The buzz around Hollywood—hey, there’s a phrase it’s impossible not to feel like a douchebag typing—is that Man of Steel is good. Like, really good. Like, Warner Bros. reportedly thinks its going to be a massive, huge, maybe-even-a-bigger-hit-than-Dark Knight hit.
Which is weird, because none of the film’s trailers so far have reflected that. At all. Except for this one. Which does. This thing manages to be more rousing and exciting and majestic in a mere three minutes than Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns could manage to be in three whole hours. (Was Superman Returns three hours long? It felt like it was three hours long.) If this trailer is actually representative of Man of Steel—and damn, I hope it is—then Warner Bros. might not be too far off with their expectations.
Remember when there was an awesome trailer for Suckerpunch? Or an awesome trailer for Watchmen? Snyder can create a series of amazing images that don’t necessarily need to hang together to make an actually watchable movie. He makes great trailers…
Dawn of the Dead was great, and it was a remake of a legit classic
Dropping this at the right moment is key. Dark Knight worked because the world was fairly cynical in 2008. But Superman is inherently optimistic — much more “rah rah, humanity”. So I think it could be good if demand is still high for anti-anarchy fare by the time June rolls around.
@Graham – Watchman is the only movie I own, but I have Suckerpunch saved in my Amazon shopping cart.
@Reymont: You own one movie and you get the title wrong? I’m not sure if you’r qualified for this discussion.