Watched a few movie trailers...

I would have liked to have written another full blog today but I am unfortunately running a little low on time. I did however just watch some movie trailers on Yahoo movies and would like to share some thought on what I think I will and will not be looking forward to seeing.

Let's start with the movies that I would not be particularly excited to go see. The first is a new horror slasher movie called Hellbent. I clicked to watch the trailer just for the hell of it (no pun intended) and about halfway through began to think that something was seriously amiss. The film seems to follow these 4 or 5 attractive guys around an awful lot, and some psycho killer is on the loose on Holloween or something, I don't remember or care to watch it again to find out. Anyway, the trailer starts getting a little weird when numerous cut scenes of these guys sneaking off to secluded rooms to make out start popping up. I figure this is an anomoly until it happens again and again, not to mention cut scenes from some huge drag queen party get thrown in. I finally have seen enough and look at the movie's description only to find out that it is the first ever all-gay slasher film. Ok, I'm not particularly homophobic or anything, but you couldn't pay me to go see that. Additionally, what was the studio thinking? Horror films are getting eaten alive at the box office lately, what makes them think an all-gay one would fare any better. Who knows...

Surprisingly another film I checked out also had an even more surprisingly gay twist. It's called Brokedown Mountain, and features Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllanthal as "secret friends" as the trailer pronounces. It shows them riding around on horses and fishing a lot, claiming they formed a bond that would last forever. I'm like alright, where is this going? Then the trailer jumps to scenes of them getting married and having kids (with two respective girls, not each other) and I'm still like where is this going. Then the trailer jumps to them arguing with their wives over where they're going and what's the deal with your secret friendship kinda stuff. Simply watching the trailer there is really no way to prove that these dudes are closet homos running off to bone on some mountain top or just really really clingy affectionate guy friends. The plot didn't look that exciting anyway, but really, what the hell?

One movie that did look rather intriguing was called Everything is Illuminated, featuring Elijah Wood. It looks extemely weird, but entertaining. To save everyone some time I suggest that you just go check out the trailer if you're interested. The last film I saw that seemed like a potential visit to the State Theater (as it would never play anywhere else) was called Thumbsucker. It's about some teenage kid with a thumbsucking problem who is hypnotized to cure his socially limiting condition, only to find that the stresses involved in being "normal" may be worse than being a spectator from the not-so-normal side. The reviews claimed it to be decent but too reminiscent of other indi films like American Beauty, but it looks like a good watch. The cast is nothing short of surprising also, with smaller roles coming from Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt, and Vincent D'Onofrio. I hope to check it out when it arrives in Ann Arbor. Alrighty, time to take a shower. Hope to get back to you all later tonight with more blogging.