By now, most of us have already seen the awesome extended version of the Avengers movie Super Bowl XLVI ad. Actually, I just finished watching it for the 17th time and I have a few thoughts (other than HOLY CRAP IT’S ONLY THREE MONTHS AWAY). Three thoughts to be exact:
I don’t want to use the word “perfection” when describing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol but I’m going to do it anyway: It is perfection.
Brad Bird and his well-choreographed chaos. Tom Cruise and his insane stunts. Jeremy Renner and his “I’m just an analyst. No, I’m kidding. I’m actually an emotionally tortured secret agent who kicks ass. BOO-YAH!” shenanigans. Paula Patton and her sexy vengeance-based intensity. Léa Seydoux and her sexy assassin-y ways. Simon Pegg and his wacky field adventures. PERFECTION.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie that literally had me holding my breath. Best action movie of 2011, you guys. And on a final note, Paula Patton can light my fuse anytime.
I have The Glitch Mob remix of the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army on repeat all morning thanks to the first G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer. I can’t say I’m more excited to see it than I was with the first Joe movie because there’s no Baroness, but hey, it looks a bit less cartoony. It features The Rock, TV Wonder Woman That Never Was, Bruce frickin’ Willis and Fat Channing Tatum. So far, it looks like there’s no goofy comic relief guy. Just the way I like my goofy movies based on ’80s cartoons.
I’ve always been a sucker for cut scenes in video games, so Tekken: Blood Vengeance is pure eye candy for me. It pretty much has all characters looking like their video game selves and it’s such a treat to see them in a story that basically echoes the video game mythos. Unlike that Americanized live action bastard Tekken movie. I like it for the action but man, it just wasn’t Tekken-y enough. I mean, every time I see Live Action Heihachi, all I could think about is “Dude, that’s Live Action Shang Tsung.”
The trailer for The Avengers — the only movie coming out in 2012 as far as I’m concerned — has been unleashed and the Internet has exploded! Even if the trailer contains a lot of scenes we’ve already seen via official promo images or crappy unofficial photos, the fact that it’s the trailer for the biggest Marvel movie so far is enough to give people a multiple-hour fangasm. If you haven’t seen it yet, what’s wrong with you?
And now, here are the scenes from the trailer that caught my attention:
These army boys look like they’re shooting at either something that’s flying (a Skrull ship, maybe?) or something that’s really huge. Judging from the lasers in the latter part of the trailer, it’s probably a ship.
