Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Men In Black 3 Trailer

Monday, December 12, 2011

Men In Black 3 Trailer

This one only won me over in the last seconds. The impact makes the whole movie worth my time.

http://thedailywh.at/

3 comments:

Pearl said...: Finally! Something I wouldn't mind seeing...

Pearl; December 12, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Ah, Men in Black, an absolutely wonderful movie. I loved it as a kid and I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed it as an adult. I'd argue that it with the possible exception of "Jurassic Park" that this was the most creative and enjoyable "popcorn" movie of the 1990s.

Men In Black 2 was an abysmal disappointment, so I was surprised when I saw set photos for a third movie. After all it had been ten years since "2" and a decade is usually around the time a film franchise gets a reboot rather than a sequel. If ever there was a movie that deserved to become a series I was sure this was going to be the next "Trilogy" film on par with Indiana Jones. Sadly, it was not.

As for the trailer itself, I think it shows us a bit too much. The fade to black/ fade in fad in trailer has become a big pet peeve of mine as it treats the audience like it doesn't have any attention span. "This image has been on screen for five seconds! Quick, cut to something new before they get bored!"

The "hook", and really all we need to establish in this trailer is the "save the future" plot and Josh Brolin as Young K (brilliant casting), which sets up for some potential role reversal with J as the seen it all mentor and K as the new kid. Not the mention possibilities presented in the '60s setting. I guess the producers have been doing their homework by watching "Mad Men".

Bottom line, I think you could have cut thirty seconds worth of establishing shots, and put more attention on setting up "the story", I think that it might have packed a bigger punch.

Hopefully the next trailer will show some more action scenes!; December 12, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Belle said...: I'd like to see it too. Lookin' good.; December 12, 2011 at 2:25 PM

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