Category: Thoughts on the Previews
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Thoughts on the Previews: July 13, 2014
Hercules (Brett Ratner, USA 2014) This was a longer trailer than the earlier versions I saw–it actually doesn’t look anywhere near as bad now. I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing, since it looked like a contender for worst movie of all time and thus was sure to include some great…
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Thoughts from the Previews: June 5, 2014
The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, USA 2014) I’ve seen this trailer several times now, and the movie just looks like a total mess. It looks like it’s telling a seven-act story with no overarching point. It really bears the marks of a film being run by the novelist or people who don’t have…
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Thoughts on the Previews: May 16, 2014
A very negative review of the two-and-a-half-hour commercial for Avengers: Age of Ultron that goes by the title Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony Russo/Joe Russo, USA 2014) will be coming later on. The previews were mostly ones I had seen before, but I’ll try doing this again anyway. X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan…
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