Beaks here...
There's no embed yet for the new FLIGHT trailer, which is good because you really should watch this sucker in HD. This is Robert Zemeckis's first non-mocap movie since CAST AWAY, and, at least in terms of crashing planes, it looks like the old pro's still got it. That's some harrowing shit.
As for the rest of the trailer, I honestly have no idea what this movie's up to. Zemeckis clearly hasn't lost his eye for live-action composition, and the first-rate cast (Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Bruce Greenwood and John Goodman) looks dialed in. But is this a morality play, a legal drama, a tale of redemption... what exactly? It looks fairly compelling as a big-studio drama (a rarity these days), but it has a lot of familiar elements and a screenwriter, John Gatins, with a spotty track record (I liked REAL STEEL, but COACH CARTER, HARDBALL and SUMMER CATCH were garbage*). If it's just a souped-up feel-good formula flick, I'll be disappointed. Please tell me there's more to it than that, Zemeckis. (And please tell me you don't use "Gimme Shelter" in the film.)
FLIGHT hits theaters on November 2, 2012. Consider me intrigued.
And here's your embed...
