Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 40/100
The new trailer for The Forest doesn’t really cover much new ground. It feels like the previous trailer with nothing captivating to bring added interest to seeing the movie. This is a classic “dump” month movie as The Forest drops January 8, 2016.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 65/100
For some reason, A Monster Calls reminds me of The Neverending Story. The teaser trailer gives just enough to be intrigued for more. Guess it did it’s job.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 55/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 65/100
The Boss looks funny in a “this isn’t very good and I’m a little embarrassed I’m laughing at it kind of way. Then again, that’s kind of the Melissa McCarthy genre of comedies, actually. Basically, McCarthy is a female Donald Trump type. It looks like there’s some running joke that Kristen Bell isn’t attractive or sexual through the trailer which is puzzling. Not sure about this one but by April 8, 2016, I’m sure the funny moments of the preview repeated ad nauseam will get me geared up to only be disappointed.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 55/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 70/100
If That Awkward Moment was made with women. The February 12, 2016 release date declares that How to Be Single is this year’s “Hey, I’m single and I want to go to the movies on Valentine’s Day” movie. Is that a thing? I think it’s a thing. Maybe it’s not but it should be a thing. Right?
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 5/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 1/100
SMH
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 50/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 50/100
Maybe I’m too jaded. Nothing about this trailer shocks me. It’s crude and raunchy yet predictable and everything you’d expect if you were casting Robert DeNiro and Zac Efron in this type of film. It looks a little bit funny but feels like if it were really that funny it would be on the release schedule in the Spring rather than January. It’s a no brainer for Dirty Grandpa to hit theaters near Spring Break yet it lands in the dump (month) for movies.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 70/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 85/100
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart in a buddy comedy feels like the perfect fit. It’s unsurprising Central Intelligence is getting a summer release considering the pairing. It’s hard to imagine a miss here.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 50/100
Moonwalkers has the three most damaging words attached to it: “Coming in January.” Outside of that, it looks like it could be a lot of fun. Rupert Grint hasn’t done much since Harry Potter which adds to the intrigue. Ron Perlman is also some interesting casting. We’ll see if Moonwalkers can dodge the January kiss of death.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 35/100
It appears as if Ice Cube and Kevin Hart are treating the cinema as an ATM in January. Ride Along 2 is a cash grab doubling down on the huge success of the original which pulled in $154 million at the domestic box office.
Anticipation (Before Trailer): 35/100
Anticipation (After Trailer): 45/100
Does anybody else believe if this movie were any good, we’d be seeing it before the ball drops? Another “incredibly true” story featuring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck and movie poison Eric Bana.
The Finest Hours has a very The Perfect Storm feel but 40 years prior and replace fishermen with the Coast Guard. However, the film is slated for January 29, 2016 and, as mentioned before, the January release is a kiss of death.