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‘Soloist’ trailer drops

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Check out the film’s buzz page for the latest. It looks like that tip about Downey dominating the film may have panned out.

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25 responses to “‘Soloist’ trailer drops”

  1. Haley Avatar
    Haley

    Downey looks phenomenal!

  2. Mr. Gittes Avatar
    Mr. Gittes

    Bait.

  3. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    Total bait.

  4. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Hmmm…It may be bait, I mean Joe Wright is a”master baiter” as far as making movies that appeal to the academys sensibilites but I just can’t not love Downey. I would just love for him to win in reward for the year he’s had. It’s so good to have him back.

  5. Sound Designer Dan Avatar
    Sound Designer Dan

    Pure. Bait.

  6. Marvin Avatar

    I don’t know. I have high expectations for Wright to deliver something really good here, but the trailer makes me less excited to see the movie now.

  7. Matt Avatar

    Man, this looks… not that good.

  8. Thugnificent Avatar
    Thugnificent

    premise sounds a bit similar to “Resurrecting the Champ”

  9. Rob Scheer Avatar

    I know it’s all a bit repetitive to praise RDJ, but for a trailer for a movie I had little interest, it looks like he’s potentially excellent here. There’s 2 or 3 very brief glimpses at sequences that look to be very powerful/emotional (i.e. Oscar clips).

  10. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Check it out. Jamie Foxx, The Soloist, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Schizophrenic? Sure. Not retarded.

  11. Haley Avatar
    Haley

    ^^^ LOL. Nice one. Gotta follow Kirk Lazarus’s philosophy.

  12. Guy Lodge Avatar

    This just doesn’t feel like Best Picture material to me.

    Perhaps something for Downey, but that Best Actor race sure is getting crowded.

  13. Jonathan Spuij Avatar

    Wow, Downey sure looks impressive. Looks like an emotional film though. Then again, so did Atonement and P&P.

  14. M.Harris Avatar

    Who knows with this movie or any other trailer for a movie,so for me judge either way is hard to do.Some movies have a great trailer and turn out like crap,then some others don’t look like much but wind up being oscar material I’m a fan of both Foxx and Downey but time will tell if this is good or not.

  15. Mr. F Avatar
    Mr. F

    I was not impressed by this. Also, RDJ doesn’t look like he is giving it his all like he did in Iron man or Tropic Thunder, but then again, its just a trailer.

  16. Joel Avatar

    Rob (not Rob Scheer): That was awesome.

    I think it looks amazing. Iron Man and Tropic Thunder were different movies. You can’t compare them to this. Downey looks astounding.

  17. Mav Avatar
    Mav

    I am much more excited about the trailer of “Milk” than the “soloist”.:(

  18. qwerty Avatar
    qwerty

    looks like bait but i like it.

    somehow it doesnt seem like a tv movie or resurrecting the champ

  19. mike Avatar

    RDJ looks good in it, but doesn’t look what I expecting. Can’t put my finger on why though, just looks a little blah to me. Maybe similar to Pursuit of Happiness or something…

    Milk trailer was def better… but its Joe Wright so we’ll see.

  20. Malcolm Avatar
    Malcolm

    Jamie Foxx seemed really good in the trailer, Oscar always loves those transformative performances, I think he will be great.

  21. head_wizard Avatar
    head_wizard

    This looks like as so many here have already said total bait! We got the guy with mental problems that helps the “normal” person see the world better. Nothing here impressed me.

  22. Rob Scheer Avatar

    I think we can all agree this looks like bait, but it appears — at least to me — to be the kind of bait the Academy DOES, and will, go for if executed well enough.

  23. Chad Avatar
    Chad

    I missed the memo that said I had to fawn over Robert Downey Jr. and his amazing story. But I thought he was okay in Tropic Thunder, never saw Iron Man and now thanks to this trailer, know to avoid The Soloist at all costs.

  24. Leo Calabrano Avatar

    what’s wrong with you?
    is there anybody here that still like emotives movies? because for what i read it appears that not.
    i’m really waiting for a movie that can touch my heart and if this is a true story i don’t think that can be so hard to do it… i really love the trailer and now it’s my second most-awaited movie of the year, just after “The Curious Case of BB”.
    By the way I love this website… xD
    Bye
    (sorry for my english, it’s not my maternal language)

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