They sure don’t make ‘em like this anymore.
In a perfect world (since a perfect world would be centered around movie trailers, obviously) I would be a proponent of a classic approach to this one, maybe of his opening monologue and then the flashy montage pictured above. Ah well. I do like this trailer though. It seems to have a transparent deranged intention to mix ultra-violence with flamboyant strobing and haphazard adjectives in an attempt to simply blow the audience’s fuses until after they purchase their clockwork orange tickets. Imagine being suddenly bombarded with this on a big screen. It gives the Ludovico technique a run for its money.
ps I’d like to know how many people were enticed to go see this movie because A. the trailer says it’s “metaphorical” B. because Beethoven is pretty much implied to be an adjective or C. because the trailer probably shows the devil kicking Paul McCartney in fast motion if you play it backwards.
Just as Scream is..kind of a great movie, this is an equally kind of great trailer. That corny old trailer voice manages to serve a proactive purpose, there’s a good clip to go with every sentence said. It passes the movie off to be an ultra ironic, self-aware horror flick.
There’s an abundance of shock-worthy 90’s haircuts (middle parts for everyone!) and a good few seconds of pure boobs. All it’s really missing is a quintessential 90s alt-rock single. There’s no place for Chumbawumba like the end of a Scream trailer, amiright? All I’m asking for is a 15 second montage literally interpreting “I get knocked down, but I get up again”…ah well, another one to trust to the Tribute Video community.
