In the IAU #7 we get our big blockbuster comic movies on with green monsters and suits.
YOU HAVE TO BE
WORRIED OR EXCITED
Trailer #1: Guardians of the Galaxy
Directed by James Gunn starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel
Synopsis: A team of criminals and bounty hunters join together to try and save the galaxy from the evilness that is Ronin. Fast passed and just fun for everyone. Marvel mania starts things over again as a lead up to the last two Avenger Infinity movies.
Nathan EXCITED about Chris Pratt displaying 'Hansense' like the sense of Han Solo.
Daniel is EXCITED enough to call out that they were both excited.
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Intern +2
Winner: 1 point for both Nathan and Daniel.
Trailer #2: The Fault In Our Stars
Directed by Josh Boone starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort
Synopsis: A girl who is dying of cancer meets a boy and this movie gets real sad real fast. Bring some tissues and a shoulder to weep on. John Green writes great and this movie has a real story that will make you want to live your life when you are done watching it.
Nathan excited because he likes movies that teach us to appreciate life by facing death
Danielworried just indie music and relationship stuff that Daniel wants no part of.
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Intern +2
Winner: Nathan said this book was a big deal and he was right even though his later opinion says otherwise.
Trailer #3: Deliver Us From Evil
Directed by Scott Derrickson starring Eric Bana and Olivia Munn
Synopsis: A string of crimes leads to a military man who has been possessed by a demon. The cop and priest involved end up having to exorcise the demon. This movie was a mix of Se7en and all exorcism movies but was missing something, something to retain my interest. Deliver Us From Evil did not deliver.
Nathan spent the whole time arguing that this might be something special and didn't choose either.
Daniel is worried due to two people with zero personality and bad directing/producing. It looks live an excuse to have monsters.
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Intern +1
Winner: Daniel is for making a decision.
Trailer #4 The Art Of The Steal
Directed by Jonathan Sobol starring Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel and Kathryn Winnick
Synopsis: There are some things that get stolen. There are some characters that are fun to watch. There is a movie that is kind of like a diamond in the ruff. Heist, comedy, good.
Nathan was worried and then the cousins argued about being decisive and making a decision on being worried or excited.
Daniel was a little bit worried too.
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Intern +2
Winner: The boys are losers on this one no points no movement on the bar graph.
Trailer #5: Kingsman The Secret Service
Directed by Matthew Vaughn starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton
Synopsis: James Bond + Kick Ass + Training = Kingsman the Secret Service. Colin Firth is exceptional.
Nathan was very excited based on a comic book and directed by the guy who did Stardust and KickAss.
Daniel was worried uh oh is this just an adult Cody Banks
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Intern +2
Winner: Nathan
WINNER OF TRAILER PARK PODCAST #7: Nathan 3-2
And Nathan continues to dominate leading 20 to 16 in the Worried and Excited prediction game. Thanks for tuning in for another episode of the IAU. I'll see you next week where someone will take a major step forward.
In The IAU we cover some jersey boys getting some sort of signal and Hercules makes an appearance as well.
YOU HAVE TO BE
WORRIED OR EXCITED
Trailer #1: Hercules
Directed by Brett Ratner starring Dwayne Johnson and Ian McShane
Synopsis: This is the story of Hercules leading up to the legend. It if full of little lies and big lies until Hercules does what he can to become the legend everyone thinks he his. Dwayne Johnson appears cartoonish in this and the movie just is not well done. Bring some drinks and some friends and you could shhh this movie the whole time.
Nathan excited about the imagery
Daniel excited because this should have happened with the last hercules movie.
Rotten Tomatoes 60% IMDb 6.1 Intern -1
Winner: Both boys lose out on this one it is not really worth watching.
Trailer #2: The Rover
Directed by David Michod starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson
Synopsis: Is a post apocalyptic movie about an Australian man attempting to get his stolen car back. This movie has Robert Pattinson playing his best role to day a dim witted young man. Throughout the movie the two characters build a relationship that is full of tension but that doesn't change the fact that it is a movie about a guy trying to get his car back.
Nathan got excited and let his appeal for Guy Pearce sway him.
Daniel also got excited but though the trailer didn't do the movie justice.
Rotten Tomatoes 66% IMDb 6.4 Intern 0
Winner: It's a double team loser on this one as well.
Trailer #3: As Above So Below
Directed by John Drick Dowdle starring Perdita weeks and Ben Feldman
Synopsis: A student of history is looking for a stone. Her research leads her to the catacombs in Paris. She ends up finding the philosophers stone and works her way through hell itself to the freedom of Paris in the end. This is a much higher quality type filming like The Blair Witch Project. This movie was just okay.
Nathan is worried about the Paris reference to the catacombs that might not have anything to do with the movie
Daniel leans worried seems like it will be like The Descent.
Rotten Tomatoes 26% IMDb 6.1 Intern +1
Winner: Just 3 losers in a row no points so far this could just be bad judgement all the way to the end.
Trailer #4: Jersey Boys
Directed by Clint Eastwood starring John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza
Synopsis: They sing and break the 4th wall talking to the camera. It is a story of success, betrayal and success again of the band The Four Season with Frankie Valli. Based off of a book by David Cote as well as a play. This movie feels like watching a play and the breaking of the 4th wall was a turn off for me.
Nathan got worried due to Clint Eastwood not being a sure thing with all of his movies of late.
Daniel is worried about the 4th wall breaking throughout the trailer.
Rotten Tomatoes 52% IMDb 6.9 Intern 0
Winner: They finally both win and get a point for the scale later on.
Trailer #5: The Signal
Directed by William Eubank starring Brenton Thwaites and Olivia Cooke
Synopsis: The Signal is about a few students who wake up in a solitary hospital type place and start having to answer real questions like are you from earth? It just builds and gets better from there as they run away and try to find out what happened to them before waking up in confinement. The imagination behind this movie is great it is done as well as District 9 with the reminisces of the Matrix.
Nathan is excited in a big way.
Daniel also got excited for this one the trailer was great.
Rotten Tomatoes IMDb 6.1 Intern +2
Winner: Chicken dinner they both are winners again.
WINNER FOR TRAILER PARK PODCAST #6: Daniel! and Nathan!
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
The Leader continues to be Nathan in this marathon. We'll see you next week for the IAU where we will find out about multiple comic book movies.
The I.A.U This week Disney tries to make magic with an evil fairy and someone goes ape over how unappealing the lineup appeared to be by putting down a person golden deuce.
YOU HAVE TO BE
WORRIED OR EXCITED
Trailer #1: Maleficent
Directed by Robert Stromberg starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning
Synopsis: Who knew that Maleficent was a fairy with wings and all. Loads of CGI and the story of Maleficent before she was bad... Kinda. Maleficent is on the hunt to get her stolen wings back for this story. There is an audience for this one it just wasn't me, however it was done well with good intentions and is apparently good enough for a trilogy.
Nathan worried Daniel worried
Rotten Tomatoes 49% IMDb7.0 Intern +1
Winner: Tie They both get a point for Maleficent it wasn't very good but there is an audience for this.
Trailer #2: Night Moves
Directed by Kelly Reichardt starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard
Synopsis: It's about environmentalists blowing up a dam and the repercussions of unplanned outcomes. It should be about relationships or just a really good story but no connections are made with characters. When the climactic scene is one person killing another you need to have an attachment to one of them and with no attachments this really didn't work out. I can't wait for Night Moves to move on from my memory.
Nathan worried Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 86% IMDb 6.0 Intern 0
Winner: Nathan Night Moves just moved in the wrong direction.
Trailer #3: Jessabelle
Directed by Kevin Greutert starring Sarah Snook and Mark Webber
Synopsis: Jessabelle is a movie about a spirit in the house that scares her through out the movie. There is one twist after another leading to a climactic fizzle. This movie doesn't deliver any scary moments and is not recommendable. This movie as Daniel hoped it wouldn't do sacramented it self.
Nathan worried Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 23% IMDb 5.4 Intern 0
Winner: Nathan it is always a good guess to be worried about the horror movies.
Trailer #4: Transformers Age of Extinction
Directed by Michael Bay starring Mark Wahlberg and Nicola Peltz
Synopsis: Transformers + Auto Bots/Dino Bots vs human made Decepticons = another ongoing destruction of Transformers. This movie was the Winner of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director in 2015. Congrats Michael Bay you lost again but people still pay to watch your garbage movies so maybe you are a winner after all.
Nathan worried Daniel worried
Rotten Tomatoes 18% IMDb 5.8 Intern 0
Winner: They win, they win, and anyone who watched this lost because it might actually be the worst thing I have ever watched.
Trailer #5: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Directed by Matt Reeves starring Gary Oldman, Keri Russell and Andy Serkis
Synopsis: Caesar rules apes. Koba starts Coup d'état. Koba tries to kill Caesar. Koba blames humans. Koba starts war with humans. Caesar lives and fights Koba for leadership. War is still to come.
Nathan worried Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 90% IMDb 7.7 Intern +2
Winner: Daniel
Winner of Trailer Park Podcast #5: Nathan
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
The leader so far is Nathan at 15 and Daniel is clawing his way back at 12 correct responses. We are back into a tight race, tune in next week to see if we can get a tie or possibly a new leader.
In the recap of Trailer Park Podcast #4 we dive deep into Godzilla vs Mothrapterodactylbattythingy.
Trailer #1: Godzilla
Directed by Gareth Edwards starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ken Watanabe
Synopsis: It's about monsters. Poorly made and executed ones. Please just go watch any non-american made Godzilla and your time will be better spent.
Nathan excited
Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 74% IMDb 6.5 Intern 0
Winner: Losers are both Nathan and Daniel. They appeared to be missing the voice of reason, the voice of the Intern to convince them this would be bad even though the trailer was great.
Trailer #2: The Immigrant
Directed by James Grey starring Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix
Synopsis: An Immigrant gets forces into prostitution by the man that brought her into the country to try and get money to pay for her sister to be released from isolation/deportation.
Nathan excited
Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 88% IMDb 6.6 Intern +1
Winner: The boys draw on this one the movie got boring by the end, I'll still give them both a win.
Trailer #3: The Purge: Anarchy
Directed by James DeMonaco starring Frank Grillo and Carmen Ejogo
Synopsis: Murder is okay for 12 hours only so lets all go kill some people for that amount of time. It is more Action than Horror.
Nathan worried
Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 56% IMDb 6.5 Intern +1
Winner: Daniel because it was an okay action movie. It still didn't deliver on the auction scenes.
Trailer #4: Chef
Directed by Jon Favreau, starring Jon Favreau and John Leguizamo
Synopsis: It's about food, twitter and a father son relationship, bring food as you'll be wanting to eat through out the whole movie. Jon Favreau appears to have pulled some buddy stings to get a few big name actors to make some appearances.
Nathan excited
Daniel excited
Rotten Tomatoes 86% IMDb 7.3 Intern +2
Winner: Dathan and Nathaniel both win this one and victory tastes sweet.
Trailer #5: Tracks
Directed by John Curran starring Mia Wasikowska and Lily Pearl
Synopsis: Gets lost in the desert and will get lost from my memory as well. It is hard to like or feel empathy for a character that doesn't like other humans. There are some beautiful shots in this movie but it is just not captivating.
Nathan excited
Daniel worried
Rotten Tomatoes 81% IMDb 7.2 Intern +1
Winner: Daniel. This movie was a great story but failed to keep my attention more art than movie but my mind kept going off on another track.
WINNER OF TRAILER PARK PODCAST #4: DANIEL
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
This week on our Trailer Park Podcast Recap we will see just how amazing the picks are between the Carver Cousins. It could be shocking and a little sloppy on this one. Reviews, scales and entertainment will ensue.
Trailer #1: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Directed by Marc Webb starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone
Synopsis: Spidey vs Electro heat it up and tragedy ensues. Nathan defends Spidey in TPP4 with its over the top nonsense and IMAX makes everything better. If Sony could just stop adding out of place music to their movies they would be twice as good.
Nathan is IMAX excited
Daniel is worried like it will be like all other superhero movies.
Rotten Tomatoes 91% IMDb 8.1 Intern +2
Winner: Nathan. Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a lot of fun and done well.
Trailer #2: Cold in July
Directed by Jim Mickle starring Michael C. Hall and Sam Shepard
Synopsis: It is like a trailer trash movie turned revenge hitman movie. Best Line 'It's howdy duty time' 70's music really takes over in a bad way.
Nathan is worried
Daniel excited with the 70/80's music in the trailer
Rotten Tomatoes 86% IMDb 6.8 Intern -1
Winner: Nathan. It was a cold review.
Trailer #3: The Sacrament
Directed by Ti West starring Joe Swanberg and AJ Bowen
Synopsis: Cool Aid killers with guns and stuff. Daniel is correct in his analysis of Ti West with the slow burn. However this movie ends up being a slow fizzle. Just go watch a Vice episode and you will have a much better time.
Nathan got excited about Vice being involved and watching an actual Vice episode about cult leaders and things.
Daniel was excited to give this movie a chance but still had some reservations which turn out to be true.
Rotten Tomatoes 62% IMDb 6.1 Intern 0
Winner: Nobody wins in the sacrament because it just wasn't good.
Trailer #4: Boyhood
Directed by Richard Linklater starring Ellar Coltrane and Patricia Arquette
Synopsis: Lets watch everyone age over 12 years coming of age story. The concept was great but failed to deliver on entertainment. Having one week to film every year made this movie lose out on the characters creating connections. I was mostly just bored.
Nathan excited for everything about this project
Daniel excited may actually watch in the theatre (lies because that didn't happen)
Rotten Tomatoes 98% IMDb 8.0 Intern +1
Winner: According to all the critics besides myself Nathan and Daniel both win, much to my chagrin.
Trailer #5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Directed by Jonathan Liebesman starring Megan Fox and Will Arnett
Synopsis: Ninja Turtles turned linebackers, Shredder turned Mecha. Save yourselves and if you need to watch the Ninja Turtles just check out any other version, cartoon or live action from previous years.
Nathan worried
Daniel worried
Rotten Tomatoes 21% IMDb 5.9 Intern 0
Winner: Everyone is a winner except those who enjoyed this movie because Michael Bay is the destroyer of childhood dreams.
Winner of Trailer Park Podcast #3: Nathan
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
This was another great event in the Trailer Park Podcast line up. Let us see if Daniel can bridge the gap in the IAU #4.
Directed by Bryan Singer starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence
Synopsis: X-Men New and X-Men old it doesn't matter we'll reset this franchise again anyway. It's amazing we can see one of the best superhero scenes (The Quicksilver scene) with a lacklustre movie build around it. Best quote 'So, you were always an asshole' - Wolverine.
Nathan Worried about Bryan Singer and time travel and also finds X-Men movies to be fluff
Daniel Worried and Daniel doesn't like X-Men 2 cause he is an asshole.
Rotten Tomatoes 91% IMDb 8.1 Interns Scale +1
Winner: - According to all other critics we were all wrong on this one.
Trailer #2: Joe
Directed by David Gordon Green starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan
Synopsis: It's about a fake family and fake relationships and trailer trash ya'll. Based off the book Joe by Larry Brown
Nathan is worried by this quoting persuader. (Trailer Tropes)
Daniel is excited and wants to laugh his way through how bad this movie could be. He likes Nic Cage going over the top with acting.
Rotten Tomatoes 86% IMDb 6.9 Intern 0
Winner: Nathan Joe was like 3 day old sloppy joe's not so good
Directed by Drake Doremus starring Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce
Synopsis: It's about music and cheating with a teacher and an exchange student. The relationships and awkwardness builds to a fittingly well executed finish.
Nathan excited with zero re-watch value.
Daniel worried because it has relationships.
Rotten Tomatoes 55% IMDb 6.4 Intern +2
Winner: Nathan. He was right to like relationship movies
Directed by David Fincher starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike
Synopsis: Who done it by David Fincher. "I didn't kill my wife" he says with a smirk on his face.
Nathan excited because of David Fincher and his directing ability.
Daniel worried due to hatred for Ben Affleck and Tyler Parry.
Rotten Tomatoes 88% IMDb 8.2 Interns Scale +3
Winner: Nathan. Always go with your gut and good directors Fincher proves that he is still executing and making quality films
WINNER OF TRAILER PARK PODCAST #2: NATHAN
Nathan takes a commanding lead after Daniel provided us with a goose egg on Trailer Park Podcast #2. Can Nathan sustain the lead after Trailer Park Podcast #3? Come back to find out next post. Don't forget to check out Trailer Park Podcast for the audio results and arguments of the results on episode #36.
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
I look forward to seeing you all for the next instalment of The IAU #3 on next weeks post. Night night.
Lets find out in the recap of Trailer Park Podcast #1 if Daniel and Nathan were Tom Cruise Worried or Excited...
This will only be used if the Intern has actually watched the movie which I have been instructed to do before each review of Trailer Park Podcast by the lazy gentlemen the Carver Cousins.
The scale that will be used in conjunction with my reviews was developed at www.onehundredlunatics.com and is as follows:
3 Masterpiece
2 Recommendable
1 Satisfactory
0 Unnecessary
-1 Guilty Pleasure
-2 Dumb Fun
-3 Masterpiece of Shit
Trailer #1: Edge of Tomorrow a.k.a Live Die Repeat
Directed by Doug Liman Starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt
Intern Synopsis: It's like the action version of Groundhog Day except you get to watch Tom Cruise die before the day starts over again. Die Tom Cruise Die!
Nathan saw red flags with screen writers and talked a little too in-depth worried.
Daniel was excited on the very first trailer causing controversy, he was also excited by Tom Cruises' child like wonder.
Rotten Tomatoes 90% IMDb 7.9 Intern's Score +2
Winner: Daniel. Congratulations to Daniel for wanting to enjoy the repetitive death of Tom Cruise as it was enjoyable.
Directed by Anton Corbin starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Grigoriy Dobrygin
Intern Synopsis: "You're a social worker for terrorists'"- Gunther Bachmann
An intense Spy movie that will show us why Phillip Seymour Hoffman was one of his generations greatest actors. Based off the book by John Le Carre.
Nathan got excited about Hoffman and the quality of the movie.
Daniel was excited too. Unity at long last took one whole trailer to bring them together. Daniel also shows his true feelings of disgust for Rachel McAdams and sexism ensues.
Rotten Tomatoes 65% IMDb 6.8 Intern's Scale +1
Winner: We have a Tie! This movie was good enough but we aren't going to scream from the rooftops to recommend it.
Trailer #3: Neighbors
Directed by Nicholas Stoller starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne
Intern Synopsis: It was like every other comedy ever made with frat houses taking things to far with square folk as they try to one up each other into movie making mediocrity.
Nathan is worried about casting and that Seth Rogen doesn't seem serious enough, he refuses to watch the movie.
Daniel is excited even with the CG airbag scenes. Daniel won't go to watch the movie in the theater.
Rotten Tomatoes 64% IMDb 6.4 Intern's Scale 0
Winner: Nathan. Neighbors was a piece of shit.
Trailer #4: Oculus
Directed by Mike Flanagan starring Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites.
Intern Synopsis: Paranormal horror about a mirror. Mirrors are scary right?
Nathan is worried about what details are shown in horror movie trailers and the more he saw the more worried he became.
Daniel is very worried, he felt it was way to obvious and too many computer graphics showed to many parts. Blegh.
Rotten Tomatoes 52% IMDb 6.5 Intern's Scale +1
Winner: There were only losers on this one. Oculus turned out to be pretty good reflecting upon itself in this mirror movie.
Trailer #5: The Giver
Directed by Phillip Noyce starring Brenton Thwaites and Jeff Bridges.
Intern Synopsis: The Giver was a failed 1998 Pleasantville even though the book is great.
Nathan is excited by the labor of love and that it looks like it will be executed well. He hasn't read the book but likes the idea and concept of the movie.
Daniel is worried and believes that this will ruin his memory of how the Giver contributed to his childhood.
Rotten Tomatoes 36% IMDb 6.5 Intern's Scale 0
Winner: Daniel. This movie will ruin your childhood memories of reading the book.
Winner of Trailer Park Podcast #1: Daniel
Worried and Excited Accuracy Bar Graph
(Subject to evaluation as results are tallied by The Intern and may not be 100% accurate)
