{"id":13168,"date":"2008-07-05T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T23:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/05\/movie-trailers.html"},"modified":"2008-07-05T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2008-07-05T23:02:58","slug":"movie_trailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/05\/movie_trailers.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie trailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff I saw before <em>Wanted <\/em>and <em>Hancock, <\/em>initial impressions, and the likelihood I&#8217;ll be going to see it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>The Mummy: Rise of the Dragon Emperor <\/em>&#8211; More good, rollicking <em>Mummy <\/em>fun. Though why Rick&#8217;s son has&nbsp;aged so much while&nbsp;Rick still looks, um, young is going to be interesting to explain. &nbsp;Likely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em>: Keanu Reaves is no Michael Rennie. Unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Burn After Reading<\/em>: This looks seriously dumb, regardless of the talent involved. Unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Longshots<\/em>: I&#8217;m sure there are some &#8220;underdog sports team&#8221; or &#8220;kid abandoned by father who redeems down-and-out relative&#8221; movie clich\u00e9s that didn&#8217;t show up in this trailer, but I can&#8217;t think of any of them. Unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Step Brothers<\/em>: This makes <em>The Love Guru <\/em>look like <em>Citizen Kane<\/em>. Highly unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Quantum of Solace<\/em>: Fine Bondian action, even with the &#8220;Bond&#8217;s gone rogue, cut up his credit cards&#8221; schtick recycled. Likely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Swing Vote<\/em>: The feel-good election movie of 2008! Unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Pineapple Express<\/em>: This makes <em>Step Brothers <\/em>look like <em>Citizen Kane<\/em>. Highly unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Dark Knight<\/em>: Nothing new here. Likely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Punisher: War Zone<\/em>: Great, another craptastic <em>Punisher <\/em>movie. When will Marvel learn? Unlikely.<\/li>\n<li> <em>Death Race<\/em>: It&#8217;s the Running Man crossed with The Longest Yard and &#8230; um &#8230; NASCAR. Those who like this sort of thing will probably like it. Unlikely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff I saw before Wanted and Hancock, initial impressions, and the likelihood I&#8217;ll be going to see it. The Mummy: Rise of the Dragon Emperor &#8211; More good, rollicking Mummy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130557,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/02\/marvels-abc-tv-shows-are-in-a-bit-of-disarray.html","url_meta":{"origin":13168,"position":0},"title":"Marvel&#039;s ABC TV shows are in a bit of disarray","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 2-May-16 6:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Marvel's Agents of SHIELD has been picked up for s.4, though it's suffered this season from (as in previous seasons) too little focus that's only recovered as the season winds up.Marvel's Agent Carter looks unlikely to get a third go, having suffered in the ratings in s.2 and its star\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132181,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/07\/movie-review-the-mummy-1999-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":13168,"position":1},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;The Mummy&quot; (1999)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Dec-16 11:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of the uninspiring Tom Cruise trailer for the current remake, we watched the marvelous Brendan Fraser flick -- which remains on my \"Ten Movies While Stuck on a Desert Island\" list.Current review: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/the-mummy-1999\/2\/Previously: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/the-mummy-1999\/1\/Previously: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/the-mummy-1999\/Four stars and a heart. 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Beyond that? Um ... look, it's a Tom Cruise movie flick with a mummy woman sorcerer and big special effects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39985,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/movie-review-the-mummy-1999.html","url_meta":{"origin":13168,"position":3},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;The Mummy&quot; (1999)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Dec-13 10:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Y'know, I just love this movie so much, enough to help me forget how quickly downhill the franchise went after it. This one's on my desert island list.\ufeff A \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 review of The Mummy (1999) It's a horror film. It's an action flick. It's a romantic comedy. 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