The Love Guru trailer (Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake)
02-29-08, 01:49 PM
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The Love Guru trailer (Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake)
Looks like Mike Myers has gone green. I can't believe how much of this trailer is recycled directly from the Austin Powers series. Showing some hometown love, though.
Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TLB1r9lh7gY
Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TLB1r9lh7gY
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02-29-08, 02:04 PM
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This movie has it all:
Recycled accents
Recycled jokes
Vern Troyer
John Oliver
Black Canadian Hockey Players
Worst Actress of all time (hotness aside)
Hockney premise
Recycled accents
Recycled jokes
Vern Troyer
John Oliver
Black Canadian Hockey Players
Worst Actress of all time (hotness aside)
Hockney premise
02-29-08, 03:19 PM
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Mike Myers routine has been recycled for a long time now. This just looks pretty horrendous. I'm surprised he didn't use a Scottish accent as per his usual routine (So I Married an Axe Murderer, AP 2 & 3, Shrek 1-3). Not even a rental.
02-29-08, 03:42 PM
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The accent he's doing is a spot-on Deepak Chopra.
02-29-08, 04:48 PM
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NEXT!
It's funny seeing Justin Timberlake with a Ron Jeremy pornstache, but this one looks hopeless.
Did I see Romany Malco wearing Eddie Murphy's Delirious jumpsuit in the bar scene?
It's funny seeing Justin Timberlake with a Ron Jeremy pornstache, but this one looks hopeless.
Did I see Romany Malco wearing Eddie Murphy's Delirious jumpsuit in the bar scene?
02-29-08, 04:54 PM
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Horrible, just horrible.
If you were to edit this trailer together with clips from any of the Austin Powers flicks, you wouldn't even be able to tell that this was a new movie. At the most you'd think it's a trailer for a new AP movie.
I hate to tell MM, but this type of stuff isn't going to cut it these days. Go back in time 5 or 10 years and it could work, but I can't see people flocking to see this one like they would have done before.
Watch me be 100% wrong and this will do $200 million at the BO.
If you were to edit this trailer together with clips from any of the Austin Powers flicks, you wouldn't even be able to tell that this was a new movie. At the most you'd think it's a trailer for a new AP movie.
I hate to tell MM, but this type of stuff isn't going to cut it these days. Go back in time 5 or 10 years and it could work, but I can't see people flocking to see this one like they would have done before.
Watch me be 100% wrong and this will do $200 million at the BO.
Last edited by Brent L; 02-29-08 at 04:59 PM.
02-29-08, 06:49 PM
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The "Austin Powers" flicks have made a combined 675 million in worldwide box office.
I can see why Paramount would want to angle the marketing that way.
Looks pretty funny to me. *runs away*
I can see why Paramount would want to angle the marketing that way.
Looks pretty funny to me. *runs away*
02-29-08, 07:55 PM
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Hope it'll be good but that trailer was pretty awful. Well, I did smile when Justin Timberlake showed up for three seconds and still got third billing in the trailer. He looked pretty funny
03-01-08, 08:01 AM
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I used to love Mike Myers and was a huge fan of Austin Powers back in the day (saw the original in theatres 3 times!) but this looks like a rehash from top to bottom... the only thing making me see this on opening day is that I'm a die hard TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS fan, so the fact that they could win the Stanley Cup in this film makes it a must see for that reason alone...
Why would Paramount choose to put this up against 'Get Smart'? That seems like an idiotic move since they'll share the same target audience and the 'Get Smart' trailer actually has some laughs.
Why would Paramount choose to put this up against 'Get Smart'? That seems like an idiotic move since they'll share the same target audience and the 'Get Smart' trailer actually has some laughs.
03-01-08, 11:45 PM
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Why would Paramount choose to put this up against 'Get Smart'? That seems like an idiotic move since they'll share the same target audience and the 'Get Smart' trailer actually has some laughs.
Plus, it's Summer, man. Both will get fucking mindnumbing ad space. One will open at 70mil and one at 50mil. With those kind of frontloaded Summer numbers, it's not really a competition. It comes down to 'which movie is actually better, and will continue to sell tickets'.
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