After the jump, I’ve got the newest trailer for Louis Leterrier/Ed Norton’s upcoming The Incredible Hulk. In this trailer, everything they say to him seems to take him one step closer to the edge (and he’s about to break).
I still don’t know how a scene with 25 minutes of CGI-buff-dude-on-CGI-buff-dude violence will be all that interesting, unless it also involves lactating, an afterbirth, or spontaneous prolapse. What can I say, I’m a simple man who enjoys the simple pleasures. -Thanks to Liam for the tip
Everyone knows that in 2003, Ang Lee made a crappy Hulk movie. What this movie presupposes is, maybe he didn’t? </Royal Tenenbaums reference>
Anyway, here it is: the first trailer for Edward Norton and Louis Leterrier’s redo of the Incredible Hulk. The release date is tentatively set for June, but rumor has it Norton and Marvel are arguing over the final cut. You see, Norton had planned for the Hulk to get angry and smash things, but Marvel thought that might be a little too… you know.
In any case, the trailer looks decent, if unspectacular. It certainly doesn’t send the blood rushing to my loins the way Iron Man, or Thomas Kinkade paintings do. I’m also a little concerned that the big finale appears to involve two buff CGI dudes fighting each other. Isn’t that basically like watching someone else play a video game about wrestling? GRR, PILEDRIVER!
Don’t adjust your monitors, you read that headline correctly - this is actually a teaser for a trailer, which premieres tomorrow. The Louis Leterrier-directed (previously of The Transporter) Hulk redo (not a sequel to Ang Lee’s Hulk) stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, and Tim Roth, and opens June 13th.
Children having children, trailers having trailers - what’s the world coming to? Still, it’s far less disturbing than the teaser for the poster, which was just Ed Norton wearing a nightie and smeared lipstick looking directly into the camera holding a finger up to his lips.
A while back, I posted the teaser for Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola’s first movie in 10 years. This is the full trailer. Interestingly, it looks pretty sci fi. One can only hope it will be Coppola’s return to Captain EO form.
Youth Without Youth stars Tim Roth as Dominic Matei, an aging professor of linguistics who survives a cataclysmic event to find his youth miraculously restored. Dominic’s physical rejuvenation is matched by a highly evolved intellect, which attracts the attention of Nazi scientists, forcing him into exile. While on the run, he reunites with his lost love, Laura, and works to complete his research into the origins of human language. When his research threatens Laura’s well being, Dominic is forced to choose between his life’s work and the great love of his life.
I also like how in the trailer a guy gets struck by lightning and the doctor tells him, "You are very lucky." That’s ballsy. Because if getting struck by lightning is proof of anything, it’s that God hates you. [Thanks to Ohad from Israel for the tip]
UPDATE: Premiered to, uh, "mixed" reviews at RomaCinemaFest yesterday. (Excerpts after the jump)
Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter:
The story is full of arcane references that many will find nonsensical, and the performances are a letdown. Lacking coherence and suspense, the picture is likely to attract a cult following while disappointing Coppola’s fan base.
Jay Weissberg of Variety:
"Not just fans of Francis Ford Coppola will be disappointed by the mishmash plotting and stilted script of Youth Without Youth.""Attempting to harness multiple genres, pic is brought down by ponderous dialogue (much of it dubbed) and an inability to connect with its characters.""Presumably, Coppola chose to dub most of the film because the non-native English speakers needed help to make their lines clear, but the device, though generally well done, does nothing to help lackluster delivery in the minor roles."
Ouch. Keep in mind those were trade papers. [Variety and Hollywood Reporter via /Film]
