by Nathaniel R
"Father... Son.... and House of Gucci" If the trailer is any indication, people are going to be obsessing on or quoting House of Gucci frequently in the coming months. So let's go immediately to our Yes No Maybe So™ routine, but in the more expansive second-by-second way we do occassionally when we're really excited...
Maybe So. Blondie's "Heart of Glass" is a perfect song but seems so overused as time-signifier so we hope the movie has inspired needle drops instead.
It was a name that sounded so sweet, so seductive...
Synonymous with wealth, style, power.
But that name was a curse too.
maybe so...okay yes. This movie is going to have really thick accents but... oh, okay I'm into this speech/montage.
Yes/Yum. Adam Driver looks surprisingly hot with highlighted big 80s hair. Who'da thunk it?
Yes. That image of a (presumably) an assassin looking at Gucci's photo is chilling and a smart trailer segueway from the Gaga intro to the whole cast/story.
NOOOO. Jared Leto. Make it stop. Obviously this film will be up for Best Makeup and Hair but also there's a very real question to be asked: If you have a heavier older bald character for someone to play ... maybe hire a heavier, older, bald actor? At one point is this not just vanity for a film production to do this with stars?
-You're a Gucci. You need to dress the part.
-It's chic.
No but also yes? maybe here me out. A groan worthy laugh line there but this project does have the potential to veer into CAMP in a major way. Will it? And maybe that wouldn't be so bad if it did. It looks enjoyable either way.
YASGAWD, QUEEN. SLAY. OTHER QUEER NOISES. Lady Gaga with tacky bangs at a nightclub. Duh, we're in.
Maybe So... here comes the parade of "Academy Award Nominees/Winners" title cards. Thankfully no one here comes up blank after it begins. Don't you feel bad when that happens to actors in a long trailer kudos fest. This prompts whiplash because each card forces so many recollections or tragedies....
- Oh, right Lady Gaga has a songwriting Oscar -- damn, I love A Star is Born
- Adam Driver was so perfect in Marriage Story. Adam Driver is so perfect in... general.
- Oh, right Jared Leto WON.
- It's been way too long since Jeremy Irons had a Reversal of Fortune level role.
- Salma Hayek is such a good celebrity but I have to admit I didn't care for her Frida performace all that much. She has a potentially interesting role here as a Gaga accomplice in the murder.
- That Ridley Scott doesn't have a competitive Oscar or an Honorary when he's 83 years old and has at three masterpieces under his belt (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise) plus lots of other popular films is really unfortunate.
Yes. This is pure vanity since we didn't predict him and enjoy being correct but it looks like our hunch that Pacino's role would be smaller than Leto's was a good one. He's not in that much of the trailer where Leto is showcased frequently. (That could just be trailer choices but for now we'll pretend trailers are accurate screentime calculators)
Yes Oooh, a masquerade ball scene? Perfect.
No. A CGI skyline. With this budget? Ugh.
I don't consider myself to be a particularly ethical person. But I am fair.
YES. Is this maybe ACTED with capital letters throughout? Possibly. But it looks fun, too. We love a quotable queen... even a self-conscious one.
YES--haha--butalsoohgodthinkofthefuture the trailer has a delicious quippy stinger "Can you keep a secret?" "Father. Son. and House of Gucci" as Gaga crosses herself. It's perfect but can you imagine how over gif'ed this movie is going to be. Gaga as a walking gif generator. Maybe we'll all be sick of House of Gucci by the time the Oscars arrive?
No do not like that shot of the gun towards the end. Too lurid. Will the movie have any subtlety? Not that we don't like the sledgehammer approach on occassion.
Maybe so We missed some good images and great Gaga shots since the trailer is very montage heavy and edited with rapid-fire chaos. Are they hiding a great movie in here or a messy movie with several bits that "pop"? We'll see on November 24th.
Suddenly all those Oscar predictions we were throwing at don't look so risky, do they? An emphatic YES from TFE. How about from you?