Comments on: False advertising

By: Penni

Penni — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:22:00 +0000

Oooh, I feel a bit uneasy about the whole idea of a movie of Bridge to Terabithia. I love it so, probably because of the introspection and the way it handles what it’s like to be a young boy growing up and having to deal with emotions usually made unavailable to him by social expectations. I can’t imagine the movie not being disappointing (sorry double negative there) but then I tend to be a book snob. Or really a primary media snob (I’ve never read a really amazing film-book tie in novel either).

I couldn’t watch the trailer, but I could see a still that already gave me the wiggins. But has anyone seen that NZ film Heavenly Creatures? That managed to show imaginative life in a felicitous way filmically, without lessening the impact of the ‘real’ story (which was also based on true life I believe). So there’s hope that they can tie together the two threads convincingly.

By: Maureen McGowan

Maureen McGowan — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:57:00 +0000

Misleading trailers drive me crazy. Enough that I might do a blog about this topic, too…

By: Christen

Christen — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:09:00 +0000

(I just want to say that I *love* the false trailers you linked to! The 10 Commandments one was a laugh-riot!!)

By: Mel Francis

Mel Francis — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:24:00 +0000

I LURVE Titan A.E. We own it as well as The Iron Giant. Both are quality.

Part of my problem (besides the racist stereotypes and the disjointed storyline) was the bait and switch marketing. I expected to see a feel good movie with some funny one liners. It isn’t the happy go lucky movie as advertised, despite some really fun music. But yes, there are people who are complaining about the movie’s message. The biggest complaint is that it got all “Al Gore” on people. It did go a little over the top with its message–but I didn’t have a problem with it for the most part.

When I complained about Happy Feet in my blog, I said if you want a feel good environmental movie, see Ferngully.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:14:00 +0000

I saw Iron Giant. Liked it a lot, but it was many years ago. I need to see it again, I think.

Barnyard was HORRIBLE. It simply had…no plot, no sympathetic characers…and the male cows had udders. It did not work for me at ALL. Of course, the kidlet laughed like a hyena. But she didn’t ask for the DVD, thankfully.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:59:00 +0000

You’re the other person who saw Titan AE?

I’ll have to check out Iron Giant.

By: phyllis towzey

phyllis towzey — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:22:00 +0000

Love the Iron Giant. My kids have the video.

By: eatrawfish

eatrawfish — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:14:00 +0000

I went to film school! We talked about previews! (I'm trying to justify my tuition and validate my opinion in one!). Anyway, I don't remember talking too much about what we said except:

Previews are made to draw people in to see films ($$$). They are not always about the film.

Right now some exec probably thinks a fantasy epic will sell better than something Meaningful. Now, we'll see whether that was carried into the script as well.

I did not read BtT, but I do like it when the films are different than the books. I hate seeing movies paced like books. But not when they pervert the entire story.

By: Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:48:00 +0000

Patrick, there was a time when I went to see all of the animated films out there, because I believe in animation as a medium, Now I have kind of fallen off the wagon. It helps that they don't exactly need my support the way they used to. But I do go see a lot of them. I think I might be one of two people who saw Brad Bird (Incredibles) first feature, the Iron Giant, which is one of my favorite movies of all time.

That's another example of how ads screwed it up. I remember the ads made it look like a robot buddy comedy. Speaking of which, I also saw Robots, and it was baaaaaad. TRON was way better.

I was also one of two people who saw titan a.e., and that was long before Joss whedon was a god and people would go see a phone book he wrote. I didn't even know it was his until many years later.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:27:00 +0000

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