Trailer Talk!

So my schedule is completely off at the moment because Real Life, but I'm trying to get back to being productive. Hopefully I'll get all the posts I have lined up out today. Lets start with trailers! After a shitty week I was greatly cheered up by new trailers to both The Hobbit and Into the Woods.

Into the Woods

I love musicals. I can't help it, I absolutely adore them. Moulin Rouge! is one of my favourite films ever, Pitch Perfect is my go-to film when I need cheering up and Mamma Mia never fails to make me smile. So it is no wonder that I'm excited for something like Into the Woods. The premise itself would already make an interesting fantasy film, but when you add the fantastic cast and songs.. Yeah, I'm sold. Especially since Anna Kendrick is involved, because she is my queen.

I think this is the first promo that properly shows Johnny Depp's Wolf, and I really like the design. It's silly but goes really well with the fairy tale theme of the film. If it had been more of a CGI creature, it would not have looked as good.

Of course Meryl Streep can do no wrong and she looks so awesome in this.

As far as I'm aware only Anna, Meryl and Johnny have a singing background, so it will be interesting to see how everyone else does with their singing. Based on the trailer I'd say it will be fine, though.

Best line: "I was raised to be charming, not sincere". This is amazing, I wish someone would have pointed that out to me when I was a little girl dreaming of Disney princes. But then that's the whole point the trailer makes. That you should enjoy being a child, being shielded from the world, before you realise what a cruel place the world can be and that there isn't always a happily ever after.

The Hobbit

This trailer made me cry. Therefore, I'm going to go ahead and say that the film will make me cry like a baby (I'm gonna have so much fun in the cinema....). Obviously I have read the book, so I know who dies and who lives, but that does not mean it won't have an emotional effect on me. Especially, since what Jackson has done to the characters and made them more recognisable, to give each of them a journey, which of course makes me connect to them more than the book did.

I love how the previous films have made me care about Thorin's journey, so that even the glimpses the trailer gives of his downfall make me feel sad. Though I'm not sure if that's because the characterisation of Thorin or because it is Richard Armitage and he's awesome. 

Elrond! And Saruman! Christopher Lee steals the whole trailer with just one line, that's how good he is. Also, I love that we get to see the White Council's raid on Dol Guldur, it's going to be awesome. And this is the moment that Saruman officially allied himself with Sauron, isn't it? Do we get to see that?

Is that Thorin having a sort of affectionate moment with Kili? I can't tell who it is, but it makes me sad. This film is going to kill me with tears, just like Return of the King, isn't it?

Thranduil strikes Tauriel, what's going on here? Why are they fighting like that? And for the record, I don't hate Tauriel like a lot of people seem to. I may not care about her a great deal, but I don't hate her. Though I do think this whole romance angle with Kili is pointless and ridiculous.

There isn't much else to say that I didn't already say about the teaser trailer. I'm just so excited for this. It is going to be a great adventure, even though it is sad that it is the last one.