"Matt Damon!" New Trailers for 'Invictus' and 'Green Zone'
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August gave us the voice of Matt Damon in Ponyo, September gave us the inner voice of Matt Damon in The Informant!, and now October has brought us a look at his next two performances.Clint Eastwood's Invictus is one of the last big likely contenders of the awards season, though it is as of yet unseen (unless those very few who have seen it are very good at being very quiet). Damon plays real-life rugby captain Francois Pienaar, whose team saw the support of Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) as a rallying point around which they might lift the spirits of South Africa in the wake of apartheid. It's political! It's underdog! It's opening in December! It's Oscar bait for certain, and Apple has the exclusive trailer.
Paul Greengrass' Green Zone, on the other hand, was shuffled out of the Oscar race once Universal decided to sort out its slate after a lackluster summer at the box office, and that may have been a wise move. Yahoo's trailer (which is also embedded below) comes across as more of a straight-up actioner than a ready-made contender, with Damon back in Bourne mode as a betrayed soldier on the hunt first for WMDs, and then for answers. Based on the best-seller Imperial Life in the Emerald City, it opens on March 12, 2010.
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10-27-2009 @ 10:51PM
Scott Nye said...
My guess is, and CHUD kinda confirmed, that the Green Zone trailer is just pumping up the action to get the Bourne crowd. While, obviously, the action will be a part of it, I think this will end up much closer to United 93 or Bloody Sunday than a Bourne movie. But, hey, you're putting out a movie in the Spring, you gotta make it look as mainstream as possible (see also: Adventureland).
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10-27-2009 @ 10:55PM
William Goss said...
McWeeny agrees, until he doesn't:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-motion-captured/posts/two-new-matt-damon-trailers-premiere-green-zone-and-invictus
10-28-2009 @ 7:54PM
chopper said...
I dont see appeal to his looks and talent like Clooney or DiCaprio. Liberal actors and haters of America ought to stop making films that they are CIA,FBI or American soldiers because they are laughable and not convincing. The only one Im sold who respects our soldiers would be Spielberg,Tom Hanks,Michael Bay,Gary Sinise and a few others. It may not be that great like Body of Lies( the good stuff all in the trailers) same way the Messiah Obama and Hollywood all talk,hype and promises but he does NOTHING.
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