Well, ashamed is a little extreme. Abashed, maybe. :)
Yeah, the trailer may be good, but the thing with trailers is a good producer can cut a trailer for a Paulie Shore movie and make it look like Shakespeare, so that fact that you say the "Underdog" trailer is good only means that they hired a good company to make it, and nothing more than that.
And my objection really is to iconic shows and movies (or in this case, a cartoon) being "re-imagined" into crappy Hollywood product. The original "Yours Mine and Ours" was a beloved staple of my childhood, as was the original "Cheaper by the Dozen." And both were remade into badly realized, barely recognizable claptrap crafted to appeal to modern, idiot teenagers. And what about the "Lost in Space" movie? Or that awful "Bewitched" remake? And there are others that I just can't even think of right now, but you can't argue that Hollywood has a good track record in this department.
Plus, I have serious doubts that the "Underdog" premise can be supported by a 90 minute (or, god help us, a 120 minute) film.
I could be wrong. I certainly have been in the past. This new "Underdog" could be the breakout hit of the summer.
At this point, Hollywood does seem to exist solely to desecrate past pop culture loves. The magnitude of the creative bankruptcy boggles the mind.
That said, I guess I was expecting "Underdog" to be so bad there wouldn't even be any good bits in the trailer.
Can't be any worse than the "Pirates" movies, and God knows, it can't be any LONGER. You're right about interminable lengths. What the hell happened to 90 minute movies, anyway? Or intermissions, for that matter?
Well, I think you can make a good 120 minute film, but you better have a nice tight script. Unfortunately, that seems to be a rarity these days. (Where's Billy Wilder when you need him?)
In general I enjoyed the "Pirates" movies, but, yeah, they could have used a serious trim. When I was watching the second one, I fell asleep for 20 minutes in the middle of it, and do you know, it made absolutley no difference to my understanding of the plot.
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Um, I'm going out on a limb here by saying, I think the trailer for this actually looks pretty funny.
When I originally heard they were making a movie, I thought they'd go w/ the original cartoon characters in CG.
But I've watched the trailer a couple of times now, and I might pony up my $ to check it out. Should I be ashamed?
Jeff P.
Well, ashamed is a little extreme. Abashed, maybe. :)
Yeah, the trailer may be good, but the thing with trailers is a good producer can cut a trailer for a Paulie Shore movie and make it look like Shakespeare, so that fact that you say the "Underdog" trailer is good only means that they hired a good company to make it, and nothing more than that.
And my objection really is to iconic shows and movies (or in this case, a cartoon) being "re-imagined" into crappy Hollywood product. The original "Yours Mine and Ours" was a beloved staple of my childhood, as was the original "Cheaper by the Dozen." And both were remade into badly realized, barely recognizable claptrap crafted to appeal to modern, idiot teenagers. And what about the "Lost in Space" movie? Or that awful "Bewitched" remake? And there are others that I just can't even think of right now, but you can't argue that Hollywood has a good track record in this department.
Plus, I have serious doubts that the "Underdog" premise can be supported by a 90 minute (or, god help us, a 120 minute) film.
I could be wrong. I certainly have been in the past. This new "Underdog" could be the breakout hit of the summer.
But I highly doubt it.
I hear you.
At this point, Hollywood does seem to exist solely to desecrate past pop culture loves. The magnitude of the creative bankruptcy boggles the mind.
That said, I guess I was expecting "Underdog" to be so bad there wouldn't even be any good bits in the trailer.
Can't be any worse than the "Pirates" movies, and God knows, it can't be any LONGER. You're right about interminable lengths. What the hell happened to 90 minute movies, anyway? Or intermissions, for that matter?
Jeff P.
Well, I think you can make a good 120 minute film, but you better have a nice tight script. Unfortunately, that seems to be a rarity these days. (Where's Billy Wilder when you need him?)
In general I enjoyed the "Pirates" movies, but, yeah, they could have used a serious trim. When I was watching the second one, I fell asleep for 20 minutes in the middle of it, and do you know, it made absolutley no difference to my understanding of the plot.
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