Comments on: Blindness http://bitchinfilmreviews.com/blindness/ Tue, 15 May 2012 17:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://bitchinfilmreviews.com/blindness/comment-page-1/#comment-98 admin Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:10:09 +0000 http://bitchinfilmreviews.com/?p=71#comment-98 Thanks, I'm experimenting with new looks, I'm not sure this one will stick, but I'm getting closer. Trailers are important in their relationship to their movie (as you pointed out, the trailer can stir up hype like crazy, or sabotage it before opening night). But they also have the right and deserve recognition for being their own entity. They can make a movie look absolutely horrible when it's absolutely awesome a la 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' (90% of the scenes in the trailer didn't even make it into the final cut of the movie). Or the trailer could actually have been made by someone much, MUCH more talented than the director of the actual film making it look like it's worth watching Liv Tyler make shocked/sad faces for 90 minutes a la 'The Strangers' (when it's definitely, definitely not worth it. Thanks, I’m experimenting with new looks, I’m not sure this one will stick, but I’m getting closer.

Trailers are important in their relationship to their movie (as you pointed out, the trailer can stir up hype like crazy, or sabotage it before opening night). But they also have the right and deserve recognition for being their own entity.

They can make a movie look absolutely horrible when it’s absolutely awesome a la ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ (90% of the scenes in the trailer didn’t even make it into the final cut of the movie).

Or the trailer could actually have been made by someone much, MUCH more talented than the director of the actual film making it look like it’s worth watching Liv Tyler make shocked/sad faces for 90 minutes a la ‘The Strangers’ (when it’s definitely, definitely not worth it.

]]> By: Jessica http://bitchinfilmreviews.com/blindness/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Jessica Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:16:03 +0000 http://bitchinfilmreviews.com/?p=71#comment-97 It seems like a really well made trailer plays a large part in stirring up hype for a movie. Do you think trailer's should be recognized in their own right or as part of the movie? (I like the new look by the by.) It seems like a really well made trailer plays a large part in stirring up hype for a movie. Do you think trailer’s should be recognized in their own right or as part of the movie?
(I like the new look by the by.)

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