I wanna see that! The official "doesn't merit its own thread" movie trailer thread

[Katy Lied]

I forget. Are you the one whose head explodes if we go OT?

[falafel]

I forget. Are you the one whose head explodes if we go OT?

I'll help you smooth it over, Katy.

[Walter Sobchak]

I forget. Are you the one whose head explodes if we go OT?

Pretty excited for Marshmallow Desert. What's not to love about a collaboration between Christian Bale and Larry David and Roman Polanski? Co-starring Zooey Deschanel and set in 17th Century Mongolia, MD is loosely based on Heidegger's book of the same name. Hardened by the gypsy life in the Mongolian highlands, takhi herder Rostanze (Bale) sets out to win his cousin's hart (Deschanel) by performing live-action comedy skits in front of the King (also played by Bale). The court jester (David) jealously guards his position and a brutal competition ensues.

I'd include a trailer for the film, but I'm too goddam lazy.

Has anyone read the book?

[Katy Lied]

I admit to googling Marshmallow Desert. I was overrun by Freakin Pinterest Dessert foodies.

[Maximus]

early reviews great for Silence

http://www.slashfilm.com/silence-early-buzz/

[Jeff Lebowski]

Has Anyone read this book, Silence by Shusaku Endo?

No, but I saw the movie way back in 1982, in the original Japanese. It was excellent.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067755/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[Walter Sobchak]

I admit to googling Marshmallow Desert. I was overrun by Freakin Pinterest Dessert foodies.

Since you seem to want to spoil the movie by googling it...

Spoiler for movie ending:

Rostanze after losing his competition, returns to his hometown. He learns that Melis (Deschanel) has been given in marriage by the King's command to the court jester. Rostanze rejects his friend's advice (admirably played by Nicolas Cage) to build a fence, settle down, and breed his takhi for the budding American circus market. In a jealous rage, Rostanze leaves the Mongolia highland desert plain he calls home and heads into the mountains. A sudden snowfall strands Rostanze's takhi herd on the wrong side of the dreaded Altai mountain pass. As Rostanze watches his herd (and livelihood) slowly die (and it seems he will also freeze but the movie doesn't make that clear), we cut to Melis and the court jester's wedding just as the snow starts to fall in the Mongolian capital. In the final scene, snow piles up on the fence posts resembling the homemade marshmallows that Rostanze eats at the beginning of the movie when he was learning the Takhi trade while apprenticing under his Takhi Master (played by William Shatner). Fin.

[Northwestcoug]

I forget. Are you the one whose head explodes if we go OT?

I'll risk a head explosion further. That trailer reminded me a lot of the book 'The Samurai' by Endo. Did Endo write more than one book about the Christianity clash in Asia?

[Armenag]

On paper, 20th Century Women isn't very appealing to me but the trailer has me interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JnFaltqnAY

[myboynoah]

Pretty excited for Silence. What's not to love about a collaboration between Scorsese and Andrew Garfield and Kylo Ren? Okay, a collaboration between Scorsese and Daniel Day Lewis and Benicio Del Toro, the original team. Oh well. And set in 17th Century Japan, and based on Endo's book of the same name. Father Rodrigues watches as his Christian converts are tortured until he recants.

Wikipedia gives us this passage about the book:



Has Anyone read this book, Silence by Shusaku Endo?

Excellent book. Excited about the movie.

[jay santos]

Pretty excited for Silence. What's not to love about a collaboration between Scorsese and Andrew Garfield and Kylo Ren? Okay, a collaboration between Scorsese and Daniel Day Lewis and Benicio Del Toro, the original team. Oh well. And set in 17th Century Japan, and based on Endo's book of the same name. Father Rodrigues watches as his Christian converts are tortured until he recants.

Wikipedia gives us this passage about the book:



Has Anyone read this book, Silence by Shusaku Endo?

Saw this. Pretty brutal. Difficult to watch. But a good pay off. If they would have edited it down to two hours, I might say it's picture of the year worthy.

[jay santos]

The Promise. Looks promising. (get it)

Crazy manipulation on the IMDB ratings. It has IMDB rating of 4.1 with over 90k IMDB ratings so far, yet hasn't been released. Per this article nearly all people voting are outside the US, nearly all either 10 stars or 1 stars, presumably based on how you feel about Armenian Genocide.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a7378881.html

[Armenag]

The Promise. Looks promising. (get it)

Crazy manipulation on the IMDB ratings. It has IMDB rating of 4.1 with over 90k IMDB ratings so far, yet hasn't been released. Per this article nearly all people voting are outside the US, nearly all either 10 stars or 1 stars, presumably based on how you feel about Armenian Genocide.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a7378881.html

The movie looks pretty mediocre but I'm glad they made it and I plan to see it.

[Armenag]

Atomic Blonde (AKA Charlize Theron makes a John Wick movie) - trailer is red band, so very violent and surprisingly racy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7HVnZlleo

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is funny (from an NYT review). Serves Disney right for trying to milk this for more cash. The last one was awful.