Tuesday 14 January 2014

The Zelda Movie Guillermo del Toro Already Made

Guillermo del Toro is one director I've always wanted to make movies based off of video games, he seems to have the right style that fits with much of the more creative gaming titles, like the works of Team Ico, and a passion for gaming. Del Toro is also one of those directors who has a long line of movies he wants to do so him doing a video game movie in the near future seems unlikely but luckily he already made one! Guillermo del Toro's 2008 super hero movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a more faithful adaptation of The Legend of Zelda series than any video game movie has been to any of its source material. Don't believe me? I came prepared with this handy infographic! 

Convinced? No? Shut up, I don't have anything to prove to you.

Wednesday 1 January 2014

Top 10 Trailers of 2013

I haven't seen every movie in 2013, I plan on getting caught up at some point, but I've seen a metric ton of movie trailers. Despite being really nothing more than an advertising tool they have their own merit and reasons to be enjoyed. So, since somebody had to, here are my picks for the top 10 movie trailers of 2013. Keep in mind these have to be judged by their own merit, ignoring the quality of the film they're advertising. Also, it also should do more than hype me up for the movie; hell, all a Captain America 2 trailer has to do to hype me up is remind me that there is a Captain America 2 coming out.  These trailers have to stand on their own.

#10. 
Pacific Rim


This trailer works because, much like the movie it's showcasing, it knows what to deliver. It lets us know that the movie has monsters, robots and fights with monsters and robots. Idris Elba's speech and the final money shot of a robot hitting a monster with the best make shift baseball bat style weapon since Cabin in the Woods fill the watcher with the kind of child-like giddiness that gets you itching for to buy a ticket to the next show. Also, "Go big or go extinct." deserves a place in movie tagline hall of fame, whoever thought of that needs a big ass bonus, they're damn good at their job.

#9. 
Upstream Colour



Primer, Shane Carruth's directorial debut, was a very confusing movie that many have watched without comprehending if any events are even occurring on screen. When advertising his similarly experimental second film this trailer confuses its viewer while entrancing them, despite a lack of any idea why. Throw in some fast past editing and you have my #9 best trailer of the year.

#8.
 The Wolf of Wall Street

  
Sometimes the best way to advertise your movie is to bombard the audience with information and this trailer sure has a lot of information thrown as fast as possible, each thing topping the ridiculous thing that came before, it definitely sets the mood and theme of the movie and it effectively pulls the audience in while doing so.