Trailer Trash Tuesday

In which I talk about some of the best/worst trailers.

In Time

There are an awful lot of ways this movie could end up being horrible but at least In Time had me intrigued.  It's ultimately just a very thinly veiled commentary on the current economic disparity between the rich and the poor but hopefully they get creative.  Portraying Justin Timberlake as a futuristic, time-stealing Robin Hood is a solid start.

It's nice to see that Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell on Mad Men) has the acting range to go from portraying a scheming douche in the 1960's to portraying a scheming douche in the near future.  Look for In Time starting on October 28th.



Our Idiot Brother

When I first heard about this I expected a deliberately stupid comedy.  This latest trailer convinced me otherwise.  Paul Rudd isn't an idiot, he is just extremely naive but this allows him to live a much happier life than his siblings.  The trailer made Rudd's character seem very endearing and gave me a enough of a reason to check My Idiot Brother out when it is released on August 26th.  Also, I have a crush on Zooey Deschanel.



Jack and Jill

Eddie Murphy called, Adam Sandler stole his idea for ruining a career as quickly as possible (I'm looking at you, Norbit).  Why did he decide this is a good idea? One Adam Sandler in a movie is more than enough.  Throw in a second one dressed in drag and you may very well cause a tear in the space-time continuum.  On top of that, nothing in that trailer made me even chuckle.

I realize I can be very judgmental of movies based on a short trailer but I'm not alone this time.  The trailer on YouTube has nine "dislikes" for every "like." To put that into perspective, Justin Bieber's Baby only has two "dislikes" for every "like."  The people have spoken and they would rather watch Bieber music videos than Jack and Jill.