So all of the Super Bowl trailers just hit the internet and
I thought I’d have to talk about some of the awesome sneak peaks we got at
upcoming movies. I may not know a lot about American Football (or regular
football, or any sport for that matter) but I can certainly speculate about
movies that are hundreds of minutes long based on information gathered from a thirty
second trailer, so where’s my giant stadium? …. Anyway, moving on;
Jason Bourne
It’s weird that I wasn’t at all excited for the fifth entry
in the Bourne series until I saw this trailer and title. Not that either one is
especially remarkable on its own (did we run out of words that sound cool when
paired with ‘The Bourne …’) but maybe that title implies a character driven and
intimately focused story, even more so than the other instalments with Matt
Damon. I think above all this trailer simply awoke my excitement because I
could finally see this project as a realised film, until now it was a fantasy
in the distant, not helped by being labelled ‘Untitled Fifth Bourne Film’, but
now, with a real title, Damon back in the iconic role (on a high from his Oscar
nominated turn in ‘The Martian’), with Tommy Lee Jones and Alicia Vikander to
back him up as well as Paul Greengrass’ masterful direction. Yep, I’m pumped
now.
The Jungle Book
The live action Disney remakes of recent years have tended
to be more style over substance and have failed to deliver something genuinely
new and satisfying to the films they are reimagining. So far ‘The Jungle Book’
has me won over on the style side, but I’m yet to be convinced of its substance,
even with this trailer. It looks to embody some of the spirit of the original
and might just have that punch we’ve been looking for, though they may want to
polish up some of those effects as I don’t quite buy the actors voices
(incidentally this is a flawlessly casted film from what I can tell) with the
animation, but I’m sure they will. That new rendition of ‘Bear Necessities’ is
also amazing so I’m definitely impressed with this trailer, and hopeful for the
finished product.
Independence Day: Resurgence
Scenes of destruction, space battles, patriotism, Jeff Goldblum.
What else could you want from an ‘Independence Day’ trailer? My only concern
now is that it doesn’t retain its sense of fun, the reason why the first one is
Roland Emmerich’s only enjoyable movie.
Deadpool
TMNT: Out of the
Shadows
This film’s success (critically at least) relies on whether
it revels in its own ridiculousness or delves into the usual Bayhem we’ve come
to expect now. So far the trailer seems to balance awkwardly in between. I
admit Krang was pretty awesome though.
10 Cloverfield
Lane
It seems that we’re still very much within the realm of claustrophobic
and contained horror here, with little indication of plot, background or events
within and outside of the film. Regardless, I still have to tip my hat to the
movie for keeping everything under wraps for so long (we didn’t even know this
movie existed at all since a month ago, and now it’s taking up Super Bowl commercial
space, how crazy is that?)
X-Men: Apocalypse
Above all I get a sense of scale from this teaser,
concerning the actions of Apocalypse and how it effects the X-Men universe. Not
just from the scenes of destruction, but the reaction of each character just
seems to scream unimaginable power from their adversary, as if they are
witnessing something truly beyond belief. That also implies that Singer can
retain his character driven motivation, which bodes well.
Captain America:
Civil War
I know there’s still no sight of Spider-Man, but frankly I
don’t mind. This teaser makes an effort to emphasise to separate sides, not
just the individuals of Cap and Stark fighting, this really is a whole team
affair with the opening chant and striking imagery. We see our favourite
characters clearly at conflict with themselves and experiencing new levels of
depth. When Tony narrowly avoids being shot at point blank range by Bucky (I
just realised how amazing that sentence sounds, and it’s in a movie) there
seems to be genuine fear and shock there like he’s never experienced. It also
presents us a complete line up of each side so it’s difficult not to get
excited about this, much less difficult than it is to get excited for ‘Batman v
Superman’.
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