This week, we look at the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's new film based on the anime-inspired Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The Last Airbender
I would say that taking a break from thrillers and making of film based on Avatar: The Last Airbender (the "Avatar" name couldn't be used thanks to James Cameron's upcoming film of the same name) is probably one of the best things M. Night Shyamalan can do to win back some mainstream appeal.
The trailer is only a teaser, however the film does look to be much more epic than anything Shyamalan has ever done and I'm really looking forward to checking out the final product.
The film doesn't open until next summer, so I'm sure there will be a couple more trailers before then.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Trailer Thoughts: The Last Airbender
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Classic Thoughts: Swingers
Swingers was one of the first major films for Vince Vaughn and John Favreau and it is actually partly based on Favreau's early experience in Los Angeles.
The film centers on Favreau's struggling comedian, as he does out with his friends, lead by Vaughn, to try and pick up women.
Favreau and Vaughn have good chemistry together, with Favreau being the awkward straightman to Vaughn's fast-talking ladies man.
Ten years later, the two actors would have a bit of a role reversal in The Break Up, with Favreau playing Vaughn's fast-talking womanizer of a best friend.
In the end, I could saw that Swingers was a decent enough and it definitely helped to kick-start the careers of the two main actors.
8/10 (rating scale)
Monday, July 06, 2009
Box Office Thoughts for the Weekend of July 3, 2009
As the estimates were released for this weekend, both Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were tied for first with an estimated gross of $42.5M on the dot.
I knew that it was too inconceivable for BOTH movies to truly have such a round number as their gross, as such I would have to wait until the final grosses were released before finding out, who the true top film was.
When the smoke clear and the final grosses were announced, it was confirmed that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was number one for the second week in a row with a final gross of $42.3M, which was very close to the estimate.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' gross was the one the ended up being off, as the final earnings ended up being $41.7M.
And that's the box office thoughts for this week.
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