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Avatar Trailer #2 Changes Some Minds. Today in Film Bloggery 10/29/09

By Christopher Campbell posted 3 weeks ago

Okay, okay. It looks better. But that only makes me want to comment less on the latest Avatar trailer. Because there’s still no point in pre-critiquing the thing. If it does end up really good, I’ll believe Fox should have released this trailer from the start. However, seeing one weak trailer and one great one means it could really go either way. How about we just wait and see if it’s any good when it comes out?

To fill some space, though, let me just say, “Giovanni Ribisi is in this????” And his little interaction with Sigourney Weaver makes me think he’s this film’s equivalent of Paul Reiser in James Cameron’s Aliens. Of course, that’s a positive comparison. If I wanted to make another negative list of films Avatar resembles, I’d point out that cliche Braveheart-like speech heard at the end.

Check out what the other film blogs are saying about the new and improved Avatar trailer after the jump:

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Dane Cook to Ease Economic Woes. Trade Roughage 09/19/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago

“Some believe that with the country reeling from the economic breakdown on Wall Street, moviegoers will go for comedy,” says Variety, which predicts My Best Friend’s Girl to top the weekend over Lakeview Terrace. Of course, there’s also Ricky Gervais yukking it up in Ghost Town, but The Hollywood Reporter notes that film has tracked so poorly that Paramount cut back its screen count. I guess moviegoers won’t go for just any comedy in depressing times.
Forget all the rumors about Russell Crowe or Colin Farrell playing Watson to Robert Downey Jr.’s Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s adaptation. Jude Law is now reportedly in talks to play the detective’s associate. And so I must elementarily deduce that Sherlock Holmes will surprisingly not be a hit.
The kid from A Christmas Story will make his directorial debut with Couples Retreat, which will star his usual collaborators Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, as well as Jason Bateman.
Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi have been cast in a film about the beginnings of the Internet porn industry. But will any of its target audience leave the computer long enough to go see it?
Finally, though this isn’t big news, the 3-D animated adaptation of my favorite kid’s book of all time, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, has rounded out its voice cast with James Caan, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Tracy Morgan and Mr.T!. I can not wait.