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Scribbles about Movies: Trailer Reviews- Reboot/Sequel Edition

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens- This looks awesome. A lot of people are analyzing this trailer... I'm not quite sure. There was actually a lot of new info for a teaser trailer.

2) Jurassic World- I kind of want to see this movie...but the trailer looks terrible! Idk it just looks stupid. Beautiful but like "well that's dumb." It looks slightly magical... but its not a 90s movie. There is something about a 90s and early 2000s movie that... you can't replicate today. Its magical and mystical and filled with technology that is amazing for the time... this just looks like a run of the mill action movie. Nothing special. Another dumb reboot we didn't need. Just mehhh.

3) Minions- I think this looks amazing. Now I may be biased because I love the Minions... but put the minion factor of it all aside... this is such a creative and different movie. I love the concept. It isn't a sequel or remake. Its an origin story of the Minions and how they came into existence. They're ancient creatures that have been around as long as the dinosaurs and their purpose in life is to find a villain and assist that villain. How creative is that???? They came up with that concept just from something that was originally supposed to be a henchman. I'm so impressed and excited for this movie! Also they play David Bowie in the trailer!

4) Pitch Perfect 2- This looks... both good and problematic. Its funny, it has everything we've loved about the original... but thats kind of the problem. Its a little too similar to the original. In the first movie no all female team had won the championship, in this one no American team has ever won... kinda the same. Adam Devine hits on Rebel Wilson... kinda the same. Its not a shot for shot remake like The Hangover 2, so this could be okay... but it could be bad. I don't think it will be bad, but it might not be something I can watch over and over again.

5) Pan- Again... this could have benefited from the 90s movie thing I mentioned... which would have made it Hook, which is an excellent movie. Anyway yeah umm this looks weird. I really like Peter Pan, but this is really dark. The cast is good. Garret Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Hugh Jackman, thats cool but its so so dark. Idk I'm a little over the "Dark Fairy Tale" trend. I like Once Upon a Time and I'll definitely see Into The Woods... but idk. May have run its corse, not sure how I feel. I may get more excited when it actually comes out... but I feel over it right now.

6) The Avengers Age of Ultron- I really liked the Avengers and I'm slightly SLIGHTLY more into Marvel because of Guardians of the Galaxy. But again... this could benefit from the 90s feel that the first movie did actually have. The villain looks scary and cool though, I'm a little into it. Idk its not quite as dark as every run of the mill action movie, so there's that.

7) The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water- This looks creepy... on so many levels. CGI= Creepy. Having Patrick look like he's oggling some girl while he's really admiring her ice cream cone= creepy. Giant versions of the Spongebob gang including a shirtless Patrick? Creepy! Its also been established many times in the show that Spongebob and his underwater friends cannot survive above water... so the whole concept of this movie makes no sense with the Spongebob I know and love.

Okay, I'm done with these remakes, reboots, sequels, spinoffs and re-imaginings. I'm not saying they were bad, I'd actually see pretty much all of these movies except Spongebob. I'm really excited for Minions.

Byeee!
-Shannon

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