Something About Wall-E

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The new Pixar film, Wall-E, had it’s final trailer released today, you can watch it on the Apple website.
I had originally been hoping that there would be as minimal dialog by Wall-E as possible. Sort of like an older silent film, only with more robots. I now am under the impression that we are being set up for a surprisingly verbose robot with too much to say, in a situation where less is more. I would have loved to have seen the animators and directors work to tell the story through actions and subtle details, but if this were the case and I was the one who made the new trailer, I certainly would not have added in any voices. That is just not how something like that should be marketed, but what do I know?
The reason I say the vernacular of a robot beyond a name, bleeps, bloops and curious clinking sounds would be a bad thing is that this probably means either a big let down for audiences everywhere or it will be aimed more towards just families, while the critics leave bad reviews and no award shows even nominate it past best animation. I guess this could also mean that I am dead wrong and Pixar has something amazing in store for us beyond a talking robot film, in which case I will delete all of this out of shame.

I am, despite the worries of a possible major let down, still very excited to see this film. Wall-E may be the film I look forward to the most this year actually. If there is no dialog I will hope this to be the first year an animated feature is nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
I will bring a review to this site for Wall-E before June 27th 2008, I assure you.

- Keith

‘The Foot Fist Way’ Trailer

This movie looks entertaining. It took the funniest part of an on and off funny movie called Hot Rod, Danny McBride, and gave him his own movie. He recently did a spot on The Conan O’Brien Show and I thought his interaction with Will Farrell and Conan were priceless. I’m not saying the movie looks amazing, but it looks like if you take it for what it is, it can make anyone laugh.

The Trailer:

Conan spot:

The Foot Fist Way is in theatres on April 11th.

The Happening Trailer

The international trailer for the new M. Night Shyamalan’s new apocolyptic thriller, entitled The Happening has been released. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel and it set to come out sometime in June. I like the new trailer a lot more than the one that was leaked a while ago, as it actually gives you some real insight into the storyline of the film. The leaked trailer was still cool, but it really didn’t give you a look at any of the characters. You can still see it here.

Honestly, I could not fucking (excuse my profanity, but I feel that it is necessary) stand Lady In The Water. I thought the whole thing was absolutely awful. That film aside, however, I think Shyamalan is a great filmmaker. A lot of people love to rip on his movies, but he has consistently kept me entertained over the years and this film looks just as promising as the rest. I’m willing to put his last let down aside and give this one a chance. Also, Zooey Deschanel is in it. Also, Mark Wahlberg is cool. But mostly, Zooey Deschanel is in it.

Watch the trailer here!

Neil Young Promoting a New Tour Documentary

CSNY Déjà Vu takes a look at the 2006 “Freedom of Speech Tour”, a North American CSNY reunion tour on which they played Neil’s newest album entitled “Living With War”. It has screened at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival recently and has received fairly positive reviews on the internet. Here is a small segment on the film from Sundance Channel.

As a fan of Neil Young and CSNY, I cannot wait to see this. It is startling to see how intense some of the reactions to the songs they played. Clearly many of the fans came into the concert expecting to hear “Our House” and “Teach Your Children” and instead they were hit with politically charged protest songs such as “Looking For a Leader” and “Let’s Impeach The President”. Had he played these songs in my area, I don’t think he would have recieved anything less than positive feedback, but I don’t leave the region often, and it’s jarring to see the way much of the rest of the country feels. The tour also took place in 2006 before the majority of public opinion had turned against the war. He was one of the first mainstream musicians to speak out against the war in Iraq. In any case this looks great and it is Young’s fifth film as director (as Bernard Shakey). I am very excited to see this.

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull Trailer

Paramount/Dreamworks have finally released the trailer.

This looks fantastic! It really looks like it will keep the same feeling as the previous films, and that was one of the biggest worries I had. The CG effects appear to be well done; everything seems to blend well. I’m really excited for this to come out, but I do have some concerns regarding the storyline, especially involving ALIENS. It has been pointed out that in the trailer there is evidence that they are in Roswell, NM

The Grand Trailer!

YES. I read about this movie a very long time ago and I completely forgot about it until now.

The cast looks amazing, and I’m a big fan of improv comedies like this. I love David Cross. The Grand is set for release in the middle of March. I cannot wait.