DESPERATE TENTACLES
Went and saw a movie last night (The Matador). Was pretty good, but the main point of this entry is this:
One of the previews they showed beforehand was for Mission Impossible 3. The previews opened with a couple of quiet scenes, showing scenery, etc etc. Then it moves to Philip Seymore Hoffman talking, with a zoomed in angle in his face. He's talking about killing families, lovers, etc. At this point, we are about 15 seconds into the preview, and no one in the theater realized it was for Mission Impossible, as Hoffman usually tends to be in decent films as a decent character. As he talked, the intensity of his voice rose, and music to the preview rose. You could tell some climax for the preview was about to hit. The crowd was on the edge of their seats. Then, it showed a close up of Tom Cruises face. All intense. And at that very moment, the crowd of about 100 people let out this collective moan. "UUUgggggggggghhhhhhhhh (Ohhhhhhhhh), guuuhhhhhh...."
That reaction alone was worth the price of admission to the movie.
One of the previews they showed beforehand was for Mission Impossible 3. The previews opened with a couple of quiet scenes, showing scenery, etc etc. Then it moves to Philip Seymore Hoffman talking, with a zoomed in angle in his face. He's talking about killing families, lovers, etc. At this point, we are about 15 seconds into the preview, and no one in the theater realized it was for Mission Impossible, as Hoffman usually tends to be in decent films as a decent character. As he talked, the intensity of his voice rose, and music to the preview rose. You could tell some climax for the preview was about to hit. The crowd was on the edge of their seats. Then, it showed a close up of Tom Cruises face. All intense. And at that very moment, the crowd of about 100 people let out this collective moan. "UUUgggggggggghhhhhhhhh (Ohhhhhhhhh), guuuhhhhhh...."
That reaction alone was worth the price of admission to the movie.
posted by — JOHN — at 9:23 PM
2 Comments:
That's the exact same thing that happened when I went to see something and the preview for The Last Samurai came on. It was awesome. Tom Cruise sucks.
I personally like Tom Cruise (but, hey, that's the world for you) but the whole reason I'm going to see that movie is for the explosion on the bridge where Tom gets slammed into the car really hard! (He did most of his own stunts in MI3 that one included) and it looked pretty painful. On a side note, have you seen the previews for Ultra Violet? I like Mila and hope its at least a decent action flick. ^_^ Sorry for ranting!
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