Summer Movie Preview Review
by Daniel Perlmutter
Summer Blockbusters usually disappoint, that's just the way it is. All that promise, the anticipation, the hype... all for nothing. So why bother? Why not just stick to the thrills and chills on offer from summer movie trailers and forget about the real thing altogether? Only by taking the previews as the product itself is it really possible to enjoy a summer movie, and even then it's pretty hit and miss. With that in mind, below are my reviews for some of this summer's blockbuster trailers.
Batman Begins
I'm a fan of the Batman preview franchise, but this one's a little bleak. There's no real excitement and for most of the trailer it doesn't even look like a super-hero movie. There's no real exciting set-pieces and no sense of fun. But the big problem here is the lack of a villain. Every good comic book preview has a great villain and, as far as I could tell, this preview had none. Most of the preview is concerned with Batman working out. Who wants to see that? And the Batmobile, come on. A camouflaged hummer (that has desert camouflage for some reason, even though it's for driving around Gotham city), it's really a silly-looking car and they seem to think it's pretty cool. They even give it the all important final shot. No thank you! 3/10
Fantastic Four
Now even though I didn't like this preview all that much it did deliver the goods as far as a comic book preview goes. I mean, you get to see the superheroes all doing their thing, which is kind of fun. But the whole look of the preview is a little week. And the story, I don't know, I just couldn't get into it. But at least there was a little bit of action. 6/10
Kingdom Of Heaven
Welcome to dullsville. This preview was so boring I think I dozed off for a few minutes in the middle there. I mean, sure it's got the big battles and everything but when that's accompanied by the plucky sounds of an acoustic guitar it doesn't really get one's blood a-racing. And Orlando Bloom can't carry a preview by himself, he just doesn't have that kind of star power. All the faux spiritualism, booooring! And the blue tint on the desert. Not my cup of tea. 4/10
War of the Worlds
Now this is a preview. It's got a beginning, a middle and end. It's exciting and involving. It's got a great build to it. Both Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning are in fine form. I mean, it just doesn't get any better than this. And when that freeway gets smashed, whoa, talk about wicked awesome. All this preview is missing is a sexy babe. But it's a testament to the strength of the piece that you don't really need one. Bravo! 8/10
Summer Blockbusters usually disappoint, that's just the way it is. All that promise, the anticipation, the hype... all for nothing. So why bother? Why not just stick to the thrills and chills on offer from summer movie trailers and forget about the real thing altogether? Only by taking the previews as the product itself is it really possible to enjoy a summer movie, and even then it's pretty hit and miss. With that in mind, below are my reviews for some of this summer's blockbuster trailers.
Batman Begins
I'm a fan of the Batman preview franchise, but this one's a little bleak. There's no real excitement and for most of the trailer it doesn't even look like a super-hero movie. There's no real exciting set-pieces and no sense of fun. But the big problem here is the lack of a villain. Every good comic book preview has a great villain and, as far as I could tell, this preview had none. Most of the preview is concerned with Batman working out. Who wants to see that? And the Batmobile, come on. A camouflaged hummer (that has desert camouflage for some reason, even though it's for driving around Gotham city), it's really a silly-looking car and they seem to think it's pretty cool. They even give it the all important final shot. No thank you! 3/10
Fantastic Four
Now even though I didn't like this preview all that much it did deliver the goods as far as a comic book preview goes. I mean, you get to see the superheroes all doing their thing, which is kind of fun. But the whole look of the preview is a little week. And the story, I don't know, I just couldn't get into it. But at least there was a little bit of action. 6/10
Kingdom Of Heaven
Welcome to dullsville. This preview was so boring I think I dozed off for a few minutes in the middle there. I mean, sure it's got the big battles and everything but when that's accompanied by the plucky sounds of an acoustic guitar it doesn't really get one's blood a-racing. And Orlando Bloom can't carry a preview by himself, he just doesn't have that kind of star power. All the faux spiritualism, booooring! And the blue tint on the desert. Not my cup of tea. 4/10
War of the Worlds
Now this is a preview. It's got a beginning, a middle and end. It's exciting and involving. It's got a great build to it. Both Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning are in fine form. I mean, it just doesn't get any better than this. And when that freeway gets smashed, whoa, talk about wicked awesome. All this preview is missing is a sexy babe. But it's a testament to the strength of the piece that you don't really need one. Bravo! 8/10
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