Jesus Horatio Hornblowing Christ...this may be the most horrible movie trailer I've ever seen...

I'm a bit leery of clicking on anything called "largeassets" at work, man.

see the tag - it's safe for work...but not safe for those who favor genuinely funny film comedy, clever gags, etc.

I hate everything now

i love how the conceit is a "spoof" of disaster movies....

and there's virtually nothing disaster-ish going on in the trailer, it's all randomly assembled nods to current movies. like, so current some of them haven't even come out.

"Hey, let's 'spoof' HANCOCK!"

what if HANCOCK is a total dud, and thus thoroughly forgotten by August?

that'd be like....spoofing HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE. anyone remember HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE? No? I didn't think so...

So, how does this shit keep getting MADE?

it frustrates me to no end to have to explain the difference to certain people between stuff like AIRPLANE! or THE NAKED GUN and this shyte

some people are just generally dismissive of spoofy comedy. i loved it growing up - the Zucker Brothers were big influences on me. (granted, theyv'e sort of lost their touch now)

but i think AIRPLANE! is one of the funniest movies ever made; but it was the approach that made it so great -- deadpan, dry, hiring naturally dramatic actors to play funny characters, etc.

this is just....as you say, throwing things in a pop culture blender and going, "hey, remember that thing? well, here it is again!!"

painful, not just that these keep getting made, but that people go to see them. thus ensuring the two writer-directors get to keep making films. and, i'm assuming, fistfuls of cash.

sad.

Actually, I felt the trailer for The Love Guru was just as bad. I'm more than a little pleased it's currently tanking at the box office right now.

Gar, I read this the other day, and perhaps it articulates what you're trying to say...

"A certain amount of audience flattery goes into a spoof. Spoofs make audiences laugh in part because they feel in the know for getting whatever reference is being thrown out there for ridicule. More often than not, these references tend to be too obvious and pandering, and in the worst cases, spoof filmmakers don't even bother crafting much of a gag about them; they merely want to congratulate viewers for being hip to the source material ostensibly being parodied. That's why the cottage industry of Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer spoofs like Date Movie, Epic Movie, and Meet The Spartans is the worst thing going in comedy right now: Winking at the audience for picking up on nods to 300, Meet The Parents, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and other such obscurities is about as base as it gets.

Wet Hot American Summer flatters its audience just like any other spoof, but the fact that its targets are so narrow and particular makes it perversely inspired...."

Here is the rest of it: http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_wet_hot

the Youtube/myspace generation thing does have something to do with it...

re: WANTED - i dunno, i'm 50-50. it could either be mindblowingly amazing/fun, or just jaw-droppingly/over-the-top shitty. i can't tell. (i was not a big NIGHTWATCH fan, it was too much for me) i've heard about 4, 5 reviews of WANTED and they're, again, 50-50. some thought it was the best action movie in years, the rest thought it was terrible. i reserve judgement...

as for LOVE GURU, i personally have no beef w/Mike Meyers, though my interest in/enjoyment of his comedy has dropped significantly since the first AUSTIN POWERS. however, i agree, LOVE GURU looked shitty, and that it's doing bad is probably a good thing. then again, i heard GET SMART isn't all that much better, and that IS making money, so....

@danny - big-time. can't wait.

@Garak: If any of the scenes in the trailer for WANTED are actually in the film itself, I cannot reserve my judgement - it will be the worst thing captured on film since Roland Emmerich last directed someone to point a camera at something.

Now, The Dark Knight - I have high hopes. Same with WALL*E.

@Art: Exactly. The scene where she says "he's behind you" and then makes a face that looks like she's taking a her first dump after being constipated for a month - I threw up in my mouth. She's repulsive.

Nobody of consequence, but I'll take it under advisement 8p

"back in my day, we called it arts and farts and crafts..."

re: WALL-E, my hopes are pretty high, at least as far as they can be for an ani movie.

i have a buddy who's been working on it, and it sounds interesting, that there's little dialogue, and it's mroe about sounds and atmosphere and emotion

I want you inside me. Oh hey what's up? I was just.. from before?

I really liked both The Incredibles and Ratatouille, though I did wait until DVD for both of the them. I have high hopes for Wall-E.

the only good movies coming out this year are the following. .
Dark Knight
Pineapple Express
Bruno

that's it

no more

all crap

i agree.

funny, cause here in LA, i don't think many think of it as a "dark horse", but that's because we're constantly pummeled with entertainment stuff, and all my friends are pretty much movie geeks, etc.

but i hope - well, first i hope it's good. then, i also hope it catches on everywhere in the US, as i think it will.

it's directed by one of my favorite Indie guys, David Gordon Green (SNOW ANGELS, ALL THE REAL GIRLS, GEORGE WASHINGTON), doing his first studio film. it worked well for Greg Mattola on SUPERBAD and i want it to work for DGG, too.

that trailer kills....i have played MIA's song like 100 something times since i heard it in the trailer and immediately downloaded -- that trailer/the song use is perfect