Previews

[sasha_feather]

Previews from the movie:

I usually try to catch all the previews but walked in a few minutes late this time.

Red Sparrow:
Jennifer Lawrence doing a weird accent, in a movie that looks like it should be about Black Widow. I read on twitter that this film is rapey.

Annihilation:
Lots of women in this one, and it's science fiction, and I love Natalie Portman.
BUT it's horror, which I don't love, and it touted itself as being "by the director of Ex Machina," which is a film I loathed.

Love, Simon:
a teen coming-out film. This one looks totally heartwarming, and needed.

Comments

[ladyjax]

Red Sparrow made me wonder why we don't have a Black Widow movie already because that would work.

Jennifer Lawrence just doesn't sell that trailer for me. But then, there's very little I like her in.

I do want to have a go at Annihilation. It looks intriguing although now I want to read the book.

[davidgillon]

Oddly enough I came across a reference to the original red sparrow concept the other day, it was purportedly the Russian Cold-War era school for spies whose MO was honeytraps - so even at best it would be people compelled to have sex for the job with people they then blackmail.

[naomikritzer]

"Love, Simon" is based on the book "Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda," which is really excellent. My kids have both read the book: Kiera is pretty sure the movie won't be as good, but she wants to see it anyway. We all think "Love, Simon" was not a great title for the movie, although "Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda" is a great book title that wouldn't make a great movie title.

The thing that really strikes me about the previews of "Love, Simon" -- it looks like it's being presented as a teen movie where the main character is gay, as opposed to being presented as a gay movie. Which I'm all in favor of, because of the wider reach.