A teeny film called New Moon opens tomorrow and stars a homely, unpopular, random dude named Robert Pattinson. Why Summit Entertainment, the same studio behind the Twilight adaptations, would choose today to release the trailer for Pattinson's 2010 romantic drama Remember Me is just beyond comprehension. Certainly there are no women out there who experience Pavlovian drool responses to his voice, his image or that crazy hair. Why would anyone think this trailer would get any attention right now?
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Hmm, I'm not feelin' it. First off, I can't even really tell what this is about. So then I read its plot description (which I'll put below in Invisotext because some might consider it spoilery) and subsequently felt like the trailer was trying to make the film out to be something it's not. However, there are lots of clips of RPattz looking pretty (even when he's all banged up, he's pretty… it's amazing!), so I guess that's all that matters in the end. And while I like Lost's Emilie de Ravin and LOVE Chris Cooper, what's scaring me off from this one is the fact that it was written by Jenny Lumet, who also penned one of my most-hated films of 2008, Rachel Getting Married.
Since I'm not a crazy Pattinson stalker (you know who you are), as of right now I'm putting Remember Me on the I Hope A Better Trailer Comes Out Or I'm Definitely Not Seeing This in the Theater list. Does anyone out there feel differently?
Oh, and if you want the possibly spoilery plot summary, click and roll to reveal the Invisotext: "Tyler (Pattinson) and Ally (de Ravin), find their relationship tested after Ally witnesses her mother's murder and Tyler reels from the suicide of his brother, which leads to his parents' (Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin) divorce." From the trailer, I thought this would be a "boy from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with a girl whose dad thinks he's garbage" type of story. I guess that might still be applicable, but I was really surprised to read about the murder and suicide subplots — weren't you?
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Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Kathy Bates!!
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 1:18 am
Trailer and plot summary do NOT equal. Even if a “better” trailer comes out, I think this is just going to go on the “Don’t Care” list. Along with “RPattz.”
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 7:49 am
I think this preview looks great! The trailer is definitely trying to make the movie look more like romance (which I would still see), but if there is more suspense thrown in there per the plot summary then that is even better! As long as it isn’t something so simple like the brother is the one who kills the mother then commits suicide because he feels guilty. That would be lame!