There were fewer trailers than usual at our Regal theater prior to our Friday night premiere showing of The Marvels.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: I am sure that someone thought that there was some huge audience for a Hunger Games prequel (as if “yes, this is how things got so horribly miserable, plus, character hints for the people who end up so even more miserable in the original movies!” was a winning pitch), especially given the last film was eight years ago.
It all looks appropriately post-apocalyptic, and the trailer hints at it all being terribly depressing, despite some fundamental sense that somehow, sometime in the future, virtue will prevail, kindasorta.
Seriously not my cuppa.
Migration: Something animated about birds (mostly? ducks) migrating or maybe taking a vacation, and ending up being stuck in New York City, where hilarity ensues. Looks amusing. Not planning to see in the theaters.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: This trailer was interesting for the first ten seconds, until Jason Momoa stopped being onshore and started living in a CGI world under the waves. At which point it all turns into what seems like a synopsis of the entire film. I suspect I will eventually watch it, but it will not be in a movie theater.
On the bright side, this should, finally, finally, spell the end of endless articles about the far-too-delayed end of the DCEU.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: So I was there back when the original Apes movies were made, and they were all around the juxtaposition of humans and intelligent apes who oppressed / were oppressed by them. As far as I can tell from this trailer, it’s basically about CG apes and the rise of their civilization, and while the CG apes look to be nicely done, I have zero to no interest in what they are doing.
Wish: For all this seems to have some nifty-looking animation, the story seems like such a pastiche of other Disney films that it’s hard to get at all excited for it. There’s a young girl! Who is magically special! And there is a power figure that doesn’t like it! And danger! And cuteness! And a meta-aware talking animal!
I mean, okay, sure, it’s better than a live-action remake of Sleeping Beauty (coming to theater probably around 2027, by my guess), but there’s nothing there that feels fresh or new or intriguing.
So, net-net … nothing I feel any great urge to see, though a couple I might get around to streaming someday.
Honestly, going back over the list … I’d probably rewatch The Marvels first.
We had 10 previews, and all of those were in it. Yes, I hadn’t seen the animation style for Wish previously and it was gorgeous.