Hey guys! I’m excited to share with you a new video series I am trying out. It’s a video where I cover all the news in both animated TV shows and movies. I thought of this because I don’t really like reviewing trailers, so it seemed like a good way to cover the trailer but also other topics that I think are interesting. I figured I could make my viewers aware of smaller projects or shows that might be off their radar.
There are obviously going to be room for improvement but I think it is a pretty good start. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Also, what do you think of this week’s news? In the video I cover:
Box office for Zootopia and Boy and the Beast
Trailers for Kubo and the 2 Strings and Red Shoes and the 7 Dwarves
Movie announcements for animated Ghostbusters and Surfs Up 2: Wave Mania
Utah release of Boy and the World and Only Yesterday
Aaron Springer Billy Dilly Show
Ducktales reboot image review
Cancellation of Wander Over Yonder
Tangled Before Ever After series
Big Hero 6 series announcement
Does any of this news interest you? Let’s discuss it in the comments section here or on the youtube video. If you feel so inclined give it a thumbs up! Thanks so much. 🙂
So we got our first full trailer for Finding Dory today.
I must own I thought the trailer was just ok. I like that girl shark they show. She looks fun and the visuals of the ocean look amazing. I can’t wait to see that! But the story does concern me a bit. Pixar has always had a philosophy of never repeating the original film with their sequels. So far I’m just not seeing what is going to make Finding Dory unique. That concerns me a bit.
What was so great about Finding Nemo is how surprising it was. Things like the AA sharks are hilarious. I still laugh at those scenes. Plus, the dual plotlines of Nemo in the dentist office and Merlin looking for his son were delightful. The ocean was beautifully portrayed and I loved all of the tense, emotional and funny moments. The seagulls- hilarious!
It makes me wonder- how is Finding Dory going to surprise me? As much as people hate Cars 2 I’d rather watch that then a warmed over Cars duplicate. At least they were trying something new and different. I enjoyed it with its flaws. I hope they surprise me and try something new.
But it should also be noted that Pixar isn’t always great with their trailers for some reason. This one had things I liked and am looking forward to but it didn’t wow me.
Everyone is talking about it so I might as well add my two cents. They just put out the teaser trailer for this summer’s Pete’s Dragon remake. I have to be honest- I like the trailer. I think it looks kind of magical. Now I thought the Maleficent trailer looked promising and you see what that brought us…
I would certainly rather there be no remakes at all and get new and exciting content but that’s not happening any time soon. The best we can hope for is these remakes are more of the Cinderella vein and less Maleficent/Alice in Wonderland (and no the new Looking Glass trailer does nothing to excite me). I guess I’m more positive about Pete’s Dragon because I’m not super attached to the original; although, I do enjoy it.
What does seem cool about Pete’s Dragon is they are doing more of a reimagining than a remake, which begs the question- why call it Pete’s Dragon in the first place? Fair enough, but at least it isn’t like Maleficent where they restage our favorite scenes but ruin the characters and story. At least that doesn’t appear to be the case.
One thing I don’t understand in these remakes is why they shy away from the music? I understand not wanting to make everything a musical but why not have a soundtrack? Candle on the Water is a great Disney song and I feel it at least should be in the closing credits. You had no Bibbity Bobbity Boo in Cinderella. No Once Upon a Dream but in credits in Maleficent. That is so bizarre. Why not take full advantage of the properties you are remaking? It’s not like Oz where they don’t have the rights to the original music.
Either way, I thought it was an effective, enticing trailer that didn’t tell me too much but just gave a spirit of the film. This movie has been very hush-hush so I’m glad to see some images of the dragon and what the story is going for. The fact Pete is a feral boy living in the forest for 6 years is interesting and Robert Redford being in your movie never hurt anything.
So I’m hopeful. What say you? I know some people are very upset about it and I can see their points. Share in the comment section.
Yesterday was the 50th Super Bowl and honestly the game did nothing for me. What was fun was all the new trailers we got. The ads were pretty lame but the movie trailers were very cool. I thought I would very quickly give you my thoughts on them.
(I won’t mention Deadpool or 10 Cloverfield as I have no interest in either of those films).
11. God’s of Egypt- There is something 90’s Mummy about this film but it really looks terrible and this trailer did nothing to increase my enthusiasm. I think it will be this year’s Jupiter Ascending. The white-washing of Egypt does bother me a little bit.
10. Alice Through the Looking Glass- As someone who did not like the first one this trailer didn’t do much for me. Some of the visuals look kind of cool but aside from hearing Alan Rickman again there isn’t much to appeal to me in the trailer. It’s just not my Wonderland.
9. Secret Life of Pets- When this movie is focusing outside of Kevin Hart bunny I feel better about it and this trailer did. But I still have that rabbit in my head with that annoying Kevin Hart voice…
8. Independence Day 2: Resurgence- I’m not the biggest fan of the original. I like it ok but nothing Roland Emerich has done since then has impressed me and this looked like another CGI blandfest. The first one was fun!
7. Batman v Superman Turkish Airlines- This was a fake ad for Turkish Airlines advertising Gotham and Metropolis. Some might find it cute. I found it groan inducing and dumb. Something is just off in the marketing of this film.
6. Jason Bourne- This was a big surprise! I didn’t expect a trailer for it but it looks awesome. Hopefully the shaky cam is reduced from 2 and 3 but great to have Matt Damon back.
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes 2- As far as big reveals this might be number 1. Krang is in the new turtle movie. We had suspected something but that was so cool. It looks like they are making some neat improvements to the original films, even in the look of the turtles. If it didn’t have Michael By plastered on the trailer I’d like it even more.
4. Captain America: Civil War- This trailer was pretty awesome. We saw the Avengers divided up and Bucky and Cap fighting Tony and Black Widow. I loved that glove we see and it looks super entertaining!
3. Eddie the Eagle- The more I see from this film the more excited I get. It looks like the new Cool Runnings. I love the Olympics and I love inspirational stories so sign me up. It looks like something that is right up my alley.
2. Xmen Apocalypse- This looks amazing!! Apocalypse looks menacing and I am LOVING the female Xmen presence in this movie. Mystique, Jean Gray, Psylocke look awesome. I think everyone is sleeping on this movie and it is going to be great
1. Jungle Book- The 2 minute Jungle Book trailer blew me away. It’s the first time I’ve felt that way about this movie. It looks like a great merging of the book and animated film. It’s going to be scary, funny, exciting and everything and the visuals look so great! I’m sold!
What was your favorite and least favorite? Put in the comment section.
We got a new UK trailer for Zootopia this weekend. I only have a minute but I thought I would share my thoughts on it with you guys. First of all, it is a long trailer that tells a lot about the movie. I have a feeling it shares most of the good jokes and I have a pretty good idea of the plot and what is going to happen. So, if you are someone that doesn’t want to be “spoiled” before a movie and want to know as little as possible- STAY AWAY!
My other worry is the plot feels rather generic. Nick Wilde is a con-man and he and Judy Hopps work together to solve a case seems like something I’ve seen a lot. Plus usually that kind of movie the 2 mismatched investigators end up falling for each other. Can that happen in Zootopia? Are we going to introduce inter-species relationships in Zootopia? That seems weird.
But I do hope the characters, setting and writing are strong enough to boost the generic plot. I still have a good feeling about Judy Hopps and feel she will be a very good character.
We also learned in the trailer the film is going to be called Zootropolis in the UK for some reason. That’s kind of strange?
If you watched the trailer what did you think? Did it temper your enthusiasm at all? Did you think they showed too much? If I”m honest it felt a little Minionsy to me. I worry all the good jokes are in the trailer (and action scenes for that matter).
Let me know what you think!
Also my friend AJ and I are having a google hangout today where we talk about the upcoming year of animation. We’d love to have you participate or put questions in the comments section.
After an epic day yesterday I wasn’t going to post today but we got a new trailer from Dreamworks and I couldn’t hold back my feelings. Dreamworks released their trailer for the Fall release of Trolls and what a stinker of a trailer it is! Don’t get me wrong, the movie could somehow be good (I didn’t like Peanuts or Lego trailers and loved those films) but everything from the dancing, to character design to everything looks awful.
It’s extremely frustrating when I know Dreamworks can produce quality work (seeing Kung fu Panda 3 tonight which has great buzz so I’m excited!). The Panda and Dragon films are quality franchises and they’ve made amazing stand-alone films like Rise of the Guardians, Prince of Egypt, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron. Even Mr Peabody and Sherman I really enjoyed but then they squander all that talent on twerking dolls and annoying alien movies. Why Dreamworks? Why?
Unfortunately that wasn’t the only terrible trailer to come out for 2016 animated film.
We got a new Angry Birds trailer this week and it looks awful too. I actually thought the teaser looked ok, better than expected, but this longer trailer looks at best on a Rio level of quality. The battle between the pigs and the birds just doesn’t look good to me!
And then we got a Secret Life of Pets trailer and it was also very disappointing. I was actually impressed with the teaser trailer enough to put it on my anticipated of the year. Boy is that out the window with this new trailer. I was so deflated to see Kevin Hart is the lead of the story and it is about organizing pets in some kind of rebellion. That is such a tired concept and I am so sick of Kevin Hart.
So, needless to say my anticipation level for 2016 animation just sunk a little lower. It could be a rough year folks! At least we have Zootopia, Moana, Finding Dory and Kubo and the Two Strings to look forward too.
And as I said there are bad trailers for good movies so we will see!
Am I being too tough on these 3 trailers? What did you think?
We all had a fun surprise this morning with the first longer Zootopia trailer released! I haven’t been 100% on board with this film but I am now. I loved this trailer! I love the story it appears we are getting with Judy Hobbs being the lead character. She is trying to prove her worth to the police force by solving a case in 48 hours. That sounds great! It looks like it is not just going to be a comedic movie but have real heart too.
Here is my review of the trailer
The actual trailer
What do you think? I’m so excited to see the film. It looks creative, fun and different film from Disney. Let’s hope so at least!
Hey guys! I just wanted to share with you my thoughts on 3 recent trailers.
Xmen Apocalypse- I thought this was a good trailer and I’m excited to see what Bryan Singer is going to do after Days of Future Past, which I loved. I know some disagree with me but I’ve always loved the women in the Xmen world and that has drawn me to the series more than other superhero franchises. So naturally I was really excited to see Jean Grey right off the back telling her dream to Charles Xavier. I am intrigued by Apocalypse and the connection to the 4 horsemen. I loved seeing the new Storm who looked great! Mystique/Raven looks to continue her emotional run from Days of Future Past. We got a few shots of Magneto and Nightcrawler and then a closing shot of Professor X in his wheelchair. So cool and it’s hard to argue with the cast- Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Jame McEvoy, Oscar Isaac, the list goes on and on. Love it! But the big question is where is Wolverine? 🙂
BFG- This is just a teaser trailer but I’m really optimistic about the direction they are going in. It looks like old school Spielberg like an ET or Hook, something with a little magic that he hasn’t done in a long time. I love the book but always felt it would be difficult to turn into a movie because of the rather grisly premise but I trust Spielberg and his team. I really liked the look of the lead girl and the way they did the narration in the trailer was very effective.
Kubo and the Two Strings- This stop motion film from Laika was totally off my radar but I loved this trailer! It looks so different than anything Laika has done before- without the gothic, spooky feel of their other films. I particularly loved the water and the look of the characters. It is a Japanese adventure of a boy trying to find some magical armor that will save his family. I really thought this trailer worked and introduced me to the movie which is the point of a trailer after all. I also thought the music and adventure of the movie looks very promising.
What did you guys think of these trailers? Are you excited for any of these films?
