For your previewing pleasure today, I present to you 2 trailers: One for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. So…hold on to your butts.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
This is the second trailer for J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Wars film. Anybody who knows me will tell you that I’m a gigantic, big huge fan of George Lucas’s movies. Even the prequel movies have a special place in my heart, despite their problems. For years, I had been hoping that George Lucas would change his mind on making the sequel trilogy. Why? There’s a whole lot to tell after the events of Return of the Jedi. Since Lucas sold his company and his film rights to Disney Studios, we will be getting that Sequel Trilogy, starting with The Force Awakens. When the first teaser hit the Internet, I felt like a kid again. This second teaser gives me that feeling again, and I’m excited for this one. Let’s take a look at it. The opening of the trailer features the familiar LucasFilm logo and then it cuts to a desert where the scrolls and reveals an X-Wing and an Imperial Star Destroyer buried in the desert. Then we get to see the remains of Darth Vader’s helmet. Why that’s in there, I have no idea. I can’t wait to find out. We get a closer look at some of the characters including the film’s apparent villain, Kylo Ren. The trailer features some of the action that we will see including the Millenium Falcon flying through the remains of a Star Destroyer being chased by a Tie-Fighter. The music that is used really sells the mood and gets you pumped. I’m not sure who says it, but a character is reciting some of the words the Luke said to Leia during the Battle of Endor. But the biggest reveal of the trailer is at the end, when we see Han Solo and Chewbacca for the first time since Return of the Jedi, and Han says, “Chewie, we’re home.” Yes. Yes we are. Starring, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, Max Von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o, and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Star Wars: The Force Awakens jumps into hyperspace December 18.
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice
On one hand, I’m excited for this movie. I loved the hell out Man of Steel. I thought it was a proper way to reboot the franchise, and give it a little bit more grit. The idea of Superman going up against Batman is not new. In fact, the movie apparently borrows from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Batman’s suit looks absolutely fantastic. Ben Affleck himself looks to be in pretty great shape for the role and it looks like he’s going to do a pretty good job. I really hope so. Henry Cavill obviously is returning as Kal-El. He was fantastic, so I expect to see more of the same from him. On the other hand, I’m very worried about this movie. I feel that we should have gotten another Superman-only film before we got to this story-line. They’re also giving cameos to most of the major DC superheroes in this movie: Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman. I don’t know how long they’re going to be in it, but I don’t see the point. This film is going to be leading up to a full-blown Justice League film, so I do understand that they want to introduce the main protagonists, but they’re trying to pack in a lot of stuff for a 2 and a half hour movie. Stuff’s going to be left out or half-baked. Certain ideas just aren’t going to cut it. We’ve seen what happens to comic book movies when they try to put in too many characters and sub-plots. Those movies are generally problematic, especially if said characters don’t get an introductory movie the way Marvel did. The Avengers succeeded because they didn’t need to go into the backstory of each character. The character-specific movies did that. Batman V. Superman isn’t getting released until next year, and from what I’ve seen of next year’s movie slate, Batman V. Superman is going up against some major competition. Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Captain America: Civil War are slated to be released next year. Zack Snyder’s movie may end up getting lost in the shuffle, because the amount of HUGE movies coming out in 2016. I’m pretty sure it will be a successful movie financially, but I don’t think it’s going to be on the same level as Man of Steel. Starring Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Batman V. Superman flies into theaters March 25, 2016. I’ve got my fingers crossed for this one. Please don’t fail. Please don’t fail. Please don’t fail.
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice official website.
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens Official Website.