Real Elizabethtown trailer online
Filed under: Drama, Romance, New Releases, Trailer Trash
We told you a few days ago about the music-montage sort-of trailer "internet first look" for Elizabethtown. I liked that a lot better than this, the trailer proper, which popped up sometime today. Cameron Crowe has a sense for the marriage of music and image that's really undeniable, and, better yet, he knows exactly when and where to cut any given shot to enhance this. The "first look" was a great example of exactly how good he is when it comes to montage - it felt perfectly representative of what a Cameron Crowe film should be. I do believe there's a good film behind the lackluster trailer, but it's so covered up in Oscar-bait schmaltz that it's hard to find. I say they should lose the Tom Petty, and allow more of the imagery to speak for itself. What do you think?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-28-2005 @ 11:40PM
TDavid said...
I agree with your commentary. I couldn't even watch the whole trailer. Sometihng about humor in the cemetary falls flat, maybe. I like Kirsten Dunst though so maybe there is hope for this one beyond this too long trailer.
As for Tom Petty? The music in the trailer sounded like Elton John to me. Where's the Petty?
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6-29-2005 @ 10:24PM
Dair said...
(TDavid - You have seen the 'internet first look' trailer which is set to Elton John's My Father's Gun. Karina Longworth is describing the theatrical trailer which has Tom Petty's Learning To Fly)
I really enjoyed the internet first look trailer, but I like the theatrical trailer even more. The theatrical trailer does what it should, it introduces the viewer to the characters and plot of the movie. There was almost no dialog in the internet first look trailer, there is no way that it could have been used as a theatrical trailer.
The theatrical trailer shows the talent in the writing and acting in Elizabethtown and will draw people in, whereas the internet trailer was too obscure for people who knew nothing about the movie.
Elizabethtown is a great film, and the trailer showcases that.
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6-30-2005 @ 9:28AM
Lianna said...
I disagree with your viewpoint on the theatrical trailer. Trailers are for the masses -- most of whom have never heard of this movie and don't know who Cameron Crowe is. These people need to get a basic idea of what the movie is about -- and hopefully, decide that they want to see it. I think the trailer accomplished that goal (though perhaps at the cost of making the movie seem more like a conventional romantic comedy than it really is). The purpose of a trailer is to get butts in the seats. Artistic merit is secondary.
The trailer also addressed another issue that I have found to be surprisingly important to many people whom I have talked to about Elizabethtown, namely, "Can Orlando do the accent?" I mean, let's face it, if Orlando could not do the accent, the two hours spent in the cinema watching this movie would seem like two years. But the trailer proves that he can do it (which the longer Internet music video did not). This has relieved many people's concerns, including mine.
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