Trailer Park Feb 05 2008 @ 04:24 pm
TRAILER PARK: Son of Rambow, Iron Man, & Defiance
Each week we plan on bringing you the best of the freshest trailers floating out there on the internets. We scrounge the deep recesses of the net, looking for films you’ve never heard of, but we also toss in the cinematic pop-culture fix of the moment (ala Iron Man) because, well, sometimes that stuff is just cool. And really, you need to see what Iron Man looks like, even if you don’t know who the heck he is. He’s a dude in a freakin’ iron suit that blows stuff up! Who doesn’t want to see that?
On principle I like to watch trailers in HD, the highest quality I can get. I realize many of you don’t care about that, so I’m embedding YouTube versions for those with, shall we say, ‘less refined tastes.’ Those who desire their trailers as pristine as possible get links to the HD versions.
Edit: I can’t get the embedded YouTube clips to work, so for now you’ll just have to deal with the HD versions.
Son of Rambow
Son of Rambow
For all my talk of Iron Man, there is another super hero movie that I instantly fell in love with the moment I saw the trailer. Son of Rambow was an audience favorite at Sundance this year, and it deals with two boys coming of age while they film their own sequel to the blood-drenched franchise that put Sly on the map. The trailer radiates charm, and you owe it to yourself to watch it. My number one pick this week.
Hit the jump for my other picks this week (including Iron Man).
Iron Man
Iron Man
In spite of all the personal problems he’s had, I really like Robert Downey Jr. And although I have only a passing knowledge of the Iron Man canon, I can just sense that he’s perfect for the role. Top it off with director Jon Favreau who just gets stuff like this and you’ve got a winning combination. “Yeah, I can fly.” Sweet…
Defiance
Defiance
Daniel Craig is awesome. Daniel Craig as James Bond? Awesomer. Daniel Craig killing Nazis? Testosterone meltdown (taken a step further, Daniel Craig killing Nazis as James Bond would be akin to a nuclear machismo supernova, but a fanboy can only dream so much). Ed Zwick, directing king of period action flicks (Glory and The Last Samurai), tackles the untold true story of Jews who fought back during WWII, and he puts stone-faced Craig front and center. Looks like it can’t fail.
on Feb 06 2008 @ 10:11 am 1. Josh said …
Ah, we were going through movie trailers last night, and I saw the one for Son of Rambow. I was going to watch it, but forgot. I’ll go back and check it out.
Iron Man — I love it. But, I pretty much love all comic book movies.