A landmark film like The Dark Knight (supposedly … I’m waiting two more days to see it) deserves to have some big-money trailers preceding it. There’s one I especially have in mind: Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and David Gibbon’s Watchmen. Just in case you don’t know, Watchmen is, as the trailer suggests, “the most celebrated graphic novel of all time.” Its true: Moore and Gibbon’s superhero fantasy is one of the most sweeping, complex, pieces of literature to be written this century. If you haven’t read it, well, consider this an order. You’ll probably find it in a used book store for a good price. Hit the jump for further comments.
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The newest film in the legendary James Bond franchise arrives on November 7 and it may have the most inaccessible title of any American movie … ever. Its pretty easy to understand with the help of a dictionary, but Quantum of Solace is said to have extra meaning with the actual movie in view (I heard something about it being the name of a terrorist organization, but I could be wrong). In any case, the title fits, seeing as 2006’s much-needed reboot to the Bond series (Casino Royale) left a more emotive Bond in tragedy after the loss of former flame Vesper Lynd. The new film, helmed by Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction, Monster’s Ball), will pick up exactly where Casino Royale left off — it’s the first real James Bond sequel.

Check out the trailer in HD over at Moviefone.

Or just watch in in glorious YouTube fuzzy vision. Your call.

From David Fincher, the director of Fight Club, Seven, and Zodiac, comes an epic fantasy/romance based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald? Yes, you heard it right. This November, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett will grace cinemas. The Fitzgerald story about a backwards-aging man has been adapted by Eric Roth who penned the screenplay for Forrest Gump. Production has been wrapped for a while now, but rumor has it that post-production has been extremely tough because Pitt’s face needs to be aged and affixed to his character’s numerous age changes.

I don’t normally read screenplays before I see a film, but I’ve read the first draft for this and it was fantastic. I can’t wait to see what Fincher has in store this November. This may just be the best film of 2008.

Check out the trailer in beautiful HD over at Quicktime!

Kids’ movies these days are in a great state of disarray. Pixar always offers up their best and succeeds, but the rest usually end up floating at the bottom of that large barrel of disposable cinematic sludge. Judging by the trailer, there could be no more worthy addition to that sludge than Beverly Hills Chihuahua, a new animated (?) film from Disney that looks something like the very scary lovechild of High School Musical and those old-school Taco Bell commercials. While sitting in the theater watching this, my friend Matt leaned over to me and said, “Were you aware of this abomination?” No, I wasn’t. I’m so glad to have grown up in the days of classic Disney…

YouTube below. HD available here, but not necessary in the least.

The Fall
I don’t know how long this trailer for The Fall has been around, but I just stumbled upon it over at Quicktime today. Apparently The Fall made its original debut in September 2006 at TIFF and has been released in various places around the world before starting its limited release here in the US of A on May 9. The first time I watched the trailer, some of the fantastical visuals turned me off … it reeked of artistry run a muck. But when I took the time to consider the possibilities I was a lot more hopeful. Seeing the trailer, I’m assuming the title references a fall from innocence and could be an intelligent tale about the power of the imagination and the importance of story. The visuals may serve their purpose well even though it is directed by Tarsem Singh, the man behind the 2000 J. Lo vehicle The Cell. It also stars Lee Pace who helped make television a brighter and better place last fall with Pushing Daisies, one of the most underrated TV series in recent memory.

Looks like a mixed bag. It could be a masterpiece, or it could be a load of crap. Download the HD trailer and decide for yourself (YouTube provided below but not recommended).

The Fall

At long last, the ivy clad champion of Hyrule is getting his debut on the silver screen. Is it up to snuff? Could this, finally, be the video game adaptation to legitimize the genre that Uwe Boll has singlehandedly destroyed? Looks epic, looks faithful to the source, looks to have a large enough budget. Chime in with your thoughts.

Here it is

WALL•E

Pixar is the King Midas of Hollywood right now. Although this trailer is a bit old (well, its a week old, but those of you addicted to the internets have likely already seen it), it needs mention here. I admit that neither Finding Nemo, Cars, or Ratatouille initially piqued my film geek zeal (although they were all great to one extent or another), but this trailer serves up the fix. Revealing more story than any of the previous teasers have, I am already lining up to purchase my ticket.

WALL•E in High Definition (choose Trailer 3 from the options)

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk
Hollywood’s last go at this franchise was one of the worst examples of faulty director choice I’ve ever seen (except, perhaps, John Woo for Windtalkers, but that’s another matter). Ang Lee is an amazing talent behind the camera, but whatever studio exec thought he was a good choice to helm a comic book film was smoking some bad crack that day. If the following trailer for the new reboot is any indication, Louis Leterrier (The Transporter franchise, Unleashed) was the right director for the job. In other changes, Edward Norton replaces Eric Bana, and I am all for the switch. Bana was always a little too rough and rugged to be Bruce Banner, but Norton is the perfect fit.

Feast on the new green giant here (in cruddy Flash as well as HD)

Hancock Teaser

Hancock
This trailer has been around for a few weeks, but I could not pass up the opportunity to share it on here with those of you who haven’t seen it (and for those of you who have, you should really watch it again). Peter Berg (The Kingdom, The Rundown) is one of my favorite working directors, and while he has never made anything earth shattering, his films never fail to entertain and delight me. This latest from him, which opens this summer, stars Will Smith as a…well, I don’t want to ruin the surprise for you. Just watch the trailer.

Watch the Trailer in HD! Do it!

And here is the YouTube version, if you must.

Tasty treats this week in the trailer park: little girls with creepy dolls in 3D, mystical rapture-like disappearances, and mashed-up apocalyptic mind benders. Enjoy.

Coraline

Coraline
Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors and I instantly fell in love with Coraline when I read it years ago. It’s a children’s fairy tale with bite: not too scary for a child of 10, but not tame enough to remove all fears. The director of The Nightmare Before Christmas tackles this one, with Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning doing the voices. And its in 3D! (not the trailer, but the film) Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy….

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After 19 years of waiting, Steven Spielberg gave a valentine to all of us today by unleashing the teaser for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Technically it’s not the best teaser … but that’s forgivable because it’s darn good to see Harrison Ford in that fedora looking as if he hasn’t lost a beat. Couple this with The Dark Knight and the 2008 Summer Movie Season is looking delectable. Watch the trailer in brilliant High Definition over at Yahoo or be lazy with YouTube below.

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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.

Son of Rambow in HD

Hit the jump for my other picks this week (including Iron Man).
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