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Annnnddd…another trailer. This one for the hotly anticipated “Hugo,” from Martin Scorsese. And a film that really should have had some sort of presence at Comic-Con, I think, especially with folks like Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg making the trip. It just would’ve been a treat. In any case, some have awards doubts on this one due to the children’s movie aspect, but I’m not sure that’s real cause to doubt just yet. One thing we can certainly tell by the trailer, which just hit Apple, is that the design elements are off the chain. I can’t wait to see this one in 3D, and I don’t say that often (if ever). Check out the trailer by clicking the image below or watch an embed after the jump.
91 responses so far
1 7-14-2011 at 3:48 pm
SJG said...
Ummmmm…. it doesn’t look all that great to me.
Then again, I read the graphic novel for a young adult literature class my senior year of college and it wasn’t all that long after that that I heard Scorsese was making an adaptation, and I think I had unrealistically high expectations of where he might go with it.
I’m putting all of my hopes in the fact that the trailer is almost reminding me of Cuaron’s “The Little Princess”, which was another schmaltzy, mainstream, middle-brow family flick that actually had some really fine qualities.
2 7-14-2011 at 3:50 pm
SJG said...
Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with schmaltzy, mainstream, middle-brow family flicks by the way…. it just always seems like a desperate cash-grab when great filmmakers stoop to make them.
3 7-14-2011 at 3:52 pm
James said...
Certainly love the look of it. Spot on production qualities. I’m interested.
4 7-14-2011 at 3:53 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Scorsese is coming off his biggest money-maker to date, so I don’t think he’s stooping.
5 7-14-2011 at 3:55 pm
Arty said...
Wow, this looks bad. Incredible that Jude Law manages to out-creepy Baron Cohen. And the tentpole action sequence … he flies into a cake, man!
6 7-14-2011 at 4:22 pm
Parrill said...
I just hope it’s not just a film for kids…but a Scorsese picture that happens to be acceptable for children.
7 7-14-2011 at 4:24 pm
Jacob S. said...
I dig this. Feels like a future childhood classic along the lines of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “The Land Before Time” and all that.
8 7-14-2011 at 4:33 pm
Jacob S. said...
Also, for the curious, the song used in the trailer is “Kings and Queens” by 30 Seconds to Mars.
9 7-14-2011 at 4:38 pm
Maxim said...
Well, that was different.
The tone seems somehow off. And the music sucks out a lot of the energy. I can only guess that they are going for something very low key on purpose (and that, more than anything else, intrigues me). I couldn’t figure out what SBC was doing at all (is he a robot in the movie?)
The weirdest thing is that it does have a strong Chris Columbus/Zemeckis vibe out, which I don’t think was a bad thing. I liked the poster because of it.
10 7-14-2011 at 4:40 pm
Maxim said...
I always associate that font with Zemeckis.
11 7-14-2011 at 4:41 pm
Andrew M said...
Man does that song kill this trailer.
Saying that, the designs look great, and I’m optimistic for were this could go.
12 7-14-2011 at 4:46 pm
Drew said...
To quote what you said in your podcast Kris, it’s a wait and see if there ever was one.
I honestly get a “Finding Neverland” feel from it.
And I agree with Maxim, that song does not help.
13 7-14-2011 at 4:54 pm
Sound Designer Dan said...
Man, that 30 Seconds to Mars song really kills the trailer. It’s just like that Eminem song that killed the MI4 trailer. Watch the Japanese MI4 trailer where they replaced the Eminem song with the MI theme and it improves the trailer considerably.
Japanese MI4 trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erfXmAFjOes
14 7-14-2011 at 5:00 pm
Pablo (Col) said...
I have to say i hate the music they chose for the trailer. Seems… missplaced.
And the kid is kinda creepy but I suppose his looks bring something to the plot.
I dont really know if this has a lot of chances as awards are concerned. Seems to family, PG, nice,… Dunno…
15 7-14-2011 at 5:02 pm
Andrej said...
Keys…
I guess I can expect an MTV Movie Awards-style parody mash-up of Hugo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for next year’s Oscar show. A similarity too easy to notice to not mention.
Aside from this bit of asdsfasfd, the trailer gives me a vibe similar to A Series of Unfortunate Events – looks like a fun and visually cool treat, but it could be a bit too lightweight for any Oscar discussion. Time will tell, I guess. Can’t wait to check it out.
I wonder if the kids could pull off an acting nod, too.
BTW, about the 30 Seconds to Mars song… I don’t mind that much. For its target audience, it’s appropiate. My only complain is that it’s too recognizable, thus becoming a bit distracting from the trailer itself.
16 7-14-2011 at 5:09 pm
Dana said...
Eh, I’m not too sure this is what I was expecting. Then again, it is quite a departure from Scorsese’s usual dark, seedy films. I think this film will be good, wholesome family fun. Hopefully it makes the awards circuit though, I feel like Shutter Island was unfairly shut out.
Anyway, I think this trailer (and hopefully the film) reaffirms Chloe Moretz’s extraordinary screen presence- can this girl do anything wrong? She makes one hell of a bloodsucker (“Let Me In”), super-hero (“Kick Ass”), and her British accent in this film is impressive (Anne Hathaway please take note). Hell, she was the only impressive part of The Amityville Horror remake.
Is this the same kid from The Boy With the Striped Pajama’s?
17 7-14-2011 at 5:20 pm
davidraider88 said...
I have virtually no interest in this movie after seeing the trailer. Why do Spielberg and Scorsese have to resort to this kiddy material?
18 7-14-2011 at 5:30 pm
Maxim said...
Yes, David a movie about World War I, a play version of which has won a Tony for best Drama is kiddy material.
Is it weird that after something like Shutter Island Scorsese honestly want to try something tonally different?
And isn’t it bed time for you, David?
19 7-14-2011 at 5:33 pm
Brock Landers said...
It’s going up against Arthur Christmas and The Muppets, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the tone of the movie was much different than the trailer suggested.
The design is flat out fucking fantastic though.
20 7-14-2011 at 5:51 pm
Jim T said...
I’m afraid it seems a kids-only-movie.
21 7-14-2011 at 5:52 pm
Graysmith said...
Calling it: Oscar winner for Best Art Direction.
I wish they’d kept one of the longer titles. “Hugo” just sounds so non-descript and bland, especially compared to the original title of the book. “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” sounds interesting and inviting, a bit mysterious. Can’t say that about “Hugo”.
22 7-14-2011 at 5:55 pm
Matthew Starr said...
I actually couldn’t make it to the end of the trailer….yikes.
23 7-14-2011 at 6:01 pm
Mr. F said...
It may be the way the trailer is cut and the music choice, but it looks way too dumbed down from the book.
24 7-14-2011 at 6:23 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Dan: WOW, that’s SO much better, re: the M:I4 trailer. Nice find.
Andrej: Indeed, already noted:
http://twitter.com/#!/kristapley/status/91640200056422400
Brock: Bingo. I get the vibe the tone isn’t well-represented here at all.
Graysmith: Already called it:
http://incontention.com/2011/07/04/off-the-carpet-the-year-of-the-beard/
;)
But indeed, the design is just something to behold here. After Ferretti got the shaft last year, it could be some nice comeuppance.
25 7-14-2011 at 6:35 pm
davidraider88 said...
Maxim, I was referring to Tintin not War Horse. Good comeback though, because me being 23 years old is reeeeeally young
26 7-14-2011 at 6:35 pm
Jesse Crall said...
Any movie trailer that has an animal looking embarrassed is in trouble. Not doomed, exactly, but in trouble. Sort of like when something “zany” happens and a crowd of people makes that “Oaaahh” sound often heard during wacky movie weddings.
Marty’s in a Catch-22 situation. He does something dark and violent with Leo and he’s lazily covering the same ground. He does a children’s movie and people wonder why he isn’t doing something within his comfort zone…
27 7-14-2011 at 6:38 pm
DylanS said...
The trailer isn’t exactly great (I hate anachronistic music use in trailers with a passion!), but I do see a good film (or, at least, potential for a good film) in there.
I had an impulse feeling that Chloe Moretz might have a shot at a supporting nomination for this, and I think the trailer confirmed that feeling. If you look at Scorsese’s history with getting younger actresses nominated (Jodie Foster, Juliette Lewis, Wynona Ryder, ect.), it seems more than plausible. And, putting on an accent hasn’t ever hurt at the Oscars.
28 7-14-2011 at 6:39 pm
Dana said...
Has the trailer for Extremely Loud… come out? Or are we just comparing how similar the plots are?
29 7-14-2011 at 6:45 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Plots.
30 7-14-2011 at 6:51 pm
Glenn said...
Movies like this tend to bring out a really interesting side of people. “How dare a filmmaker I like make a movie that isn’t necessarily targeted at me and, thus, doesn’t interest me. It’s just not right!” etc etc. Maybe he just wanted to make a kids movie. Ya know… for kids? Maybe he wanted his family to be able to sit down and watch it?
Were all of you people crying about it looking like a mere “kiddie” movie ever *actually* children? Remember when you were young and didn’t actually go and see movies like “The Departed”? You must have no spirit to you whatsoever.
31 7-14-2011 at 7:21 pm
Danny King said...
As beautiful as the film looks, and as good as the cast may be, I just have a hard time envisioning anything beyond pleasing entertainment. I guess it could catch on in many of the technical categories, but I doubt there will be enough voters that put it at the top of their lists.
This is coming from someone who has read the book, mind you. Other than providing an opportunity for some miraculous 3-D, the storyline isn’t anything to write home about.
32 7-14-2011 at 7:25 pm
Yogs said...
I’m i huge fan of Marty’s work, I actually like this.
33 7-14-2011 at 7:27 pm
JJ1 said...
To me, it looks like a mash-up of The Golden Compass & Big Fish.
I really can’t tell if the film will be good, at all. But it’s Scorsese, and the visuals look lush. I’m in.
34 7-14-2011 at 7:34 pm
Speaking English said...
Why the hell did they change the title? Unimaginably stupid.
35 7-14-2011 at 7:37 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
“I doubt there will be enough voters that put it at the top of their lists.”
Why, exactly? People are acting like they’ve seen it and it sucks. It could be one of the year’s best.
Defeatist and ridiculous.
36 7-14-2011 at 7:38 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
English: The reason, as I hear it, is the French-ness of the original title. As in it could be difficult for us Amuricuns to pronounce. Sad but true.
37 7-14-2011 at 7:41 pm
Glenn said...
Kris, people easily forget that movies like “Babe” managed a Best Picture nomination (and in a field of five) and act as if adults are incapable of acknowledging a well made “kiddie movie”.
38 7-14-2011 at 7:44 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Just Tweeted this, but I, for one, am completely thrilled at the prospect of a filmmaker like Scorsese stretching into territory we’d never have imagined for him.
39 7-14-2011 at 8:01 pm
James D. said...
I think I can take Scorsese off of my list of directors whose new films I have to see. I was never looking forward to this, but it looks dreadful. Sacha Baron Cohen running into a cake? Goofy dog? Maybe he will come back one day, but at least he gave us one of the best films ever made in Raging Bull.
40 7-14-2011 at 8:20 pm
Maxim said...
“Sacha Baron Cohen running into a cake?”
Why not? Honestly? Context is everything. My main problem with this was that SBC didn’t even look like he was running. That part was edited weird.
“Goofy dog?” Again, so? It’s a family film. Who doesn’t like goofy dogs?
It’s amazing to me how fans of someone can be so judmental of them doing something other then what they approve of. That truly means to me that you are not fans at all, otherwise you’d be rooting for them to succeed.
It’s equally sad to me that some of the same people who so defend animated films start foaming at their mouth as the very idea of a movie designed for kids. It’s a perfectly legitimate medium. Is Miyazaki any less of a genius just because he made a lot of works of this type? Of course not.
“Maybe he will come back one day, but at least he gave us one of the best films ever made in Raging Bull.”
Again, completely inappropriate. It’s a different type of a film. Doesn’t mean it’s something to come back from.
41 7-14-2011 at 8:36 pm
Dana said...
“but I, for one, am completely thrilled at the prospect of a filmmaker like Scorsese stretching into territory we’d never have imagined for him”
Make that two! I’m ecstatic that Scorsese is expanding into the “family-friendly” zone… he is one of the few filmmakers that I genuinely believe can succeed in making ANY kind of film (although I will admit, I have mentally blocked “New York, New York” from my Scorsese Shrine).
42 7-14-2011 at 8:46 pm
James D. said...
Miyazaki is great at his work. Assuming this film is anything like the trailer, this will not be a Ponyo or Spirited Away.
Of course I want Scorsese to succeed. I want every film made to be great. However, Goodfellas is now over twenty years old. How many times do I have to be let down before I can put the man with the other directors whose work is not must-see?
43 7-14-2011 at 8:54 pm
Dana said...
@James D, was Goodfellas the last Scorsese film you liked?
44 7-14-2011 at 8:56 pm
James D. said...
You try to paint my argument as being against kids’ films, which is not the truth at all. They are not as good as great adult works, to be sure, but they can have their charms. The Fantastic Mr. Fox was Wes Anderson’s best in years. The problem with the trailer is that it does not look like a good movie. It looks like something I have seen and disliked and fallen asleep during many times before.
No one is saying Scorsese shouldn’t leave his comfort zone. While Scorsese’s great films have some common themes, they have some vast differences. I think the descent into madness during Taxi Driver is different than the biographical nature of Raging Bull or the situation presented in Mean Streets.
If the reviews are behind Hugo, I might go see it, and if Reverse Shot likes it, I will run to go see it, but I can’t consider Scorsese as a must-see the way I do Paul Thomas Anderson or Terrence Malick.
45 7-14-2011 at 8:57 pm
James D. said...
Dana: I liked The Departed, thought The Aviator was admirable, and enjoyed parts of Bringing Out the Dead and Age of Innocence. I consider Goodfellas to be his last “great” film though.
46 7-14-2011 at 9:08 pm
RC of strangeculture said...
I was sad they changed the title as well. I was pretty excited by what I saw. Not sure how it figures into the Oscar 10 (critics and box office come into play)…Suprised how much Cohen was in the preview, and how little Kingsley was.
47 7-14-2011 at 9:54 pm
red_wine said...
I LOVED the trailer. I was dazzled to say the least. I am a sucker for elaborate production values and this has it in spades. It actually seems to have directorial flair. Nothing to show off direction that a well staged set piece.
I specially love the shot 30 seconds into the trailer where people run off to the sides to avoid the oncoming camera. Kinda reminded me of the famous office shot from Brazil. Looking forward to this now.
48 7-14-2011 at 10:24 pm
Glenn said...
Jesus christ, James! Why do even watch movies. Heaven forbid you ever run a movie studio and demand directors like Martin Scorsese only make the same kind of movies over and over again.
49 7-14-2011 at 10:26 pm
daveylow said...
The book is lovely so I’m interested to see what Scorsese does with it. I can’t imagine the film is as sweet as the trailer appears. Does Hugo use his last name in the film? Or were they afraid some Americans would be afraid of a foreign sounding name?
50 7-14-2011 at 10:48 pm
Dana said...
@James D- No Shutter Island love? I still don’t understand why so many people were turned off by this film. I consider myself a hardcore Scorsese fan, so maybe it’s a bias, but I loved it. I thought it was some of DiCaprio’s best work and consistent with Scorsese’s previous efforts (albeit not his greatest, that’s for sure). The ending wasn’t all that great- but I went into having read the novel so I guess I didn’t except any surprises.
I would have to say, “The Departed” was Scorsese’s last “greatest” film IMO. “Goodfellas” is one of the greatest films, period.
51 7-14-2011 at 10:49 pm
Dana said...
@ RC- how does box office come into play? Is that part of the rules change? Because so many Oscar nominated films are box office duds i.e. Hurt Locker
52 7-14-2011 at 11:21 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Dana: I think Shutter Island is one of his best. Defended it until the end last year.
53 7-15-2011 at 12:50 am
Rashad said...
Right on Kris. The atmosphere and Leo’s performance were extraordinary.
54 7-15-2011 at 3:17 am
Schyler said...
This looks sooooo bad! Is Scorsese entering that late-stage dementia of a filmmaker’s career, whereby we have to suffer through his equivalent of Kurosawa’s “Dreams” or Welles narrating “The Late Great Planet Earth”?
55 7-15-2011 at 4:23 am
Michael W. said...
Hmm. I think Marty can do no wrong but I really don’t know what to make of this. I saw absolutely no trace of Scorsese in this trailer. I’m quite underwhelmed and not knowing the story in advance the trailer doesn’t get me more interested in the film. But I will see it of course. It’s Marty :D
56 7-15-2011 at 5:27 am
Morgan said...
Agree entirely with the trailers music, feels like its a parody. In relation to the name change, i believe it was done because the americans dont actually know how to pronounce ‘cabret’… im keeping my fingers tightly crossed, and im sure it will be, better than this trailer!
57 7-15-2011 at 5:27 am
matsunaga said...
Maybe this was really not Scorsese?
Can’t he do something out of his comfort zone?
Just see the film first then complain after… A trailer does not justify a whole film, well sometimes I guess….
58 7-15-2011 at 5:36 am
JJ1 said...
Well, one thing’s for sure: this hasn’t been an effective trailer (all this response). They need to change it.
That said, I trust Scorsese.
And Shutter Island is one of my favorite Scorsese films.
59 7-15-2011 at 5:42 am
Bill_the_Bear said...
In just what time period is this taking place??
I’m asking because, at the 1:29 mark in the trailer, Hugo runs by a poster for Cora Madou, a French singer who only started her career in Paris in 1919. I thought that this was supposed to be taking place earlier than that.
60 7-15-2011 at 5:57 am
Morgan said...
stop nit-picking bill
61 7-15-2011 at 6:08 am
James D. said...
Glenn: I watch movies to experience great art. I have a pretty good idea that Hugo won’t be.
Dana: I think Shutter Island is Scorsese’s worst film, and one of the worst I saw last year.
62 7-15-2011 at 6:26 am
Mark said...
I’m sure the finished product will be fine, looks like bad marketing to me more than anything.
Has Jude Law done anything good since A.I./Cold Mountain/Closer?
63 7-15-2011 at 6:39 am
Guy Lodge said...
Haven’t watched the trailer, as is my new custom, but I’m perplexed by the number of people referring to Scorsese’s “comfort zone.” Can the director whose oeuvre includes The Age of Innocence, Cape Fear, Kundun, The Last Temptation of Christ and New York, New York be said to have a comfort zone?
64 7-15-2011 at 7:32 am
JJ1 said...
Gotta love, Guy. Right on.
65 7-15-2011 at 7:44 am
SJG said...
I’m probably a bit late to be adding a second thought here, but….
FWIW, I think this trailer would look bad no matter who directed it, and the only reason I’m taking it seriously AT ALL is because Martin Scorsese is attached, so, speaking for myself, I’m not actually holding it against his other movies, it’s actually benefiting from his great body of work.
If this movie had ANY other name attached, I definitely wouldn’t go watch it. Maybe Spielberg, but he already has a movie strikingly similar to this one in demographic appeal that I’m not looking forward to, so… yeah.
66 7-15-2011 at 8:33 am
Maxim said...
I don’t think there is anything “strikingly similar” about these films, SJG.
It seems to me that in addition to not being able to get past the demographics (is every movie aimed at older demographic “strikingly similar”?) which may actually be much broader for one of them (or at least not overlap completely) to see the real differences, you have already made up your mind what you are and aren’t interested in.
So saying things like something looking bad no matter what may mean less for someone who is biased.
“Has Jude Law done anything good since A.I./Cold Mountain/Closer?”
Sure, he’s had a few nice roles beyond these films.
He has.
67 7-15-2011 at 8:44 am
Maxim said...
“You try to paint my argument as being against kids’ films, which is not the truth at all. They are not as good as great adult works, to be sure, but they can have their charms.”
James, see, that right there is what I’m talking about it. My argument isn’t that you are against them but that you think of them as being “lesser”, which you clearly are (which is, admitedly different from being altogether against kids films). A slight is still a slight and that’s what you and I disagree on.
At the very least, I am arguing against a notion of complaining about Scorsese, Spielberg, whoever doing such films and it seems that at least a few posters on here made that kinds of distate clear. I say, go see the films and understand what attracted them to the material. In both cases, I think, there is more than meets the eys there.
68 7-15-2011 at 12:26 pm
SJG said...
Maxim:
All I meant is that the demographic they are appealing to is strikingly similar, not that the movies themselves are strikingly similar.
The intended audiences clearly overlap substantially.
69 7-15-2011 at 1:06 pm
Ben M. said...
Obviously I think the trailer is targeting family audiences, and as that goes it seems fairly successful.
BTW about the 3D, I saw the trailer in 3D with Harry Potter and only some of the effects near the end of the trailer made really big use of the format, for the most part it looked fine but fairly subtle, probably won’t be as big a part of the experience as it is for a movie like Dark of the Moon.
70 7-15-2011 at 5:39 pm
Keith said...
Oh, goodness. Such cynicism in this thread. Consider me charmed. Of course, I’ll be interested to see the reviews before buying a ticket, but I’m very curious to see how Scorsese approaches such a unique genre, at least, in the context of his career. He can only bring intelligence and supreme craft to the project. And if it is a kids film, what of it? Young viewers don’t deserve intelligence and quality? Some of the most beloved and cherished of American films are “kids” films. I just see this as one of our great artists exploring another genre and one more facet of his imagination. It’s not like he needs to prove anything or make any more money.
71 7-15-2011 at 7:26 pm
James D. said...
How can movies for children not be considered inferior? There are a lot of children’s movies that I enjoy as an adult, but it is ultimately trapped in a fairly narrow box. A film that is appealing to children can never reach the heights that Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Andrei Rublev, Persona, or 8 1/2 aspire to. Is the best children’s film even close to any of the classic film canon?
72 7-15-2011 at 7:38 pm
Keith said...
James, if you are assuming the cinematic experience is just for adult, intellectual, cinephiles, then I guess you’re right. No film can compete with the likes of the ones you list. But I have never been under the impression that filmmakers only want to reach that narrow of a group. I consider myself to be a pretty avid lover of film, but I don’t expect or anticipate that all film artists will conform to my personal tastes and standards. I try to take a work of art on its own merits and reasonably predicted goals. I digress, but yes, I think a children’s film can absolutely be as perfect and as profound as Fellini or Bergman or Wells or Coppola.
73 7-15-2011 at 7:59 pm
bobmcbob said...
All these trailers to high-profile films are coming out and Apple’s website won’t stream them in HD to anyone with a Windows Operating system.
Those fascists have been doing this for years and yet the studios still give them exclusive trailers even though Yahoo Movies never has a problem.
74 7-15-2011 at 9:01 pm
Speaking English said...
Maybe you should try to narrow down the problem before you start coming to such conclusions. I use Windows and I’ve never had a problem with the Apple trailers.
75 7-15-2011 at 9:43 pm
Ben M. said...
I don’t think that a “children’s film” can’t also reach great cinematic heights. For instance I believe Wall-E is one of the two or three best films of the last decade, and despite being appealing to children also it is more mature in its storytelling than the vast majority of R-rated films; and my favorite film, The Bicycle Thief, while not really a “children’s film” is appropriate for all ages.
76 7-15-2011 at 11:19 pm
MikeD said...
This will be a major movie this holiday. Book it.
77 7-16-2011 at 1:15 am
bobmcbob said...
Speaking English, than try watching a trailer on the Apple website in 1080p HD. I guarantee you that you will get a message that says “Error 47″ has occurred.
78 7-16-2011 at 3:34 am
red_wine said...
bobmcbob, I got that error too. It is an intermittent problem that only occurs on some trailers (I last saw it on the trailer 2 for Immortals). Like I just streamed a the John Carter trailer in 1080, and that played fine but I got the Error 47 Error on Hugo. It is apparently some kind of language configuration issue.
The workaround to that is pretty easy and more valuable actually. There in a link on the Apple Trailers homepage which says ‘Trailers in iTunes’. Click on that and through it, you will actually be able to download any trailer you want on your hard disk in 1080 and play it as many times as wanted.
Another is go this trailer website called movie-list(dot)com. And go to their trailer page for Hugo or any other movie trailer. They have all sorts of versions available for direct download like the Yahoo encodes, official site encodes, Disney (or the parent company encodes), you can have your pick and download any one of them.
79 7-16-2011 at 3:42 am
red_wine said...
James D, it in condescending to ghetto movies into age groups according to their appeal. A movie which appeals to kids is not automatically inferior and its not that it will offer nothing to adults.
E.T. is a children’s classic and to be very sure one of the great American classics and landmarks. And yet it is one of my favorite films and regularly makes the list of the greatest films ever made. Its appeal is not just restricted to children and I am not even sure children can appreciate the immense film-making craft at display in that movie.
It lost the Oscar to Gandhi due precisely the same condescension in voters mind I think, even leading Gandhi’s director to comment that E.T. was by far the better film.
The Wizard of OZ is also a children’s film but you could hardly be more acclaimed as a world classic than that.
The modern Pixar films, like some said are epoch making works and solid gold modern classics and will last around after their adult and live action contemporaries have faded away.
80 7-16-2011 at 5:10 am
Rashad said...
Ben: Scorsese wants his 3d to pop out at the audience. The film will make use of it a lot more than the depth DOTM did.
81 7-16-2011 at 12:09 pm
SJG said...
For anyone who thinks that the people dismissing this trailer must be uniformly kid-movie haters, I just have to say….
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is IMHO the best movie ever made, I love the Wizard of Oz, I cry at Pixar movies, and about half of my DVD collection is children / family videos (and I don’t have children).
So when I say that this movie looks like a crappy kids’ movie…. it’s only because I know kids’ movies. This one, based on the trailer, looks kind of crappy. I’m hoping it surprises me.
82 7-16-2011 at 12:14 pm
Keith said...
ha!! SJG, THAT I will totally not dismiss. Your assessment is reasonable. How I could I argue with that?
83 7-16-2011 at 12:26 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
E.T. is a perfect film. That is all.
84 7-16-2011 at 2:04 pm
Speaking English said...
***Speaking English, than try watching a trailer on the Apple website in 1080p HD***
Why would I do that? Simply press the arrow next to “Watch Now” and pick “Large – 480p” and it will pop up right on your computer. No need to download the whole thing.
85 7-16-2011 at 10:16 pm
Chad Hartigan said...
Sweet, I always wanted to see Scorsese’s take on Bicentennial Man meets Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.
Honestly, looks like complete shit.
86 7-19-2011 at 2:17 pm
Odette said...
I simply love this!! i can´t wait to see the movie…the actors are perfect!!! I love you Asa Butterfield!! xD
Odette
87 7-29-2011 at 10:07 am
A said...
Bill_the_Bear, most of the film takes place in 1931. BTW, did anyone notice that Asa Butterfield linked to this page on his Twitter account?
88 8-05-2011 at 6:40 pm
Arianna said...
You know, I honestly think people should give this film a chance. Judging it by the trailer really isn’t fair (that said, I quite like this trailer). I mean, this is CHLOE MORETZ and MARTIN SCORCESE. What could be a better combination? I’m not going to miss this film :)
89 8-05-2011 at 6:41 pm
Arianna said...
You know, I honestly think people should give this film a chance. Judging it by the trailer really isn’t fair (that said, I quite like this trailer). I mean, this is CHLOE MORETZ and MARTIN SCORCESE. What could be a better combination? I’m not going to miss this film.
90 8-24-2011 at 7:04 pm
Senja said...
this film looks great
i wanna watch the film!!
91 8-25-2011 at 4:37 am
JJ1 said...
Yeah, the more I think about it (and see the trailer), Oscar talk or not, this looks like it’ll be a fun film to literally watch (what with Scorsese, the tech team, etc.).