According to the Apple Movie Trailers website, this is the fourth trailer for this big screen version of the US TV series. Fourth! Honestly, who really needs to see four trailers of any film? Still, it’s perfectly indicative of each of the efforts I’ve looked at this week which are all the final trailers of films that seem to have been doing the rounds online and at cinemas since at least the start of the year. But I digress… With enough snippets of the actual plot given away to suggest a decent mix of action alongside Carell’s undeniable comedic charm, plus a downright gorgeous Anne Hathaway, this looks like it could be a welcome relief from the action-stacked summer that awaits. WALL-E The animation looks, as expected, nigh-on flawless but as Cars showed, audiences won’t just settle for pretty pictures any more. Thankfully, there are enough comedic touches in the trailer to suggest it won’t be a bore for the adults while the kids can watch in awe at a character they’ll no doubt be badgering their parents for months. Wanted Of course, none of that matters a jot as, like The Matrix before it, this is all about cool action scenes, loud sound effects, and thumping music. Oh, and guns. Lots of guns. If the trailer’s anything to go by, Wanted, based on Mark Miller’s graphic novel, looks like it’s going to deliver on every one of those. Wesley shoots wings off flies, bends bullets and generally kicks plentiful arse. One scene in particular, where he finds an imaginative way of getting around the bulletproof glass problem to kill someone, is a total joy. I just hope the end result matches up to the early promise shown here. Oh, and here’s hoping the trailer has got all of McAvoy’s bad bits out of the way. More next week…
