Deleted Scenes 06.18.09: Enough Trailers to Qualify as a Carnival
Posted by Robert Sullivan on 06.18.2009
After all, this is the only column in which it's possible to find a lobster boy. Come on in.
Hey, everybody. I'm Rob, this is Deleted Scenes, and welcome back for another variation thereof. Speaking of variations, it's time for something never ever ever before done here in this column.
The Final Destination franchise takes on NASCAR, and sadly, NASCAR wins. You have to love two things - when a horror franchise reaches a point where it refuses to use numbers anymore, and 3-D horror that isn't in the lame cardboard glasses 3-D. Even My Bloody Valentinelooked impressive, if the actual finished product wasn't much about which to write home.
Concerning this trailer, like with all horror trailers, I advise you to approach with extreme caution. After all, kills and their immediate setups (which could be argued is just as bad) will likely be terribly ruined for all those who click the above link.
Sorry, boss, I have to advise my readers honestly.
If you do click on the link, you'll see a pretty decent construction that runs through the basic concept no better or worse than the previous editions. At this point we've worked forward through The List, backwards through The List to seal any remaining holes (a pretty nifty concept, I must say), and as for the third one...well, we've pulled 9/11 into it. If they're going back to the "sealing the outward ripples" idea with 3 and now 4, I haven't heard it. Likely they're not going to, so just enjoy it if you're like me and into seeing pretty young things fall victim to Rube Goldberg as Death.
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams
Speaking of advising the readers not to click the links if they don't want to be spoiled...
Shutter Island, everybody!
Halfway through this trailer, I was buzzing with excitement. It looks cool, involves the best 1-2 actor/director combo in the business today, and seems highly intriguing.
Then my intrigue wore off and was replaced with, "Oh shit, I think I know who Patient 67 is."
Goddamn me for watching every episode of "The Twilight Zone" countless times. It just makes a person highly aware of twist endings, you know? I sincerely hope I'm wrong, and if I'm not, I guess I'm just praying Scorsese and DiCaprio can make the journey acceptable.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci
Ah, Jeff Daniels. One of my favorite highly underrated actors out there. A man who could've rocketed to superstardom with American Beauty and stepped on his own dick instead.
It wasn't that decision that endeared him to me, obviously. Instead, it was his frank admittal in subsequent interviews that that was the biggest professional mistake of his life and career that did it. In addition to my own belief that his talents have been criminally underused, here's a guy unlike the multitudes of other actors who choose to say, "Oh, it would've been nice, but just look at Actor X, he was so brilliant and I could've done no better."
Instead, Daniels chose to be honest and basically say, "Yeah, that was really dumb of me. Could've won an Oscar, become a household name, and what the fuck was I doing in 1999 anyway?" That's a cool dude in my book.
As for Jeff Daniels Takes the Jack Nicholson Role in As Good As It Gets, it looks pretty solid. Amusing in parts and costarring three raging hotties in Lauren Graham, Kat Dennings, and Olivia Thirlby. Simply based on the casting this should hit 3,000 theaters nationwide, but alas, you'll have to seek it out this July 24.
