I was going to cover Dario Argento's Dracula but I just didn't have it in me. And besides, it wasn't really meant for public consumption... just interested distributors. If you'd like to bare your neck for the generally über sexy pair of new fangers Thomas Kretschmann and Asia Argento, you can read takes on that unfinished 3D effort over at Stale Popcorn and My New Plaid Pants. So let's look at another genre offering.
Nicolas Hoult climbs beanstalks, kills giants.
Fairy tale reworkings are all the rage these days so let's look at Bryan Singer's Jack and the Beanstalk um... Jack the Giant Killer instead. Did Jack and the Beanstalk sound too Veggie Tales or fairy tale quaint? One of the odd effects of not obsessing over movies while they're still in production like 95% of the movie blogs on the 'net is that I'm often totally taken by surprise when a trailer arrives because I've often forgotten that the upcoming movie even existed. Such was the case here so I had zero preconceived notions affecting reactions to the trailer.
YES NO MAYBE SO breakdown and trailer after the jump.
YES
- Bryan Singer made X-Men, X2, Apt Pupil and The Usual Suspects. Count me in.
- "Once darkness gets a taste for light. It will not stop."
- Love the violent beanstalk eruption and the house being carried away. That moment should be violent and vertical and it totally works in the split seconds we see here.
- Ewan McGregor! Insta-YES!!!
- Nicolas Hoult wet. Hey it sorta worked for A Single Man.
- After Tyrannosaur I feel very eager to see Eddie Marsan being violently killed by a Giant. What he did to Olivia Colman. I shan't ever forgive him!
- From what I can see of the costumes, I approve. Joanna Johnston sure is busy. War Horse, Lincoln, this...
- Any trailer that gives a key moment to a cat wins.
NO
- I hate that one dumb face Nicolas Hoult makes in combination with the rock music score. It's just screaming "This is a MODERN movie aboud a HIP dude. It's not some fairy-princess thing!" The trailer doth protest too much. There's still a fairy princess even if she's strutting around like a runway model.
- The image of the water stirring with the giant's footsteps. It doesn't really work in this context because it's a bit like "what am I looking at?" with no buildup context. And besides... when will people stop ripping off that classic moment from Jurassic Park? Come up with your own classic moment.
- Ugh. The eyeball. Those post title tags on trailers. That gimmick is as aged as this fairy tale.
maybe so
- Bryan Singer made Valkyrie.
- The movie appears to be trying awfully hard: cue slow-mo of the princess doffing her cape while working the palace's (literal) red carpet. WERK!
Are you a Yes, No, or Maybe So?
Will you climb Hoult's beanstalk? You know what to do in the comments!