Trailer Park #1

Hello avid internet surfers, welcome to the Trailer Park. A new weekly blog showcasing some of the week’s best and worst trailers for movies coming to theaters.

While I understand you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, you can certainly judge a movie by it’s trailer and I have picked a select few to showcase.

How Trailer Park works is simple, I give the embedded Youtube video of the trailer showcased for you all to watch and then at the bottom of the video, I display my opinion and then give it a rating based on our unique top of the line rating system:

Clean – A rating of Clean means this movie looks like a must see and you should definately give it a watch once it comes to theaters.

Decent – A rating of Decent means this movie looks okay, but it’s still a little sketchy and I recommend you wait for the reviews to come out before you pay for your ticket.

Dirty – A rating of Dirty, much like a trailer park itself means this movie looks absolutely horrid or is not interesting at all and I recommend you stay away from it.

Be warned, this is my opinion and my opinion only, do not criticize me if I bash a movie that you think looks promising.

So let’s get started:

#1 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Remake)

Response: Normally, I’m not a fan of remakes.. Well actually, I hate them. However, looking at this trailer, it seems to look a little promising. The original movie released in the 1980′s and directed by Wes Craven, scared the living shit out of me, giving me nightmares for about a month.. I was 15. From the looks of this trailer though, it looks like they will be keeping the nostalgia that the original offered and it will stay true to the original movie. Although there are some moments that are questionable (What the hell did they do with Freddy’s iconic face?) everything else looks like it will pack a punch once released. I wouldn’t call this a remake, more like a reimagining, plus with James Earle Harley (Watchmen, Little Children) taking the helm that Robert Englund once held, this movie seems like it will appeal to it’s teen/young adult audience.

Rating: DECENT

#2 Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel

Response: God this trailer was absolutely painful to watch, why the hell are they making a sequel to that travesty that they called an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, the same movie that ripped the balls of my childhood and destroyed it with every single fiber of their being? It’s not their voices that annoy me (Although it still was painful to listen to) it’s the simple fact that these 3 inch little rodents are going to a HIGH SCHOOL populated with human beings, people that could squash their tiny little bodies with 1 single footstep! In the original series, the chipmunks were the size of children so it made much more sense and it was less awkward, but because apparently Hollywood has to make everything “logical” they reduced the chipmunks to a much smaller scale, funny? No. cute? Not so much either. The addition of the Chippettes (Their 3 alter/opposite gender egos from the TV series) is a plus, but it still does not save this movie from looking like an absolute mockery.

Rating: DIRTY

#3 A Christmas Carol (W/Jim Carrey)

Response: First off, let me tell you that I’m not exactly ecstatic that Robert Zemeckis has chose to make all his newest movies motion captured orgasms, while Polar Express was okay, Beowulf totally destroyed the original work and ever since, I have despised any idea that Mr. Zemeckis (who directed such classics as Forrest Gump and Back to the Future) had in store. However, with Disney leading the way and Jim Carrey starring not only as Scrooge, but all 3 of the ghosts, this might turn out to be a great movie. The movie has fantastic visuals and of course, it has Jim Carrey, who is one of my favorite actors. Can Disney conjure up a phenomenal version of the Charles Dicken’s classic tale? I’ll be buying a ticket to see for myself.

Rating: CLEAN

The RV:

In case you are wondering what the RV is, the RV is basically showcasing a trailer that didn’t come out this week but is also still not in theaters and caught my attention so impressingly that I just had to post it for you all to see.

This Trailer Park’s RV is…

Inception:

Response: If there were a definition for a movie trailer, this would be it. This movie trailer, unlike most others, does not give anything away and leaves people guessing. Also the fact that it’s being directed by the same guy who did The Dark Knight is also a major plus. With an all star cast lead by Leonardo Dicaprio, this movie looks like it will pack a serious wallop once the release date rolls around.

Well that’s all the trailers I have for you this week, don’t forget to log on next week for another visit to the Trailer Park.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm. It is filed under Movies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.