It's a light week for trailers but we do have some major ones to watch out for. We have a trailer for an unnecessary live-action adaptation and another trailer for an unnecessary remake (we'll leave it to you to suss out which is which). Without further ado, let the snark begin.
Man, I've a screed about how Disney needs to chill with the live-action remakes of its own animation movies but that's a separate post altogether. It has been 10 years since the animated Moana was released and when I've heard that the House of Mouse was gonna do a live-action remake of it, I was like, eh?
But now there's a trailer that will prove the naysayers wrong- haha, no. I kid. The trailer just proved all our worse fears.
For one, is it me or does it feel like the entire movie is filmed against a green screen? Which is weird because isn't this a live-action movie. Was it expensive to get a permit to shoot at a beach or what? Also, Dwayne Johnson is great as the voice of Maui but seeing him physically embody the character is throwing me off.
Sometimes the best part of watching these trailers are the comments. Comments like "Surprised I don't see the Sora AI watermark anywhere" or "Maui looks bald even with the wig" and my personal favourite, "Loved it when Moana said "it's [Moanin'] time" and The Rock started selling his leftover Black Adam merch."
From the still image, it looks like a gothic horror film but it's just a black comedy starring Richard E Grant and Claire Foy. Delightful.
Okay, so I'm acutely aware of JK Rowling's transphobia and the Internet's furore over the remake of the Harry Potter movies. Is Rowling a terrible person for her archaic take? Sure. But, by God, the trailer looks good. It's an updated Harry Potter and, hopefully, that reflects that in its views of transpeople.
The premise has a father tearing his way through waves of fighters just to look for his daughter. That sounds like the plot for Taken. But this one has fight scenes that are so brutal that your teeth hurt by watching the hurt take place. I mean, I've never see a hammer used with such aplomb since the corridor scene in Old Boy.
Also, when Yayan Ruhian is involved in this film, you can bet dollars to donuts that I'll be watching this.
