The worst kept secret has now been released to the public as a teaser and it is interesting (for me anyway), to know how people will take this teaser trailer hinting at an upcoming film. In this instance, we all know a new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is coming out, but we have not much of any idea as to what it is about other than the side-by-side of chairs detailing who will be in this movie and guess what, Chris Evans' name was not there. There might be speculation as to Marvel are desperate so they have aldo brough back Steve Rogers or for the fact that they may actually have a great storyline that will bring in Steve, but the long and short of it, is...Marvel cannot wet the bed with this one.
The trailer starts off with a man riding a motobike down the highway and he gets off the bike once he pulls up to the house, takes off the helmet, walks into the house and holds a baby. At this point we get the "Steve Rogers will return in Avengers: Doomsday and we get a countdown. As for a teaser trailer, this IS pretty baller by showing us a character we all know and love, but does not give us anything more. This is the definition of teaser and it looks good. I cannot wait for the rest of them then the full trailer.
When I was younger, it was Steven Spielberg. Growing up, it may have been Michael Bay. But for the last decade and a half, it had been Christopher Nolan. This guy does not miss. An Intellectual and visionary director where (bar two, maybe three of his movies, I have not seen) he will get you to watch a movie and think about it due to the storyline, the mechanics of the movie and the sheer concept. Dunkirk, the storyline. Tenet, the mechanics. Inception, the concept (although Tenet falls into that also). I remember one of the last things my cousins said to me regarding Christopher Nolan was, "This guy loves play with time!" and it is true. The way he tells a story does not always seem to be linear in a tradtional way. Even with Oppenhiemer, the story was told from points of view going backwards and forwards in time with current day to the past and he won an Oscar for it. The great Odyssey, a story known to many (and in this instance, not me as I probably read or learnt of this story in school), this will be a film that could earn him more bums in seats after that oscar, and maybe another. I mean the trailer looks superb.
The trailer starts off with, what looks like a graveyard to fallen soldiers who have died in battle, and then the coolest armour design ever of some poor guys spine attached to the helmet of some superior commanding officer or just one bad ass bloke with a velvet cloak. I mean the other guy kneels down and kisses the ring doesnt he? Well it looks as such. The narration over this part of the trailer explains "aftrr years of war, no one coulf stand between my men and home, not even me" as he walks theoigh the forest. And there is a shot of Tom Holland and Anne Hathaway. There are shots of a ship that looks incredible in the natural light and one with the sunlight behind it. A shot with what looks like 100 men erecting some sort of statue or pillar (actually it looks like a horse) and the moment that got me to rewind a couple of times (and I am not 100% sure as im going off of memory alone), but what could be the Trojan Horse, there is a bunch of men gathered in what looks like a small confined area, and a sword comes piercing through slicing a man's shoulder/back whilst other men cover his mouth to stop him from screaming in pain is a moment we know will be very tension filled. Then a shot of men going into a cave and some creature coming out of the shadows and you can see in the light, its silhouette which looks huge in size, men running towards ships, men in the mist or early morning where something comes out of the ground and is defintely massive in size, a storm at sea with men rowing in treacherous conditions with water filling the ships and it ends with "Promise me you'll come back" "What if I can't?". This is a teaser trailer to let us know, this film is coming. Not what it is about or who is in it, but for tone and awareness. Chef's kiss! T
So, recently I watched Stranger Things from season 1 to season 4 just to see if it holds up and pretty much maintain the hype the first season started with, and if it continued to season 4 otherwise known simply as 4. And during my review, I explained if it did or did not, highlights and elements that made the show what it is and parts that did not work. Having watched the first volume of season 5, I had no idea what to expect and those first few episodes were absolutely great. There were twists and turns, the entire gang are working together and volume 2 ends in such a way, although I suspected what happened was going to happen (with a particular character), the other twist for me was unpredictable and it lends to a whole new level of storytelling with these Dungeon and Dragon kids. This trailer, wow!
The trailer starts with shots of what happens at the end of volume 1 with fire and dead bodies everywhere. Will is being comforted by his mother, Mike is looking up into the air and Max is on a mission. Nancy, Steve, Jonathan and Dustin all approach the reseach lab and Dustin and Steve look up to see what looks like a gate of some sort. After the Netflix logo, Eleven is seen putting on headphones, likely to block out any sound whilst she attempts to use her powers, and she tells her sister that they need to kill him whilst "Upside Down" by Diana Ross starts playing. After seeing shots of Vecna, we have Murray speeding in the van with Linda Hamilton shooting her gun with a couple of soldiers and Nancy popping up from the top of the van shooting, possiblyat them. After the "I thought this was suppose to be the easy part" comment, we have new girl from the last season seeing the Demi-Gorgon or Demi-Dog, Max running through the woods, Mike saying he doesnt know what is on the other side of any of this whilst talking to Eleven, Will and Dustin hugging in a welcoming embrace, Lucas holding Max and hiding from the Demi-Gorgon or Demi-dog to later seeing that Demi-Gorgon or Demi-Dog running through the hospital, but the Vecna changing his look in his home is terrifying. Steve saying to Dustin, "If you die, I die" and Dustin replying back "If you die, I die" is soo heart warming as Steve comes across as Dustin's loving older brother and a few other quick shots of Eleven and Hopper before the trailer ends. This looks like it is gearing up to be a crazy, but great second volume leading to a truely amazing series finale as it does look like they are tieing up all the loose threads and I there are going to be tears, definitely.
