I've been hearing the buzz for months on Jarhead, with every movie preview and feature story on the movie pounding the Oscar buzz drumbeat. I'm not a big fan of military/war themed films, so my reaction so far has been a resounding "yeah, whatever."
Then I saw the teaser trailer for the movie a couple of weeks ago. I've been complaining for a while now about bad movie trailers (my pet peeve: the "tell the whole story" trailer that leaves me wondering why I should bother seeing the movie. In most cases, I find I shouldn't.)
But this one does it all right… just enough story to establish setting, striking visuals, and a hip-hop background track that drives the whole thing. I honestly found myself wanting to see this film, simply because of that trailer.
If the movie's half as good as the trailer (and, judging by the reviews, that's sounds about right) it just might be worth checking out.
Then I saw the teaser trailer for the movie a couple of weeks ago. I've been complaining for a while now about bad movie trailers (my pet peeve: the "tell the whole story" trailer that leaves me wondering why I should bother seeing the movie. In most cases, I find I shouldn't.)
But this one does it all right… just enough story to establish setting, striking visuals, and a hip-hop background track that drives the whole thing. I honestly found myself wanting to see this film, simply because of that trailer.
If the movie's half as good as the trailer (and, judging by the reviews, that's sounds about right) it just might be worth checking out.
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The trailer for MUNICH is also very nice. Let's hope Spielberg hits it and doesn't cave to one of his typical endings.
Q
I wouldn't hope for much this time.