movie trailers

[bedlamsbard]

The Final Season. I have a thing for sports stories, and I have a thing for small towns, and this movie has both of them, so I'm really looking forward to seeing it when it comes out.

Moondance Alexander. It's about a girl and her horse! Named Moondance! No, not the horse -- the horse is named Checkers. The girl is named Moondance and is played by Sasha Cohen. Why does that name sound familiar? Sasha Cohen is an Olympic gold medalist figure skater. Who is now an actress. With a horse.

Juno. This actually looks pretty cute, and the lead actress keeps charming me. Teenage pregnancy is not usually my cup of tea, but this really does look very good.

When Did You Last See Your Father? Oh, look, a heartwarming story about a father/son relationship fraught with terminal cancer. Probably very good, but it could use a shorter title.

One Missed Call. Thank you for making sure I will never answer my cell phone again. In other words, based on a Japanese horror story! Who would have guessed?

August Rush. Hurrah, music! In other words, another heartwarming story, but this one looks much more cheerful than "When Did You Last See Your Father?" Still. When are we going to get a musical prodigy that plays a wind instrument?

I'm Not There. I kind of like the idea, but it looks very artsy. Which I think is the point.

Weirdsville. ...I don't even.

Fred Claus. I think it looks good, and funny. Hurrah, a Christmas movie!

Step Up 2: The Streets. *considers* It looks a bit better than the first one -- street dancing's not really my thing, but I've got a weakness for high school fight movies (by which I mean, not literal fights, but like, competition and all that).

Control. Boring.

Comments

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly (to cynical old me) August Rush really does look like a lot of fun. :)

I know there's at least one depressing movie about a prodigy playing a wind instrument. The title is escaping me.

the poster for "one missed call" scares the holy daylights out of me.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Wind instruments never get any love. Neither do bands -- I mean, very occasionally you'll get marching band type stuff, but it's never very serious. I am holding out for the really good underdog type band movie, like all the sports movies, because the same thing happens, it's just "not as cool."

That poster is scary.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Cynical self says it's because wind instruments are clearly phallic, and we can't have that. Practical self says wind instruments are (probably?) harder to play than, say, guitar or piano, and thus, it's (maybe?) harder to find random people to play prodigies. (of course, they've done violins etc before, so.)

Yeah, there's not nearly enough action and hitting people in band. ;) (or so we, the unmusical public, is led to believe). But enough PR can make anything awesome!

It took me a while to realize the eyes are mouths. I don't really care. It creeps me the hell out.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*snort* Yeah, it's probably that bit.

Oh, that's only because you've never seen a pair of flute or oboe players going at it when they want the first part. That's hardcore. And marching band is easily as tough as sports practice; it just doesn't seem that way to the unknowing public. If I ever make it into Hollywood, I am making band movies. Or TV shows.

They are? Oh my God.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Wait, the phallic bit, or the hard bit? ;) (yes?)

I said we're led to believe; I've seen scary musicians before. My brother used to play in the band/marching band (Sousaphone/Tuba), too.

*snerk* I would totally love to see your band movie. A TV show might be fun, too. A nice hour-long primetime drama?

...I probably shouldn't have mentioned the eyes.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* The hard bit.

There is a sad common misconception of musicians that we are weak. Yeah. I'm thinking not so much.

The great urban fantasy novel that I really want to write, but can't during the school year because it's bad enough actually being in high school, I don't have to go home and write about it too, has the majority of the main characters in the band. It's a bit hard to write, but it'd be really cool on TV.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

Yeah, I know an inordinate number of musicians (for not being one myself). I? Do not mess with them. Tis bad idea.

Have you posted bits of that before? If it's what I remember, it would be a really cool ongoing drama. *nod*