These are the tarilers that preceded the movie:

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Music by Mark Mothersbaugh) -
My initial reaction... A four star stinker if ever there was one with Bob Deniro as Fearless Leader and doing his own Dr. Evil bit.
Initial reaction from the audience... some mild laughter followed by dubious mumbling.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Hummie Mann scores):
My initial reaction... This looks just plain bizaaro. Who is this movie meant for with Alec Baldwin and Peter Fonda riding toy trains that have faces and talk? Surreal.
Initial reaction from the audience... complete silence.

Pokemon The Movie 2000:
My initial reaction... Why? WHY? The special animation for the trailer looked better than the actual clips from the movie.
Initial reaction from the Audience. Groans.

X-MEN (Micheal Kamen):
My intitial reaction... I've never read the comic books nor seen the TV show but I am sooo there when this comes out. The trailer looks terrific without showing you everything.
Initial reaction from the audience: positive buzz and faintly audible "cools".

THE GRINCH - I think that this could be brilliant or profoundly bad, there isn't going to be any middle ground. Jim Carrey looks really creepy in the makeup.

POKEMON THE MOVIE 2000 - Ugh.

RUGRATS IN PARIS
I hope they go easy on the toilet humor. Probably not as good as the first one (which actually made me cry) but I'll see it anyway. Another Mark Mothersbaugh score to look forward to... let's hope this one is released more quickly than the first one (which took a year to finally come out on CD).

THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD
I say bring back Ringo Starr, the original, the best Mr. Conductor!

WHAT LIES BENEATH
Oh yes, this looks great!

Trailers that preceded the movie.

Space Cowboys. Looks like a Blues Brothers plot: "We're geeting the band, er, team back together " (to stop the space junk from falling). I dunno.

The Cell: Looks intriguing and imaginative. Hope they can pull off drama equivilent to the level of imagination promised in this trailer.

Pearl Harbor: Gotta admit this looks great. I have HATED all of Micheal Bay's previous movies so I'm skeptical. Still, it's one of the best trailers I've seen in a long time.

I'm a lousy typist.

X-MEN: Dark City music was used fantastically in the background, but the action and characters looked really contrived. I have a feeling Patrick Stuart and Sir Ian are going to be severely wasted in this film (check the screenwriting credits--apparently it's written by the guy who provided the voice for Solid Snake in the videogame Metal Gear Solid ), which is a shame, since Brian Singer's first big success was really good, and it has seemed to go downhill from there.

PEARL HARBOR: I read a description of the trailer at a movie site and immediately trashed it, because of my negative bias towards Micheal Bay and how sentimental it sounded, but the trailer looked really good. I especially liked the flyby of the Japanese bombers by those two children, with the lush green Hawaiian mountains behind them (very atmospheric). Everything fit together, though I would have to say that without Zimmers music, much of the power would have been lost.

--Ted

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Originally posted by Ted:
When I saw The Patriot Monday (good IMHO) I saw the following:

X-MEN: Dark City music was used fantastically in the background, but the action and characters looked really contrived. I have a feeling Patrick Stuart and Sir Ian are going to be severely wasted in this film (check the screenwriting credits--apparently it's written by the guy who provided the voice for Solid Snake in the videogame Metal Gear Solid ), which is a shame, since Brian Singer's first big success was really good, and it has seemed to go downhill from there.

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Oh him! That's not too bad of news IMO.

I know of him from his portrayal of the "Guyver" in Guyver 2: Dark Hero. So I am looking forward to seeing how he did on X-Men's screenplay. Since I love that film, though that might just be me.

As for Metal Gear Solid, I haven't played it, but very much want to. How did he do on that?

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

This is suprising, since the only other Playstation game I've played made by Konami featuring voice acting (Castlevania: SOTN) features the WORST voice acting I've heard.

However, he handled it pretty well--but that doesn't mean that his writing's good...check him out on www.imdb.com--he has no writing experience whatsoever.

--Ted

The Red Planet now has several titles or double titles, which
slip my mind. Val Kilmer stars, and the trailer was
tantalizing.

I didn't see anything this weekend so no new trailers for me.

From what I've seen in the previews, here's my assessment of the film:

Harrison Ford plays a college professor (no, not THAT one) who has an affair with a student (Allow me to go off on a tangent, here: Ford wife is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, so there's a big problem right there. Yes, I'm well aware that the script is traditionally written before the film is cast, but it sounded good.). Anyway, the student commits suicide in Ford & Pfeiffer's home, and her spirit haunts the place, ultimately possessing Pfeiffer.

Cast Away - Robinson Crusoe starring Tom Hanks. It could be a great turn for Hanks who I imagine will get to do a solitary acting gig for most of the movie.