New ‘Monster Trucks’ Trailer Is Desperate To Win Over ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
This weekend bringsFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themto theaters, which means millions ofHarry Potterfans will be flocking to theaters to see if this new five film franchise will be worth their time. That also makes the release of the movie a prime opportunity for other studios to promote the movies they have coming up to a huge audience, and one of those appears to be Paramount Pictures looking to reducetheir projected money lossfrom next year’sMonster Trucks.
Hoping to pick up some new excited viewers, a newMonster Truckstrailer has just arrived, and it is positively desperate to win overHarry Potterfans, even going so far as to use an orchestral arrangement that sounds like a rip-off of John Williams' signature score. Find out what I mean after the jump.
Here’s the newMonster Truckstrailer from Paramount Pictures:
If this was the first trailer we saw forMonster Trucks(I’m not sure why it wasn’t), then I may not have written off the movie already. The tone starts off feeling like a Steven Spielberg movie, despite the obvious attempt to win over Harry Potter fans, and it creates a sense of mystery and wonder. But then we get right back into thesilliness of the first trailer.
I don’t like to write movies off completely until I’ve seen them, but I just can’t see what the appeal of this movie is. I’ve heard kids even express a lack of disinterest in this at the movie theater. We’ve just already seen much so ridiculousness from this movie that it’s clear why it’s been delayed for awhile and ended up getting dumped in the graveyard of a release month that is January.
But hey, maybe there’s hope that this could turn into one of those movies that is just so positively ludicrous that it ends up being fun. Maybe cast membersLucas Till, Jane Levy, Holt McCallany, Barry Pepper, Tucker Albrizzi, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Frank WhaleyandThomas Lennonmake it tolerable. I would love to be proven wrong byIce Age, RobotsandEpicdirector Chris Wedge with his first live-action feature, but that track record doesn’t give me much hope.
Melding cutting edge visual effects and state-of-the-art CGI, Monster Trucks is an action filled adventure for the whole family that will keep you on the edge of your seat and ultimately touch your heart.
