A slow week for trailers, and considering the trailers we got, could we have asked for none at all this week? First is the much hyped trailer for The Adjustment Bureau. I have to say that this was an interesting concept, and the romance between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt will not doubt bring this film higher in praise. I do have a problem with this trailer though. It somehow focused a little too deeply on the paranoia of the story, and came off as a little cheesy.
The trailer makes the film look like a fusion of The Bourne Identity, some Romeo and Juliet-ish film, and some poorly executed contemporary sci-fi film. Also, the men of the Adjustment Bureau come off like the Observers from Fringe, except old and less intriguing and mysterious. It concerns me that this trailer is getting similar praise as the Inception trailer. Inception's trailer was more entertaining than the film it played before. I can't say the same for Adjustment, and it played before Robin Hood. I might be way off on this, but for the time being I remain unconvinced of this film's merits.
You thought I was critical of the last trailer? I can't even describe my disgust with the Easy A trailer. The film basically follows a girl who fakes sex in order to gain popularity. She then does similar favors for other boys. After it's suggested she sew a red A onto her clothing for adulterer, she does that, and Amanda Bynes plots her destruction. First of all, Amanda Bynes is one of the ugliest people on the planet. It's as if the director decided he wanted to gather the most unattractive people to be in his movie.
Then we get to the plot, and it's completely stereotypical high-school drama. Only one entertainment enterprise has been able to stem critical acclaim from high school drama, and that's Glee (and to a certain extent Mean Girls). This won't be that, and I can guarantee now that it will be instantly forgotten once the film is released.
The Adjustment Bureau trailer
Easy A trailer
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