Jules Winfield

Forgot about Black Snake Moan.

DonnachaOne

Yeah, this doesn't sound like something that happened, but that's okay.

nando820

Some McCartney albums sounded too Beatles like so I didn't buy them.

Solid Snake

if I remember correctly, his character doesn't yell much...or does he?

Coral

The Tarantino fanboys are getting upset. Oh no!

islandclaws

That teaser was too spoilery, but it looks fun. I didn't expect to be saying that about a film with this subject matter, but here we are.

Giles

head for the hills!

Troy Stiffler

Love that DiCaprio zoom.

Hazel Motes

The trailer didn't do much for me. But I'll still see it in theaters based on Tarantino track record alone. Hopefully the trailer was more TWC in the way it was cut than it was Tarantino.

DonnachaOne

Inglourious Basterds didn't have a very distinctive trailer either, though it quickly grew on me. These days, with first trailers coming out so soon into principal photography, the first trailers can seem so generic. Still, the Django Unchained trailer makes me smile (especially the use of "Payback").

Yes, I am what you'd pejoratively call a Tarantino fanboy. Yes, your statement still rings false to me. When I dislike something, I don't send the link to other people. Even if it's something I dislike that I *am* curious to gauge opinion of that I then might put on my facebook/twitter, I don't get a unanimous monolithic response from everyone I share it with, let alone one that conveniently backs up my own opinion.

If you don't like the trailer, just say so. I certainly won't think less of you. It's just unbecoming and insecure to have to make up reasons to make a statement seem more convincing, that's all.

DonnachaOne

I was hoping to catch this on the big screen at midnight, but missed it. Strange though, we were asked to only add the trailer to 2D shows of Prometheus, even though 3D/IMAX 3D shows routinely have 2D trailers added. I doubt it's an "at filmmaker's request" situation since we usually get packaged notes or e-mails about that.

NIMH Rat

You are either a Tarantino fanboy, or in denial. There is no third category.

Solid Snake

Saw Prometheus today..my audience enjoyed the trailer. There were a lot "wtf" from the audience when that zoom in on DiCaprio was there. They enjoyed it.

Rival11

?? So unimpressed with the trailer means I'm going to, no matter what, hate the film?

lol why would you post something like that? I'm a HUGE Tarantino fan by the way.

Rival11

Mods - feel free to delete my posts as necessary as I just went back a couple of pages in this thread......didn't know 9 other people were called out and spoke up already also

Solid Snake

or you know...you can delete them yourself and save the mods some time?

Rival11

Well...shit, I forgot I can delete me own

NIMH Rat

It's fine to hate the trailer. I was just baffled by how people said "it wasn't what I thought it would be," and then complain about that. I mean, it's an original script, not like Great Gatsby where lots of people already have their own visions of what it's supposed to look like.

Then on the other side are people saying "it looks typically Tarantino" and then complain about that.

I just can't believe something like Django's line at the end of the trailer, when he says nothing could be better than killing white people for money, barely elicits a response from anyone. If this is a harbinger, then just like Inglourious Basterds this movie's going to take a while to sink in.

Just having that line out there in the marketplace selling a movie is pretty amazing, I think.

thebunk

LOL, agreed.

And that DiCaprio zoom is essentially a cinematic wet dream.

Solid Snake

pretty much. That thing got a crazy reaction from my Prometheus audience.

also...rereading the script again..man, it's a blast to read. So much fun.

bluetoast

First, no one's trying to look "cool" by saying they've read the script. It's out there, people can read it if they want, end of story.

As to your second part:

For me, I'm interested transformation from script to screen, which I don't really get to learn about with many movies obviously. Off the top of my head I ask questions such as: Will there be major changes? What camera angles will be used, and why? What kind of actor do I picture in this role? If the pick is different, in what way did I see it differently than the casting director? How will the lines be delivered? How will an actor/DP/casting director perceive the script?

I mean honestly there's a ton to learn, I don't see how it subtracts from the experience. On top of that, there's usually the actual enjoyment one gets from reading it.


One could say the same thing about being "ruined" by books. Granted those are meant to be consumed independently of the film, but by that same token the movie can be "ruined" for the cinematographer, the actors, agents, everyone who reads the script.

Drexl

I still prefer not knowing what's going to happen before seeing the film though. If I want to see the process, I can go back and look at the script later. I still wonder if I would have liked The Sixth Sense had I not had the twist spoiled in advance.

And yes, the people that create the film have to know the outcome, but it's not really being made for them, is it? Well, except for Adrien Brody in The Thin Red Line, who was shocked that the movie he "starred" in featured very little of his performance.

bluetoast

I can understand that perspective, but given the opportunity I would like to read it before the film gets made so I don't have preconceived notions of the actors, etc. But it's not like this is a regular thing for me either, so the opportunities are few and far between.

I too had The Sixth Sense ruined, but by a friend who blurted it out. All I did was say "I heard there was a twist" then he said yes and actually told me. That sucked!

Mike86

Seeing the trailer a few more times and it's really starting to feel right for me. I'm absolutely stoked for this movie!!

Troy Stiffler

Tarantino can do whatever he wants and I'll probably enjoy it.

I did expect more The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and less ... you know, Tarantino. It's like when Scorsese did The Departed. In my head, I was expecting Goodfellas/Casino/Brining Out the Dead. But he really toned it back and went "traditional", while still putting his stamp on it (the voiceovers, the murders, the music choices).

And Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown is really the only "grounded" movies he's done.