'Year One' Gets a Proper Trailer
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I wasn't crazy about the Superbowl ad for Year One because it's tough to sell biblical comedy in 30 seconds to a Superbowl audience overdosing on hot wings and testosterone. But now Sony has released a proper full-length trailer for the film (watch below or over on Yahoo), and I dig it. But look, I'll be completely honest with you and say that I don't know how well biblical comedy will sell to today's one-fart-joke-per-minute audience. I personally find this stuff hilarious; I visited this set, I know the movie and I think it will totally entertain. But will the Superbad kids get this humor? And do they need to in order to enjoy the film?
Based on the trailer, it looks like the biblical jokes will be there for those who want them, but other than that it seems like a straight-up fish-out-of-water comedy with two guys who know what they're doing -- who know how to get the laughs. Plus director Harold Ramis stacked this puppy with tons of cameos, and so I feel there will be enough here for the old-schoolers and the new-schoolers. This should be an interesting film to watch; definitely the riskiest to come out of the Apatow camp. Year One hits on June 19.
But what do you think?










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3-19-2009 @ 7:09PM
Jeff said...
Yea, it doesn't look like it's anything special, but I'll give it a shot since it's an Apatow production.
But Apatow's Funny People definitely looks better than this.
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3-19-2009 @ 10:01PM
MCW said...
A little better than the last trailer, until the Esurance ad. I didn't know Judd Apatow also worked for them.
It's good to see some familiar faces I suppose... the Kane & Abel bit looks funny, don'tcha think?
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3-20-2009 @ 4:47AM
asusiekablooie said...
i'm a new schooler! i think it looks funny, like the striking a pose at the end, and the "this guy hates kids!" "no i don't!" haha
i don't know if i will get all the biblical jokes, but I did get the Cain and Abel stuff... like when Cain *kills* Abel in the teaser trailer! haha that was pretty good. and of course i know the tree of knowledge.. but only with adam and eve and all that. if jack black getting banished was related to that, i get it. but if he and cera play actual biblical characters.. then no i don't get it
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