in multiple categories (The Graduate could be a classic or a comedy) things that didn't fit in a category listed (Shaun of the Dead), or Cult Classics.
The Graduate
Harold and Maude
Shaun of the Dead
Garden State
The Lost Boys
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Battle Royale
The Crow
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Monday, June 1, 2009
OMG New Moon Trailer
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD
I offer to you a second by second analysis.
6 Seconds In: the screen final fades away from the rating of the trailer and fades to black. I can hear the fan girls somewhere out there freaking out at this very point of the trailer.
9 Seconds In: There is an ominous boom and a shot of the coastline
13 Seconds In: Bella's crappy truck pulls up and there is a voice over from Bella saying its her birthday. Already I have noticed how ridiculously flat the acting is. Bella wants a birthday kiss, is Edward seriously that much of a prude. Like at this stage of their relationship shouldn't they be able to just kiss each other without it looking really awkward and passionless.
24 Seconds In: Bella and Edward declare their love for each other with a complete lack of enthusiasm. Can they ever just be happy with each other and not all awkward and pouty.
32 Seconds In: The Cullens are throwing a swanky Birthday Party for Bella
43 Seconds In: Bella goes to open a birthday gift and gets a major paper cut. I smell trouble.
46 Seconds In: Jasper fulfills my long time wish and moves in to kill off Bella Swan for good.
49 Seconds In: Edward slams Bella out of the way pretty violently, preventing Jasper. Sadness...
56 Seconds In: Edward begins breaking up with Bella because he is afraid one of his family members will try to eat her again. I am sad they don't show Bella crying hysterically. I can't help but wonder why they are giving away half the plot in the trailer.
1 minute 14 Seconds In: The Black vampire with the sexy accent tells Bella that Edward never really loved her or else he wouldn't have left her. Looks like Bella is going to get eaten, and looks like she is ok with the whole death thing.
1 minute 25 Seconds In: Jump cut to a very built and shirtless Jacob. Suddenly I want to see this movie, and feel guilty about thinking a 17 year old is that hot.
1 minute 27 seconds in: Jacob is suddenly wearing a shirt and jumping away from a house.
1 minute 28 seconds in: The Vampire moves in and looks like he is about to fulfill my wish of killing Bella Swan when soemthing grabs his attention.
1 minute 29 seconds In: Jump cut to Jacob running, there is the sound of a dog snarling whatever could it be?
1 minute 30 seconds in: Bella moves to run away. Snarling scared her but being killed by a vampire doesn't, girl has messed up priorities. Jump Cut to the vampire, Jump cut to Bella yelling for Jacob to run away.
1 minute 33 Seconds In: FURSPLOSION, and I can't stop giggling at the terrible effects.
Honestly I'm thinking they made no attempt at making a decent movie this time. They knew they could grind out any old crap with having to do with Twilight and people would still be lining up to go to it.
A trailer should show the best most exciting parts of the movie if this is all they can come up with this movie will be even worse then the last one.
I offer to you a second by second analysis.
6 Seconds In: the screen final fades away from the rating of the trailer and fades to black. I can hear the fan girls somewhere out there freaking out at this very point of the trailer.
9 Seconds In: There is an ominous boom and a shot of the coastline
13 Seconds In: Bella's crappy truck pulls up and there is a voice over from Bella saying its her birthday. Already I have noticed how ridiculously flat the acting is. Bella wants a birthday kiss, is Edward seriously that much of a prude. Like at this stage of their relationship shouldn't they be able to just kiss each other without it looking really awkward and passionless.
24 Seconds In: Bella and Edward declare their love for each other with a complete lack of enthusiasm. Can they ever just be happy with each other and not all awkward and pouty.
32 Seconds In: The Cullens are throwing a swanky Birthday Party for Bella
43 Seconds In: Bella goes to open a birthday gift and gets a major paper cut. I smell trouble.
46 Seconds In: Jasper fulfills my long time wish and moves in to kill off Bella Swan for good.
49 Seconds In: Edward slams Bella out of the way pretty violently, preventing Jasper. Sadness...
56 Seconds In: Edward begins breaking up with Bella because he is afraid one of his family members will try to eat her again. I am sad they don't show Bella crying hysterically. I can't help but wonder why they are giving away half the plot in the trailer.
1 minute 14 Seconds In: The Black vampire with the sexy accent tells Bella that Edward never really loved her or else he wouldn't have left her. Looks like Bella is going to get eaten, and looks like she is ok with the whole death thing.
1 minute 25 Seconds In: Jump cut to a very built and shirtless Jacob. Suddenly I want to see this movie, and feel guilty about thinking a 17 year old is that hot.
1 minute 27 seconds in: Jacob is suddenly wearing a shirt and jumping away from a house.
1 minute 28 seconds in: The Vampire moves in and looks like he is about to fulfill my wish of killing Bella Swan when soemthing grabs his attention.
1 minute 29 seconds In: Jump cut to Jacob running, there is the sound of a dog snarling whatever could it be?
1 minute 30 seconds in: Bella moves to run away. Snarling scared her but being killed by a vampire doesn't, girl has messed up priorities. Jump Cut to the vampire, Jump cut to Bella yelling for Jacob to run away.
1 minute 33 Seconds In: FURSPLOSION, and I can't stop giggling at the terrible effects.
Honestly I'm thinking they made no attempt at making a decent movie this time. They knew they could grind out any old crap with having to do with Twilight and people would still be lining up to go to it.
A trailer should show the best most exciting parts of the movie if this is all they can come up with this movie will be even worse then the last one.
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