During the Super Bowl, there were
several trailers for upcoming movies. The ones listed above were some of them,
but not the only ones. Though, they are the only ones that I really care about;
therefore, I am only reviewing those.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The first
trailer for this film really surprised me in that it had a political statement
and took things more seriously, while having a cool villain and some cool
action. It was a really good trailer. This trailer is great. There are three
versions of it: the fifteen-second teaser for the thirty second T.V. spot, the
thirty second T.V. spot, and the full two minute, thirty second trailer. The
full trailer is the one that I am talking about. I will start out with its
small flaws. The villain in this trailer seems to not have a very good motive.
It looks like he just wants to do but and that is it. I think there should have
been something more about the villain in the trailer that is not people just
talking about him. My other flaw is that this trailer is looking like the film
could have a thin script. It may be able to back up every encounter with a
reason. The action may seem meaningless.
Now that I
have gotten all of my flaws with this trailer out of the way, I can talk about
its good stuff. It again has a very seriously and spy movie-like feel to it in
that it is not just a fun, action-filled trailer. Although I just mentioned
that the trailer makes the film look like there may be many meaningless
aspects, there are aspects that look like they have a meaning. This trailer
also has great shots and it looks like the cinematographer really needs the
shots to be good, which is a good thing for the film. I am feeling that Captain
America will get more character development in this film, because the trailer
almost makes the film look like it is going to go into his past. We also might
get some character progression with Captain America and see him change. Though,
I think others, like Nick Fury, could change, too. This trailer also has some
amazingly directed, awesome, exhilarating, and extremely well-executed action
that I am really looking forward to seeing on the big screen. This villain in
this film seems very imposing to Shield (and out heroes), so I think Shield
will really have to work to defeat him, and I would like to see Shield face a
big challenge.
That is what
I think of the Captain America: The
Winter Soldier Super Bowl trailer. It is a great trailer that really got me
excited for the film.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
This is the
second trailer for this film. The first trailer was not that good. It made the
film seem like a convoluted mess with three thin-to-point-where-they
are-nearly-empty villains. I am glad that I can say that this trailer is a big
improvement. There are also three versions of this trailer: the teaser for the
T.V. spot, the T.V. spot, and the full trailer. Again, I am talking about the
full trailer. First, I will mention some cons. The three villains are still a
problem, whatsoever. It will be hard for three villains to work, and this
trailer still makes the film seem like the villain aspect of it could be a bit
convoluted. Also, the villains do not seem like they would work together. They
seem like they would all want to be on their own, from what we see in this
trailer. My last flaw is that Electro’s motive for not being a hero like
Spider-Man and wanting to kill him is that, although Spider-Man remembers him
even though he is some sparkly thing now, he does not remember Electro’s name
within ten seconds of seeing him.
Now I can
tell why this is a big improvement over the first trailer. It looks like we
will learn more of why Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and generally more about his
character through his conversations with Gwen Stacy. We also learned in this
trailer why Max Dillon wanted to become Electro in the first place. It is also
a good motive for Max to want to be a hero. We also see cool action in this
trailer that would definitely look cool on the big screen, because of the fact
that it is well directed and very good-looking. Also, the people at Ozcorp have
a good motive to why they want Spider-Man off the streets. Think about it, he stopped
one bad thing from happening, so he is a threat to Ozcorp, because they are
evil. This is told through a hero message that it is very hard to be a hero and
you will always have big enemies.
Those are my
thoughts on The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Super Bowl trailer. Despite its flaws, it is a very good trailer that has
sparked my interest in the film.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
This is the
first trailer of any kind that we are getting for this film and it only has one
version: the thirty second T.V. spot. As I expected, this film does not look
good at all. When Michael Bay is the director of a film, most likely it will be
bad. Here, I will start off with the good things. I am glad Mark Wahlberg is
involved, because he can give good performances. And frankly, just about anyone
would be better than Shia LaBeouf. The next thing is that the film has
potential to have cool action, despite the style. It looks like some of the
bigger action between the transformers could be fun to watch.
It is now
time for me to tell you why I am not looking forward to this film. The action
in this trailer goes too far. At one point, we have a robot falling backwards
in slow-motion, shooting two machine guns. We have seen people do that before.
That is on the line of too far. But a robot doing it at skyscraper height is
definitely too far. This trailer is edited stupidly. It has the conventional
quick-cut style with cool sound effects to keep audiences still interested.
This trailer also has silly and bad-looking CGI. None of the robots look like
they are actually there. And the lighting does not work. If it is at night,
make the CGI lighting for the robots dimmer. Lastly, and of course, we have our
Michael Bay stamps. There is constant slow-motion use. There is a lot of people
running in slow-motion, most of the time from an explosion. There are overly
processed colors that almost blinded my eyes. And, of course, we have what Michael
Bay is famous for, a lot of explosions. Firework-like, random explosions are in
these thirty seconds, a lot. These Michael Bay stamps are always bad. I am
pretty sure this film will not be good.
That is why I
think that this is really not a good trailer at all and why I am not looking
forward to this film.
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