It's weird — most movies I go to are genre enough that I get to see some movie trailers that look, at the very least, intriguing.
Apparently The Martian is being marketed, or classified, or considered very differently from all that. Or from me.
The Forest — Horror flick that's The Blair Witch Project Meets Japan. They managed to use / abuse every horror trope in the book in one short trailer. Based on a True Place.
The Big Short — Topical dramedy about the real estate bubble / banking collapse and the True Story behind some guys who figured it out early then … made money betting against the banks? Whatever. No desire whatsoever, though it has a pretty good cast.
Crimson Peak — Another horror flick, but this one's (a) enchantingly gothic, (b) involved with in some fashion by Guillermo del Toro, and (c) stars Tom Hiddleston. Not that I'm going to ever watch it, but at least I can respect it.
In the Heart of the Sea — The True Story that inspired Moby-Dick, or so the trailer asserts. A Ron Howard production and it looks purely gorgeous, and I will never watch it.
Concussion — Topical tale based on a true story about how the NFL exerts its big money to deny or minimize claims that its players are damaging their brains over and over and over again. No doubt a thought-provoking and well-told tale that I have no desire to watch.
The Revenant — A guy and an Indian and trappers and killing and burying and revenge and, I guess, based on a True Story. All-star cast. Nope.
Joy — It's the feel-good romantic comedy of the month, I think. Whatever.
So, 0 for 8 trailers that point to movies I will ever watch without being strapped into a chair and having my eyeballs pried open. Apparently I'm not the target demographic for The Martian, which is crazy because I definitely loved that movie.
That's a very diverse group of trailers. Will probably see Crimson Peak. Saw the trailer for In the heart of the sea. That will be a Redbox film. Saw the trailer for Concussion. Looks good but not sure it's my thing. Saw trailer for The Revenant. Was like WTF. Nope. Hadn't heard of the others until now.
Same thing here, I have zero interest in any of those.
We had Hunger Games trailer also. Yeah only a couple I'll likely ever watch. #neverenoughscifimovies 🙂
I'm totally seeing crimson peak, because Guillermo del Toro. Otherwise completely agreed.
A Clockwork Orange- I was so disgusted by this movie when I first saw it. I refuse to ever watch it again.
I went to a Dungeons and Dragons convention about 25 years ago and didn't have the money for a hotel room. I slept in the movie room of the con. Sleeping to (and periodically waking to) A Clockwork Orange is kind of disturbing.
Yikes!
The Martian is probably going to be an Oscar contender, which explains at least three of those trailers. Not sure the connection with the horror flicks, though.
+Brittany Constable Yes. It's definitely being positioned as a "mainstream" movie, rather than a SF genre flick. (Which demonstrates the silliness of genre ghettoization.)
There's also the logical lumping with "survival tales" there.
Did anyone else notice the release date for heart of the sea was March 2015
The Revenant looks incredible. There’s no accounting for taste, however.