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The JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Trailer Is Here!
Nordling here.
I'm going to be honest - I don't like this trailer much. Nothing against the dulcet tones of Ian McKellen, but with the way the logos appear, and then his wizened voiceover... yeah, you bet your ass this is meant to evoke THE LORD OF THE RINGS or THE HOBBIT. And I like Nicholas Hoult a lot - I'm genuinely excited to see WARM BODIES - and Ewan McGregor, but he really does look a bit out-of-place in this. Plus, frankly, the Giant CGI looks terrible. I mean, straight out of a PlayStation 2 cutscene.
Still, it's Bryan Singer, and as always I reserve optimism for the final product. But so far - not impressed at all. But judge for yourself:
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER opens March 2013.
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Yet! Mwuhahahahahahahaha!
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Right down to the CG... Sigh.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:02 p.m. CST
Oh dear ... That looks very, very bad, but its obviously aimed at little kids who will probably love it.
by GINGE_MUPPET
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Isn't that what it really is? Come on, don't change the title of a classic story and pass it on as something original. Special effects look good tho.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:05 p.m. CST
And second, Ewan McGregor has the nerve to shit on the prequels
by Logan_1973
And then shows up in this.
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I've got news for you pal. You ain't leading but two things right now. Jack and shit, and Jack left town.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:07 p.m. CST
You're all taking this terribly wrong. I'm getting far more "Princess Bride" type tones from this, DEFINITELY not Lord of the Rings. It's trying to be fun!
by locater16
Don't know if it'll succeed though.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:11 p.m. CST
Unfortunately we've gotten to the point where an original take on a classic tale is not original.
by sweeneydave
It's the norm these days. Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman, Oz the Great and Powerful..... It's ALWAYS a classic tale that we know, realized by fantastic and colorful special effects and ending with a huge war. Same old, same old.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:11 p.m. CST
hmmm well, i wouldn't run to the theatres to see it but Brian Singer usually makes quality, McGregor looks interesting
by DarthBlart
in his Han Solo/Jack Sparrow type sidekick weirdo guy character. I like fantasy stuff and Giants so don't trust my opinion, but I'm looking forward to it.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:12 p.m. CST
I thought Jack the Giant Killer the 50's stop motion/live action film was super cool.
by DarthBlart
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:15 p.m. CST
*shrug* Looks like most of the CG-laden summer films anymore.
by AlienFanatic
What I am tired of is the constant "fade to black" rapid-cut trailer crap. The constant flicker from scene to scene is enough to trigger a photosensitive epileptic episode. But, I guess we can be thankful it didn't have the "BWAAAAAAA!" sound effect. Small favors.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:16 p.m. CST
This trailer makes me wish that Gilliam was able to finish The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
by Bobo_Vision
No justice in Hollywood.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
Danny Kaye and Abbott and Costello and 3 Stooges and everyone who's anyone has done this movie. Why not a faggot?
by UltraTron
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:24 p.m. CST
Actually, 1st class was really good. But still can't decide if it was really good on its own or because the other 3 were so bad
by SirGaryColeman
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:26 p.m. CST
It wasn't until years of reading fairy stories that I realized that the two characters were actually the same.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:27 p.m. CST
fuck you I won't do what you tell me. Daahnn duh daahnn duh de daahnn daahhn..
by UltraTron
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Now that Danica Patrick is getting divorced, I'd like to come inside her without a condom more than ever. My guess...not gonna happen
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Any Ash quote is welcome
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I'd pay to watch him read the phone book.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:29 p.m. CST
My favourite thing about the giants in Gilliam's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote"? That they were merely large men artfully photographed. Very cool. (Gilliam has enough imagination to fill a thousand films, and after "Doctor Parnassus" I am greatly ant
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:30 p.m. CST
(Gilliam has enough imagination to fill a thousand films, and after "Doctor Parnassus and the Imaginarium" I am greatly anticipateing the next.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:32 p.m. CST
And Ultratron, I am quite sure that plenty of woman have become accustomed to you being an ass hat. The least you can do is show similar concessions to others.
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:33 p.m. CST
(At this point Ultratron regals us with his many conquests. As though writeing between the pages of "Playboy." And yet we shall not be as rapt as he.)
by ChaunceyGardiner
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
Why the hate for the first two X-men films? X-2 is amazing
by sunwukong86
x-2 is easily one of my favorite superhero films
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It seemed appropriate.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:37 p.m. CST
Everybody knows all about how I'm not married and have sex with strange me all the time Rabbi Chauncey.
by UltraTron
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:39 p.m. CST
Browser trouble. Anyways I haven't watched this trailer because I'm afraid the gay will rub off on me and make me fat
by UltraTron
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:45 p.m. CST
Man who killed don Quixote woulda been amazing. That guy looked amazing as Quixote.
by UltraTron
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:50 p.m. CST
Mabye it's just me but McGregor looks like a thin Eddie Izzard for some reason
by Joey Stars
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:53 p.m. CST
Yay, A movie studio pretending we didn't see trailers a year ago when this was supposed to come out in June 2012
by Adelai Niska
How soon until they "launch" a "new" GI Joe 2 trailer and expect us not to have seen it before?
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Nov. 20, 2012, 8:54 p.m. CST
The Grimm and Mother Goose dark action movies are getting tiresome...
by awardgiver
Seriously, make some good fantasy flicks. Stop turning Disney fare into Lord of the Rings ripoffs that no one cares about.
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I don't really get Bryan Singer basically getting a pass. The Usual Subjects was great, and I give him credit for an enjoyable but pretty pedestrian X-men. But really, since The Usual Suspects, X2 was his only truly great movie. Superman Returns was a collection of fairly well-done poor choices.
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Seriously, this guy looks almost unchanged from his Trainspotting days. Something's not right here. I'm just sayin'...
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Lighten up nerds. It looks fun. Although I really hope Singer puts away the gay subtext on this one. Superman Returns was about as far as that schtick could be pushed.
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for TV. thinking NBC, shown two nights in a row.
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Might surprise us when it comes out... I don't dislike it... Not what I expected at all...
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WTF?
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Thank you SO MOTHERFUCKING MUCH for using a youtube video and not shitty ass yahoo web players!
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Where the fuck has this come from? Snow White, Hansel & Gretel, Jack the Giantkiller...is Hollywood so incestuous and lacking of ideas that they all swill around the same shit and come out with this great new trend. Pathetic. And if you really want to make a series of fable based stuff, go and do Sinbad....and not like that shitty Sky series in the UK. Plus get a super hottie like Caroline Munro in the old ones...maybe why I like Sinbad so much ;)
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Nov. 20, 2012, 9:58 p.m. CST
At this point, Singer as been ass fucked beyond all recognition
by BoRock_A_Boomer
He threw it all away for some cheap perverted thrills. And I bet he didn't even get a reach around.
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Also with my D&D nerd-hat firmly clamped on my head, the leader giant looks like an Ettin, two-headed buggers. They tend to lead groups of giants if I recall my Monster Manual correctly.
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Do these buffoons even research their snark? Obviously not.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 10:12 p.m. CST
Sounds like Aberforth Dumbledore voicing one of the giants - but still, looks fucking horrible
by Mel
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great cast, definitely agree with the Princess Bride vibe, with a bit of Stardust thrown in. I don't think it's trying to be Lord of the Rings.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 10:15 p.m. CST
Actually, I think that's Bill Nighy I was hearing - aka Rufus Scrimgeour
by Mel
So they basically just cast based on people who have been in fantasy films.
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I thought the first trailer for this was much better. Maybe it was the teaser? I can't remember, but remember liking much more that what I just watched. Definitely makes me NOT want to see this film. As if I needed any more reasons to not want to see a Bryan Singer film? Yeah. Maybe he's a nice guy, and I hope he is. But not one of his films I've ever loved. They've mostly been safe, soft of okay films that are moderately entertaining as you're watching them, and then you wonder why you did. He's not particularly good at most of the things you need to be good at to be a good or great director. He's just not. Plus, "Superman Lifts Things" is one of the top 5 worst films of all time, so he'll never be able to live that one down. The first trailer for "Jack" looked okay, however. The second one, above, did not.
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Seriously. It wasn't that bad. Not nearly as bad as this.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 10:51 p.m. CST
At least it's having fun -- this looks infinitely better than the unbearable, soulless TITANS movies
by golden tribw
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Nov. 20, 2012, 10:54 p.m. CST
didn't this trailer for this come out A LONG TIME AGO???
by DukieMichaelNamondRandy
I think it doesn't look crappy. Looks like fun. For realz. I don't care what vibe it's trying to cop, I think it looks ridiculously cool.
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who DOESN'T like a well-placed comic relief cat?
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the original Jack the Giant KILLER was a great movie. thanks for taking all the fun out of effects, Hollywood
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Nov. 20, 2012, 11:04 p.m. CST
Looks like a fun adventure film. What the hell is wrong with you people. Not everything has to be dark and gritty
by theneonsamurai
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Nov. 20, 2012, 11:14 p.m. CST
Hmmm, I'm already seeing a few scenes that would have been better left out, and this is only the trailer!
by Cervantes
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Nov. 20, 2012, 11:18 p.m. CST
Directors are going too far over the top thanks to CGI making any ridiculously conceived shot possible nowadays.
by Cervantes
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Nov. 20, 2012, 11:35 p.m. CST
HONESTLY FUCK LORD OF THE RINGS AND FANTASY FILMS IN GENERAL!!! THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH SUCK!
by MainMan2001
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... it kind of reminds me of Stardust. And The Musketeer. In a few of the shots, the girl in this looks like a young version of Cameron Diaz. She's pretty cute. Yeah, I might give this a shot in theaters, I'll think about it.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 12:18 a.m. CST
Eventually audiences are gonna get sick of being cheated
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
especially when you remember that fantasy movies in the 80's when we still had rubber monster effects and Jim Henson were PRETTY FUCKING GOOD.
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Always emphasizing big stupid jokes out of context and throwing action together haphazardly to make us 'wow'. I think this looks way better than Oz. The cast all look likable and even if the CG isn't great at times, some of the set pieces looking inventive. Ewan Mcgregor looks like he's actually enjoying himself in a big CG movie for once.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 12:28 a.m. CST
Ewan MCGregor being weird is the ONLY thing that looks good about this
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
those -set pieces- don't even look they involve actual SETS. everything's gauzy, misty CG just like everything else. I'd rather look at the animation in an antacid commercial
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The Velvet Goldmine of fantasy adventure.
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I think people forget how far the entertainment industry has come. People no longer care about story or character development, its all about the graphics. How else does Call of Duty still sell as well as it does. The story could be fantastic, but no one will give it a chance because the Giants don't look "real" enough. Seriously? Go out and show me a Giant with two-heads, then we can talk realism.
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Just looks absolutely awful. Every single frame of it. That is all.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:57 a.m. CST
Last year I have to admit I was a wee bit excited to see this....
by sam jacksons wig
...Singer and giants- yeah, I thought. As soon as McKellen's voice rang out I felt violently ill. Everything about this trailer looks fucking horrible. And I do mean EVERYTHING. Firmly scrubbed from wishlist....
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I'm sure he'll suck the joy out of this one too, just like Superman, The Munsters, The X Men. Go away Bryan
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Nov. 21, 2012, 2:03 a.m. CST
..and it's got Singer's bland "warm" color grading again. Yuck
by Kenny8
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Nov. 21, 2012, 2:08 a.m. CST
The crews in Sydney still talk about the time Bryan & Brandon hit town.....
by Kenny8
Boys will be boys.......It was hard scoring coke in Sydney when they filmed Singerman Returns there
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Please. You are better than 'Playstation 2 cutscenes' - the single most fucking hackneyed, embarrassingly lazy journalistic crutch in the business. You should go watch a Playstation 2 cutscene mate. Seriously. Stop. 100's of people pour countless hours of their lives into creating these effects. Yes, they could do with a polish in some places but have the fucking wit and consideration to think before you shit on people's work.
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Is he the only actor for fantasy movies?
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Nov. 21, 2012, 5:03 a.m. CST
I hope this is as good as Snow White & the huntsman/Red Riding hood/ Hansel & Gretal
by cameron
Derp..
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Nov. 21, 2012, 5:09 a.m. CST
From the Director of Mockingbird Lane and Superman Fails comes a movie that will make Snow White seem like Lord of the Fucking Rings. In 3D!!!
by Bradly Durant
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Yeah ok that was really bad CGI. I didn't think it was going to be that bad. Ewan McGregor seems good in this and anything with Ian McShane has be interested, but yeah I'm not sure about this.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 6:27 a.m. CST
This has the potential to be the new 'The Mummy'
by chronicallydepressedlemming
looks fun.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 6:59 a.m. CST
Im OK with it being cheesey and fun, but the CGI is fucking awful! Theres only one thing to save this flick...
by Kakii
...more Channing Tatum! If Singer thinks the CGI on this passes then Im now getting more worried that X-men:DOFP is not going to deliver
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Nov. 21, 2012, 7:32 a.m. CST
Hate that CGI crap in all those big movies! People have to use it like Nolan does. Only in shots where you cannot go practical.
by MariusXe
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Nov. 21, 2012, 7:35 a.m. CST
You could've mad so much of the crap in the trailer via miniatures and other trickery, its not even funny.
by MariusXe
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Fuck it right in the ass.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 8:25 a.m. CST
you guys are so fucking cynical- and that's coming from a cynic
by zom-bot.com
...i guess you all just assume that movies are being made JUST for us 30-40 year old, jaded perfectionists out there? it's obvious we can't be pleased- we pick everything apart...as i'm reading here. fuck me, the trailer seemed to be what it was supposed to be. fantasy for kids/young adults. tell me what kind of Jack the Giant Killer did you want? go on, tell me. ..what's that? well then go on and make one that is the movie you envision...cut a trailer, then come on here and read how many people hate it because it's not their vision.
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man, we need a good castlevania movie. NO, van helsing does not count.
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*the trailer seemed to be what it was supposed to be. fantasy for kids/young adults.* zombot, hear hear! Nothing wrong with this trailer. Any talkbackers with a nine year old out there, this looks like a good genre flick to take them to. Most nine year olds are not going to have the patience to sit through 12 hours of LOTR EE... you have to wean them in on flicks like this first.
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god this and GI Joe 2 whats with the delays
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I think most of us couldn't give a rats ass whether it's made for children or not. Our complaint is with the overuse of CGI and how it particularly looks like shit in this movie. I grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy, Dragonslayer, The Dark Crystal, The Neverending Story, Conan the Barbarian etc....So don't tell me the CGI in this movie is forgivable because it's aimed towards children.
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It's so odd to me. Whenever a new preview shows up it's like everyone on the internet freaks out and pisses all over it. And I STILL can not understand the extreme distain for CGI. Jesus Christ people. CGI, most of the times, looks great. Even when not perfect it is a million times better than a man in a suit or stop motion (unless the stop motion is the entire movie like Frankenweenie) or the crap effects before computers. WTF? Weirdos.
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Its obviously something aimed towards kids and they'll love it.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:14 a.m. CST
the CG didn't bug me- all character CG looks bad/unnatural, i'm used to it by now.
by zom-bot.com
i see the reason why you might gripe on the CG, but it looks no more spotty than anything I've seen over the past 12+ years where films try to merge a CG character in a real environment. it always looks spotty, too clean or cartoony. even the best of them... weight is the biggest issue- did they get a character's weight/gravity right? i didn't see enough of that here to say that they didn't.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
i wonder if there was a place in the eighties where people complained about fantasy movies
by zom-bot.com
do you think when princess bride came out, that there was a forum where people who were older than the target audience's age sat around and complained about how the rats of unusual size were just people in shitty costumes crawling around on the floor of a set? that must have been a sad, angry little room.
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gimme a swamp rat or a Baron Munchausen hot air balloon, fucking please are there even real sets for that beanstalk, it looks like some Kingdom Hearts shit
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:20 a.m. CST
When is Ewan Kenobi gonna do the sequel to Trainspotting???
by kindofabigdeal
I like the whole idea of Bigby getting out of jail and hunting him down.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:30 a.m. CST
I think the sequel should be called The Two Jacks with Hulk Hogan as the baddie
by Chaffro
Are you ready now, brother?
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:54 a.m. CST
Sorry I don't know why some words are missing. I'll rephrase:
by UltraTron
None of you know jack and beanstalk about what looks good. Today's effects are better than ever- consistently. You remember when effects felt more special because you were waiting for the next one to happen. You want less instead of more. Well you can't have it. Fuck off.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:56 a.m. CST
if they'd used real men in costume superimposed to be giants, we'd bitch about that too.
by zom-bot.com
believe me guys..i hate the overuse of CG. i think for many a kid's movie or fantasy, it's perfectly legitimate to use- and i think 'dodgy' is a description that in the end is in the eye of the beholder. these guys look and physically behave like i'd expect a lumbering monster of a man to behave. want to talk about a movie ruined by unneeded CG characters when people could have/should have been used? I AM LEGEND.
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The Usual Suspects to this. He seems to going through some creative flux at the moment. What next: Paul Thomas Anderson's "Three Little Pigs".
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This gets a cgi pass because of what it is. There was no excuse for I am Legend at all! I mean, fuck! They could have saved millions on the budget if they used background artists in prosthetics with a few lead creature performers and it would have been a million times better. It was out of date within a year.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 10:49 a.m. CST
My hope is that CGI will be like bands like POISON and CINDERELLA were in the 90's...
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
and create such a backlash among kids starved for something real, that you will see a new generation of kids start to pick up the raw materials, many of them influenced by the classic rock of people like Chuck Jones and Ralph Bakshi... "The Hobbit" Lord of the Rings is way more Led Zeppelin than the whole Lord of the Rings.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
There goes Nordling with the hyperbole again. A PS2 cutscene?
by D.Vader
Eyeroll.
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Eyeroll.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 11:03 a.m. CST
Its like all you complainers are wholly ignorant of history
by D.Vader
That there have been Jack the Giant Killer stories for a very, very long time. That Jack the Giant Killer was a movie made in 1962. That this version was made years ago and was supposed to come out this summer. But no, let's just all be ignorant and say this is riding on the coattails of Snow White and The Huntsman or that it should be called Jack and the Beanstalk or that this is a new trend in cinema history to film fairy tales.
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His presence alone is a stone cold guarantee that this film will flop badly. He's a fucking walking,talking turkey machine with all the charisma of a brutally prolapsed anus.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 11:32 a.m. CST
You CAN'T use Nolan as an example of someone who uses CGI sparingly
by D.Vader
... When comparing it to films like this. No. Not until Nolan makes a film with fantastical creatures that do not exist can you then say something as asinine as "the filmmakers need to be more like Nolan and use CGI only when necessary!!!"
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Nov. 21, 2012, 11:35 a.m. CST
Sorry but the usual suspects sucks. Really? Yeah it does. Always has. Nice gimmick. Cool line about the devil. Fuck off.
by UltraTron
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You're wrong there, pally-boy!
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superman returns is the opposite
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Nov. 21, 2012, 11:50 a.m. CST
Usual Suspects is awesome. The whole criminal underground mythology it builds up is great. For some reason reminds me of a live-action Grand Theft Auto storyline
by kidicarus
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He often knows when and where CGI has its place. He gets it.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 12:56 p.m. CST
The giant in "Time Bandits" (the really big one, not the one with the horns)
by Darth Macchio
I also loved when Vulcan (Oliver Reed) grabs the "tiny human" Baron Muchausen (John Neville) and drags him out of the hole only to find out Muchausen is actually taller than Vulcan (the look Reed gives him is priceless). But that ship-hatted giant of Time Bandits worked perfectly and it was 100% pure practical effects. Singer tends to put on a good show if nothing else so this is not likely to be terrible but the giants just look like we've given up on aspects of design....love to be wrong on that of course. Hoult's ok but can be a bad anchor on a film (his Hank McCoy was rather meh in XM:FC and to hear he studied Kelsey Grammar's mannerisms and speaking patterns for the role of Beast just tells me he had the completely wrong approach to the character).
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1 p.m. CST
They REALLY did flaming trees being thrown at the fort?!
by Flames gotta Eat
We know this movie's look is due to LOTR but you really had to directly lift that out of Two Towers?! And why is Gandalf narrating at the begininng? :) Not my cup of tea but could be fun for kids. Or will this be too intense for little ones? Kind of a wonky tone to this trailer, the broad humor is sort of offputting with this "epic fantasy film" feel. And Ewan's hair is out of place, not him exactly. No more out of place than Stanley Tucci.
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Not sure if Slayer has the same ring to it.
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I mean, it LOOKS great, but its never really interacting with real humans other than in one shot. I'm not saying they couldn't have shot with real humans and upscaled them, of course. But imagining that, I think they'd look just like that: just big humans and not something otherworldly.
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I'd say studying Kelsey Grammar's mannerisms and speech patterns was absolutely the right way to go. Unfortunately, absolutely NONE of that came through in the performance, and I actually hated that he didn't feel like the same McCoy that Grammar portrayed (who was damn close to the animated Beast I grew up with).
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:27 p.m. CST
Flames gotta eat... There are no flaming trees being hurled in The Two Towers
by D.Vader
Not one. Now, there's an Ent that is set on fire, but that is HARDLY the same thing.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:33 p.m. CST
The Giants lobbyists thought "Giant Killer" was too offensive
by D.Vader
And might bring unneeded racial attacks against them.
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Ent on fire is one of the most heartbreaking things ever put on film. Luckily I think the poor chap douses his branches (hair, whatever) when the dam breaks.
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Can't really see what's so bad about that.
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That poor Ent on fire was pretty sad to see. BUT, we do catch a glimpse of him dousing himself when the dam breaks, so luckily no kids will have any nightmares. ENT ON FIRE. There's a good talkbacker name. Or maybe a TonyScott/LOTR mashup parody video.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
The Mirror, Mirror of 2013. Why the CGI hate? Even the Harryhausen fantasies seemed to adhere to actual physics.
by openthepodbaydoorshal
I hate when characters do impossible stunts, that would break every bone in their body, in real life. Yes, I realize it's a fantasy, but there has to be some degree of believibility, or there's no sense of danger..at all.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:41 p.m. CST
Hoult gets to go home to Jennifer Lawrence, so it's all good for him......
by openthepodbaydoorshal
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I love LOTR but this shouldn't be trying to copy it and I can see a LOTR vibe in that trailer. Snow White and the Huntsman was very LOTR like too......just nowhere near as good.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:50 p.m. CST
What purpose does it serve to have the giants completely rendered in CG? Aren't they pretty much people except bigger? Maybe use CG to add an extra head to that one dude, but c'mon.
by shran
Stupid overuse of of an effect medium if you ask me.
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Except one vaguely Ent looking giant. You make me wonder if you even saw LotR. This is clearly going more for humor and fun. Whether it succeeds at that remains to be seen, but no, I do not bet my ass that they're going for Hobbit/LotR with that trailer.
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Not everything with guys in armor riding on horseback and fighting fantasy creatures reminds me of LOTR. Its more about tone and scope that will do that. This has a lighter tone and a different, smaller scope. So I don't really feel like its LOTR at all. Snow White, however, really did try to have that epic feeling in its trailers, so I get that. Also had the hero giving that rousing speech.
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More like Princess Bride or Time Bandits (mood-wise. Can't speak to the quality).
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...he wasn't talking Grammar's role in X3 but his role in Cheers, Fraser, etc...Grammar is 'dapper' in those shows in addition to being articulate. I never saw Beast as 'dapper'. And yes, even with his claim to be doing this, he certainly didn't channel any of it in the movie. My favorite scene with Hoult as Beast is his intro post-furred in the plane hangar (about 5 minutes worth). When he grabs Magneto by the throat and growls "Don't mock me" it was a moment of greatness. Not really "Beast"-ness per se, but a moment of greatness none-the-less.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 2:14 p.m. CST
Maybe they felt if they went with the filming regular people as giants and comping in the "little people", it wouldn't look special enough.
by openthepodbaydoorshal
I seem to recall the effect work in The Borrowers (the one with John Goodman), was pretty damn good.
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You'd think SOME sort of Grammar would have come through. Anyway, I always did kinda see Beast as dapper; its a great thing to contrast with his beastiness. I don't remember much of Hoult post transformation in First Class, only that I hated that all he did was growl. Don't remember that throat moment...
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No, it has to be all handsome tweens and CG. That's Hollywood for you.
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That's what first comes to my mind with movies like this. A fun couple of hours at home one evening.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 3:55 p.m. CST
If it's anything like Princess Bride or P.O.T.Caribbean then fuck it though.
by LORDOFLIGHT
I'm sure Singer said a while back about it being like those. If it is then balls to it.
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Remember the Poetry of the Steak.
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Sorry, I just think you and d. vader are cool and wanted to shoehorn my way into your convo. Ignore the dweeb behind the curtain please.
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I'm all for miniatures n' shit in films but how the fuck else could those giants be done without cgi? Do we want men in suits? I don't think so somehow.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 4:48 p.m. CST
Wow, so like they almost get impaled by sharp pointy things and then they react all like "WHEW! Close one"
by Domi'sInnerChild
That's comedy gold there. Crossing fingers it happens more than the two times we see in the trailers. How do you screw up CG Giants anyway? They're freaking giant people.
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It can be done without CGI. Case in point, Vermithrax is arguably the best dragon ever put on film and it was done all through puppetry. And it looks ten times more realistic than any of the CGI dragons in Reign of Fire. I'm curious to see how Smaug from The Hobbit turns out. Whether they will stick strictly with CGI or a combination of CGI and practical methods.
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like... horrible 1999 cgi... what the actual fuck?
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Nov. 21, 2012, 5:30 p.m. CST
THE CGI LOOKS FUCKING AWFUL!!! BRYAN SINGER PLEASE DO US A FAVOUR!
by Brodie Watson
DELAY OPENING OF THIS FILM UNTIL YOU FIX THE AWFUL CGI.
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Just like Gollum and the Trolls and the Fell Beasts and the Wargs and the Balrog and Shelob... The only animatronics used in LOTR were horses. And an occasional Orc.
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because I fucking don't. i just took a whiff and it smells a whole lot like gullivers travels.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 7:22 p.m. CST
You've got rose tinted specs elsewhere......Vermithax looked great BUT his movement's jerky
by LORDOFLIGHT
Like all stop motion. The Dragons in R.O.F looked good to me.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 7:25 p.m. CST
And I wouldn't object to some stop motion in this either.
by LORDOFLIGHT
But it annoys me when people just bash CGI all the time no matter how good it is. The CGI in this looks fairly good to me--though there's always room for improvement.
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J.T.G.Killer just sounds better to me.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 8:37 p.m. CST
lordofflight are you on crack?!?! THE CGI DOESN'T LOOK FAIRLY GOOD AT ALL!
by Brodie Watson
geez it looks awful. I wont be watching this trainwreck film
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And in saying that, the CG looks pretty damn good.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:59 p.m. CST
Its a good thing they delayed release so they could make the effects so magnificent!
by Barnald
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And yes, Grammar was dapper as Sideshow Bob, perhaps the most dapper character in all of The Simpsons. Despite his giant feet and horrible hairdo of course.
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Nov. 22, 2012, 5:10 a.m. CST
There's a goddamn HIPSTER at 00:22!!! Noooooooooo!!!
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Nov. 22, 2012, 5:10 a.m. CST
McKellen? Any director worth his salt would have hired BRIAN BLESSED.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Only on AICN, folks!
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Looks just the same as every other movie filled with CGI, no better, no worse. I think the problem is people are just tired of big grimy monsters and vast battling armies of pixels. If they really wanted to improve movies they could slash the FX budget and hire 100 writers. Surely at least one of them could come up with a good story? Never mind, we'll just get yet another version of Dungeons And Dragons.
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You are fucking kidding me, right?
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Nov. 22, 2012, 2:47 p.m. CST
Is Martin Short in this? Because it looks like a tv mini-series
by Hardboiled Wonderland
I'm a fan of Singer by the way, but this has "studio interference" smeared all over it.
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Nov. 22, 2012, 3:46 p.m. CST
locater16 is spot on: A Stardust/Princess Bride vibe. NOT LOTR/Hobbit
by jazzdownunder
Right down to the McKellen voiced intro. Stardust is clearly the template being followed here. Ewan McGregor channeling his prequel Kenobi voice tho... jarring. Presumably they asked him to soften his scots brogue to avoid sounding too much like the giants. +1 for Tucci reading the phone book. And once I've done listening to him, I'll happily sit and listen to Lovejoy, uh, I mean Ian McShane, reading the weather.
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- Tons of Méliès stuff (No, he's not just a character in a 3D movie) - Incredible Shrinking Man - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman - 3 Worlds of Gulliver - Tom Thumb - Land of the Giants TV show - The Gate Only to name a very, very few. Even LOTR has some giant/dwarf in camera practical shots. It's called forced perspective...Geez... And please don't even try retorting that any of the examples above are any less convincing that the cartoony pixel pap we are getting served these days.
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I might see it!
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Nov. 23, 2012, 8:25 a.m. CST
THE PASAGE BEGAN AN EPIC TALE OF SACRIFICE AND COCK UP THE BUTT!!!
by R Howell
THANKS AICN AUTOPLAY!!!
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looks like a monty python movie.
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...did Lindelof do a re-write?
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I can see it now. "You Cocksucker giants!"
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Seriously. It's pretty much a standard in film making nowadays. Movies you think wouldn't use much if any use it, do. For example, there's a scene in That's My Boy, where they show the outside of a strip club, that has signs all over it, and has lots of trees around it. Well, it's a Home Center that's about 3 miles from my house. I was at a store across the street the day they were here doing the shooting of it. Pretty much the building and the parking lot are the only things they kept, everything else was CGI. The signs on the building, the background, the trees, the sky, and the weather. But to look at it, you would not know it. These giants look about as real as the Ents from LOTR, so like I said I don't get the bashing.
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Nov. 25, 2012, 11:51 p.m. CST
of course its a standard in film nowadays, that's why people are complaining
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
it's because people that wanna go to the movies literally have no other option. and people can remember when going to a fantasy film was really special. part of that wonderment was from texture and lighting and seeing something fantastic that someone made by hand. to some people, looking at something physical, whether its herky jerky stop motion or not, is preferable than spending a movie playing 'pick out the computer shots' all that green screen pixel vapor is kind of an affront as this point, especially for those of use who appreciated the grandeur of sets, location, animatronics, etc.... with whole technologies and artforms falling by the wayside, and no one crying for their return, I don't understand how anyone could fucking say 'I don't understand the CGI bashing' if anything there should be more anger, not complacency. especially when the stuff like Dragonslayer and the Princess Bride had so much more heart than the Enya and Digital Domain films they serve today.
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