Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
No offense to Guillermo del Toro, but this looks like the Frankenstein movie I most want to see. (I mean, I'll see them both, but holy crap ...)
Trailer The Bride
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I saw the trailer last night when I went to see One Battle After Another (the new PT Anderson movie, highly recommend).
Still on the fence on this one.
On the one hand-
Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaall- interested!
Cast includes Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake (brother of Maggie), Penelope Cruz, and Jessie Buckley in the titular role. WOAH!
On the other hand-
The trailer looked interesting, but also ... didn't do much for me? The pedigree of the film (cast and director) puts it on my radar, but the actual trailer, while atmospheric, didn't drive me.
I'm going to wait for more information. I can see this going either way- either being really good, or disappointing. I'll hope for the best.
Still on the fence on this one.
On the one hand-
Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaall- interested!
Cast includes Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake (brother of Maggie), Penelope Cruz, and Jessie Buckley in the titular role. WOAH!
On the other hand-
The trailer looked interesting, but also ... didn't do much for me? The pedigree of the film (cast and director) puts it on my radar, but the actual trailer, while atmospheric, didn't drive me.
I'm going to wait for more information. I can see this going either way- either being really good, or disappointing. I'll hope for the best.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Honestly, given how timid so many movies are -- gotta appeal to those four quadrants! -- any movie making crazy big swings earns points with me.
Fair.
...although, isn't it saying something when we've defined, "crazy big swing" as "taking a well-known IP (Bride of Frankenstein) and then applying the new formula of making it a musical but releasing a trailer that does not indicate it will be a musical."
I think I might be a little jaded.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I think moving it to what looks like gangster-era Chicago and having flappers and others in the mix also changes things. Unless they run out on the Lake Michigan ice in winter, the story is almost certainly going to have to change in a lot of ways from the original Frankenstein, and it looks like it's going to be explicitly feminist.
After Joker 2, I can see why they are only tip-toeing up to "oh, and they sing." I would guess later trailers show more of that.
Well, there was Joker 2. And Mean Girls. And Wicked (I mean...). And Wonka. And The Color Purple.
It's the new hotness. I'm not sure why, but I guess it's because Hollywood thinks that people will see a movie that they hear is great, but won't go if they actually know it's a musical?
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
It was especially funny with Mean Girls, Wicked and The Color Purple, since the reason we got those movies at all was because they were musicals.
Marketing folks are odd.
