This is the era of Nicolas Cage. The man is probably one of the most interesting actors out there which sounds strange because of how terrible all his movies have been for about the past..oh, like decade or so with very few exceptions. But he still manages to make headlines for all his quirks like supposedly not eating animals that have gross sexual activity or something like that. I often wonder if he knows how crazy everyone thinks he is and just goes along with it. Sort of like the whole Sad Keanu thing because I'm almost positive Mr. Reeves knows what's going on and enjoys posing for these still hilarious photos. In the same way, Cage really doesn't care what people think and continues to make terrible movies. But don't these 'terrible' movies just look like so much fun?! "Drive Angry" makes me wonder if they forgot to name it "Ghost Rider 2" (which is now in production btw so be excited), because it seriously has almost the exact same plot. The line at the beginning of this trailer just KILLS me: "Tell 'em: I'M COMIN'." Can the man deliver a line with less intonation or any sense of acting at all? I doubt it. Oh Nic Cage, it is truly a love/hate relationship we have! But you still make me happy, especially since I found out Season of the Witch is actually still happening January 7 and didn't just disappear! Aren't you thrilled?!
This looks to be one of those trailers that has some actors I really like (Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt) but doesn't look like it'll do them justice. Of course it might just be the structure of the trailer that makes it look not so good. For one, I simply LOATHE that narrator who does all the trailers for stupid romcoms and family films like "a family adventure you've never seen before!" with that stupid, high, annoying voice. You know? Plus it's done in the style of one of those dumb comedies. And although it has Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Rupert Everett in it too, it still doesn't look so good. We can only hope that this is false advertising and that it might be OK. Because I can't see it being much more than that, sadly.
Faster (trailer #2)
So I guess now the title makes sense. Because "he's fasta" as the guy with the accent says. But thankfully, one thing has always made sense to me so far about this and that is NO ONE who knows anything thinks this looks good, and that's not just because it looks like he shoots Mr. Echo at the end (LOST!). It's because we get the whole revenge thing! We know you'll kill a few guys, pick up someone (enter: girl) who slows you down, and then there's some twist as to who you have to kill or whatever. It's all riddled down to a basic math formula now. There's no hiding the fact that this is only for Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson to take a side-road from his family movie trend for a bit to show the dudes he can still kick-ass. And of course, the potential violence and action is all that appeals. Oh, and he has tattoos.
So that's it for this week, really a pretty lame week for trailers, unfortunately. Potential reviews of "Red" and "Never Let Me Go" coming this weekend!
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