The Lego Movie
Long ago I had my doubts about the idea of making a Lego movie but that all changed when I read one interview of the directors a couple years ago. From the article I learned that the directing team was a couple of major goofballs and they were going to use computer animation made to look like stop motion. Being the directing team behind two other feature film adaptations of assorted childhood favorites (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street) they won me over with a joking remark about building their careers by destroying childhood memories. I haven't doubted the success of this movie ever since.
The Monuments Men
From director George Clooney comes an action/drama/comedy (or is it an action/comedy/drama?) based on a true story! During World War II a special military force is tasked with rescuing and preserving priceless pieces of art in war-torn Europe. If an action/drama/comedy sounds a little tonally crowded to you you're not alone. Even the trailer makes you wonder which it is. Obviously George Clooney made his career as an actor, but he may be a good director yet. Who knows? Not me.
Vampire Academy
So . . . uh . . . Harry Potter meets Twilight meets Fifty Shades of Grey?
In yet another attempt to bring a young adult novel to the big screen (since 2008 they've been trying to bring EVERY SINGLE ONE to the screen) we have Vampire Academy. From what I gather in the trailer they are vampires, I think they're in High School, and the main characters are two girls. But the bit that threw me off is the quick romance shots in the trailer. Who is the target audience here? I have no idea.
They're hoping to get a franchise started, but unless this movie cost them less than ten million dollars to make, they don't stand a chance.
The producers who greenlit this movie are the type of producers who think that people will want to see anything with vampires in it because Twilight (the book series) was a success. Producers can be unbelievably short-sighted, but that's a very long and different story.
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