Yeah, makes me wonder how much the rah-rah America stuff will affect the possibility of a release in China. I hope it doesn't; it needs all the box office boost that it can get.Time wrote: ↑May 4th, 2023, 8:13 pmI think we need the full trailer. The from Christopher Nolan could be at the beginning before this video starts.Oku wrote: ↑May 4th, 2023, 8:07 pmSome observations.
1. The repeated use of the word 'Nazis' at the start is such a stark contrast to Dunkirk's intentional avoidance of the term.
2. They are really playing up the feel-good, rah-rah "America-F-yeah!" angle at the end there. And it's easy to see why: they are going for that American Sniper, Top Gun: Maverick money. It could be marketing genius, or it could backfire massively given the depressing frame story of the hearings that came after.
3. This isn't 100% given that it cuts off before the end, but the complete absence of Mr. Nolan's name is surprising. Is this the first actual, full-length trailer without a "FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN"?
4. "World War 2 would be over." That sounded way too on-the-nose, and gave me flashbacks to the much-derided Pearl Harbor line, "Did World War 2 just start?!". I feel like "The war would be over." would have been better, but who knows if it's played-up just for the trailer.
5. Some questionable editing like that slideshow at the end, which feels really hamfisted, like Universal going, "We got RDJ in here!! We got RDJ in here!"
Also, the America F Yeah stuff feels like it's about to have cold water poured on it with the end of the trailer but it gets cut off. The ending feels ominous but we don't have the full context of it yet.
Just watched it again and two more observations:
6. The way Mr. Einstein is introduced, how you can only see a man in a coat from behind until the wind blows his hat off and reveals his white hair, makes me think that it was intended to be a "Whoa, that's Einstein!" moment. Too bad it's been "spoiled"; it would have been amazing to see that for the first time in the theater. It's still a great introduction. anyway: subtly reverent and yet whimsical, which is fitting for a giant like Mr. Einstein.
7. Mr. Branagh doing pretty much the same whisper foreign accent from TENET