Three trailers caught my eye today while I was waiting for The Day After Tomorrow to start.
Collateral: Tom Cruise finally loses the floppy in-the-face haircut, gains a more hard-edged look, and becomes a bad guy. Not sure one way or the other right now, but it didn’t get dismissed immediately.
Alexander: Oliver Stone biopic of Alexander the Great. I waffle back and forth on Oliver Stone’s films, but I’m betting that at the very least, he’ll be able to churn something out that’s both more entertaining and more accurate than Troy ended up being. Besides, the cast list (Colin Farrell, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer) looks pretty decent, and I’m just happy about seeing Val Kilmer showing up in something again.
The Stepford Wives: Sure, this one’s been on my radar for a while now, but this is the first time I’d actually seen a full trailer. Having done so, I have to admit, I’m a lot less trepidatious about the film than I was before. Not only does presenting it as a comedy rather than as a thriller look more likely, but I noticed quite a few shots in the trailer that look to be practically lifted directly from the original movie, so they’re apparently making an attempt to respect the original film version, rather than just reworking the original novel entirely from scratch. Definitely encouraging.
iTunes: “Burn the Beat” by Jams, The from the album History of the Jams, The (1987, 6:31).