MASSIVE FAIL
Bill S. Preston, Esquire was wise beyond his years.
It was a well-defined fantasy milieu that had, over 3 films, built to this rousing crescendo of all out War. It was mostly realistic (insofar as such a fantasy can be “realistic”), and it worked ~ Well, with the exception of the ghost army coming in like so many green scrubbing bubbles to save Minas Tirith anyway. That just looked silly.
I didn’t really give the issue a lot of thought thereafter. I was in Winnipeg last week for Keycon, and before the convention started, the Con committee kindly took several of its American guests (including author Steven Barnes and actor/author Richard Hatch) to see Star Trek: Into Darkness. I’ve found that if I want to remain surprised by a film or other pop cultural event its always better to see it before spending a long weekend with passionate people who beat me to the punch….
Before that film started, we saw a couple trailers – one for World War Z and one for Ender’s Game. And then, Into Darkness – a film dedicated to post-9/11 veterans.
First, I’ve never read it and had no idea what film was being advertised.
But even Harry would have stopped counting his money looking at the thousands of seemingly unaligned dots of WWZ. The stills above don’t convey the sheer numbing inhumanity of this trailer and I’m glad they can’t. I try not to be utterly inhumane – even if the zeitgeist is. Until Hollywood comes to deal with its new money shot somehow, I’ll be joined Harry Lime in Switzerland, old man.
Keywords:
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,
Forays into Films,
Harry Lime,
Kathleen Quaife,
Keycon,
Lord of the Rings,
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Star Trek: Into Darkness,
The Third Man,
Weta Digital,
World War Z
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