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The Road & The Book of Eli
Inlander:
I've only heard really good things about the Road (the movie). From watching that trailer it seems pretty apparent that they're trying to market what's essentially an arty mood piece to the most lucrative demographic, which is teenage boys who like going to multiplexes to watch men shoot other men, preferably in a post-apocalyptic landscape where lots of shit's been blown up, with the occasional break from the action to look at pretty women. It seems like they've crammed every single moment of action in the book into one minute of trailer.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 17 Nov 2009, 10:36 ---What's wrong with Charlize Theron? Remember the third season of "Arrested Development"?
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duh
Dimmukane:
--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 18 Nov 2009, 21:06 ---My one hope is that this is one of those "hey, let's show this well known attractive actress a lot in the preview even though she's only in the movie for a couple minutes because people will want to go see it more if they think she's in it a lot" kind of things. Please let it be one of those!
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From what I've heard, this is essentially the case.
michaelicious:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 18 Nov 2009, 21:44 ---I've only heard really good things about the Road (the movie). From watching that trailer it seems pretty apparent that they're trying to market what's essentially an arty mood piece to the most lucrative demographic, which is teenage boys who like going to multiplexes to watch men shoot other men, preferably in a post-apocalyptic landscape where lots of shit's been blown up, with the occasional break from the action to look at pretty women. It seems like they've crammed every single moment of action in the book into one minute of trailer.
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Trailers often make movies seem a lot worse than they are. I read somewhere that those scenes at the very beginning of the trailer with the news broadcast or whatever aren't even in the movie and John Hillcoat was not too pleased about their being included in the trailer.
Also, I am pretty happy that they got Viggo Mortensen to play the man. I am a pretty big fan of his performance in Eastern Promises.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: Zombiedude on 18 Nov 2009, 21:43 ---What, do you think she is a terrible actor or something?
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No not per se but her character wasn't much of a factor in the book at all, a couple brief memories of the Man, and the story worked really well that way. Gussying it up with all sorts of flashbacks and explicit exposition could ruin the mood.
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 19 Nov 2009, 04:24 ---
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 17 Nov 2009, 10:36 ---What's wrong with Charlize Theron? Remember the third season of "Arrested Development"?
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duh
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Fuck, that's who that was? Why did I not realize??
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