Hercules
Well, this looks terrible. It's clear that Dwayne Johnson is putting a lot into this film, but it comes to the point that it's almost laughable. Johnson's performance is overdone to the point that it looks like a pantomime show, the supporting cast are either badly cast or there just for the paycheck, and the direction and special effects look barely comprehensible. An easy miss.
Very Good Girls
This looks like any other teen film in which two girls pine over one guy, revolving around losing virginity amongst other events with family and the workplace. It's a feasible feature film but a probable pass, as it looks rather bland.
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
Oh Britian, I weep for your choices in feature films. This is going to just be 2014's answer to The Inbetweeners Movie, where the fans love it but non-fans despise. Thumbs down.
Love, Rosie
Why is it that Hollywood doesn't seem to grasp the idea that a boy and a girl can be friends without romantic entanglement? Here, Lionsgate uses the popularity of teen film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the lacklustre The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by casting Sam Claflin and Lily Collins as two best friends who slowly realise that they love each other in a film which deserves to be airing in the 20th century rather than 2014. It's dumb, it's predictable, and it's unfunny.
The Giver
This is the first trailer I've seen for the film, and I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Sure, it does again fall into the teen novel genre of film which has been plaguing Hollywood for the past decade, but at least it's creative in its editing and cinematography against the likes of The Hunger Games and Twilight. Add the strong awards chops of Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges to give it a critical liking (if they forget the likes of RIPD and Hope Springs), it could be a successful film - if the genre isn't oversaturated by the point of release.
The November Man
A generic shoot-em-up thriller with Pierce Brosnan which will likely bring up dozens upon dozens of James Bond references by audiences and critics alike. Wait until a full trailer to get a good idea about the film.
The Boxtrolls
Laika is slowly becoming the king of stop-motion animation in the film industry. Whilst main rival Aardman tries to stay open by focusing on Shaun the Sheep, advertising various British organisations and rebooting Morph, Laika is becoming a critical darling with Coraline and Paranorman, and it's clear that their superb design work is worthy of praise. But something isn't quite right with The Boxtrolls, and that's the casting. Whilst Isaac Hempstead Wright does look right for the prominent role of Eggs, the likes of Elle Fanning and Richard Ayoade do bring you out of this trailer. The humour is also a little stale, but the final product may have stored some of its key gags within.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Nothing new to add really. It still looks like an impressive film in terms of design and performances. If I get round to seeing the first instalment before its sequel's release and enjoy it, I may go out and watch it.
The Interview
Unfunny as heck with a rehash of the chemistry shared between Seth Rogen and James Franco in This is the End, an equally unfunny film.
Dumb and Dumber To
Loads of people have been looking forward to this sequel, so it was expected that the trailer would gain huge appeal. And whilst I can easily see the humour to these gags and find a handful of them funny...I didn't laugh. A peculiar situation which I've not come across before. It might be the stupidity of the gags, which can be seen all over YouTube, which puts me off the film, or perhaps not seeing the original has made me oblivious to what's happening for the fans. Maybe I'll warm to future teasers.
Paddington
Another British icon is being brought to America, and it does seem a little off. Whilst Hugh Bonneville does add some much needed humour to this clip/teaser/trailer, the bathroom scene is an overdone comedic gag which appears in countless children's films/television programmes, and really doesn't look like a good enough enticer for potential audiences.
Penguins of Madagascar
Ahead of the American premiere of How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2 new trailers for upcoming Dreamworks Animation films have been let loose onto the internet, the first of which being the spin-off of the successful Madagascar franchise, focusing on the highly popular penguins. Whilst I can't say I'm a big fan of Madagascar (I passed on the third instalment and probably will do with the incoming fourth), the penguins are a large appeal for the series, so it could be a successful film. But you can see where corners have been cut, with the film being pushed forward and replacing Home for the holiday release date due to the poor performance of the original Dreamworks films as of late. There's issues with lip syncing and the designs of various characters outside the penguins is a little flimsy. Add a miscast Benedict Cumberbatch and some off gags (particularly the whole thing with the cheese puffs), it be another failure for Dreamworks.
Home
When the teaser short for Home was released in front of Mr Peabody and Sherman in early 2014, it worried many people, myself included. It looked like a poor piece of comedy made just to keep Steve Martin in work (his last film was 2011's The Big Year). And it looks to be the case with this trailer, only for Jim Parsons. It's obvious that his character is a rehash of Sheldon Cooper, who Parsons plays, but in an unfitting alien body. Add a cat who isn't a cat and some terrible alien designs, it could be poor. But at least Rihanna is finally being proven as a potential actor following the abysmal Battleship and her cameo in This is the End.
Birdman
An interesting concept, with Michael Keaton suiting the role well following his stint as Batman in the 80s and 90s. Whilst this trailer doesn't reveal much, it could be a huge insight to how the actors feel about being swarmed by fans and producers about their big roles in films, and how it could affect their entire career. If future trailers give off more of this idea, then I might go and see it.
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