Like In Contention’s Kris Tapley, I too marvel at the innovative ways the Dragon Tattoo team is marketing the upcoming Fincher film. Of course, there isn’t a movie I’m more looking forward to so any droplet from the team is appreciated. Tapley points us to this Youtube video of the making of the new poster, modeled after the Dragon Tattoo’s Mouth Taped Shut Tumblr and Twitter razor blade theme – music by Trent Reznor and Atticus.
My comment was abbreviated badly there. Ok I need to figure out this iPad before doing more comments. Silly thing won’t arrow around a text field. Anyway you got my gist. $20 says we don’t hear Daniel Craig with a strong Swedish accent before actually seeing the film. Oh they may reveal a line or two, but I betcha he doesn’t sound like max Von sydow in those carefully revealed bits.
My comment was abbreviated badly there. Ok I need to figure out this iPad before doing more comments. Silly thing won’t arrow around a text field. Anyway you got my gist. $20 says we don’t hear Daniel Craig with a strong Swedish accent before actually seeing the film. Oh they may reveal a line or two, but I betcha he doesn’t sound like max Von sydow in those carefully revealed bits.
Ryan – perhaps I should have used the word “promotions” instead of “trailers.” Are you being disingenuous? If so the humor value is low by your standards. I’m talking about the main 1:38 led Zeppelin-remix first-link-when-you-google-it trailer that this dumb iPad won’t let me link to, but it’s the one that I saw before “the help” – you know, me and the rest of the rubes. Any time a trailer assiduously avoids anyone speaking, a red flag goes up that tells me: foreign film. Not always true, sure, but go ahead and try to think of an exception. You talk about 1000 examples of great performances – and I agree – but there have to be dozens of examples of major-release accent-avoidance in trailers. Did we hear Harrison ford speaking Russian-like in the trailers for k19? Sean Connery in hunt for red October? Was there any dialogue at all in the American trailers for life is beautiful, Amelie, crouching tiger, diving bell, etc etc? Believe me I love hearing something like French spoken in a trailer; that confirms I’ve gone to an art house (to see something else) and they think I can handle it.
Don’t bother with British examples, although I’d argue the dialogue in even those is minimized. But Yankees can handle Brits. Anyone else sends us running to another theater.
What we have in the case of TGWTDT promotion is just the usual appealing to the lowest common american denominator, made cooler because of Trent Reznor. None of this means that the film won’t be awesome. Its just the usual But you were joking right?
Ryan – perhaps I should have used the word “promotions” instead of “trailers.” Are you being disingenuous? If so the humor value is low by your standards. I’m talking about the main 1:38 led Zeppelin-remix first-link-when-you-google-it trailer that this dumb iPad won’t let me link to, but it’s the one that I saw before “the help” – you know, me and the rest of the rubes. Any time a trailer assiduously avoids anyone speaking, a red flag goes up that tells me: foreign film. Not always true, sure, but go ahead and try to think of an exception. You talk about 1000 examples of great performances – and I agree – but there have to be dozens of examples of major-release accent-avoidance in trailers. Did we hear Harrison ford speaking Russian-like in the trailers for k19? Sean Connery in hunt for red October? Was there any dialogue at all in the American trailers for life is beautiful, Amelie, crouching tiger, diving bell, etc etc? Believe me I love hearing something like French spoken in a trailer; that confirms I’ve gone to an art house (to see something else) and they think I can handle it.
Don’t bother with British examples, although I’d argue the dialogue in even those is minimized. But Yankees can handle Brits. Anyone else sends us running to another theater.
What we have in the case of TGWTDT promotion is just the usual appealing to the lowest common american denominator, made cooler because of Trent Reznor. None of this means that the film won’t be awesome. Its just the usual But you were joking right?
It’s good. Abstract images with very unsettling sounds… anticipation multiplies.
It’s good. Abstract images with very unsettling sounds… anticipation multiplies.
I’m marveling at the innovative ways the trailers avoid showing us actors speaking (English) with foreign accents. What do they think we are, a bunch of rubes? Don’t answer that.
Unlikelyhood, I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
This isn’t a trailer. It’s a promotional tool that only hardcore pre-sold fans will see or appreciate.
Not really sure what’s the problem with actors speaking English with foreign accents. Isn’t it easy to think of 1000 examples when actors speak with accents to classic effect?
I’m marveling at the innovative ways the trailers avoid showing us actors speaking (English) with foreign accents. What do they think we are, a bunch of rubes? Don’t answer that.
Unlikelyhood, I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
This isn’t a trailer. It’s a promotional tool that only hardcore pre-sold fans will see or appreciate.
Not really sure what’s the problem with actors speaking English with foreign accents. Isn’t it easy to think of 1000 examples when actors speak with accents to classic effect?