Of course, I don't just watch trailer, I also watch movies, which brings us to:
The Warrior's Way
Now, to be fair, there's a lot of good in this movie, and not all of it is on display in the trailer.* On the other hand, without a doubt the best part of this movie is the graphic design and visual presentation, which is shown in abundance in the trailer.
I keep seeing movies that have fantastic visual design and an absolutely abominable script.** I mean, I nearly stopped watching when Tony Cox shows up and randomly introduces himself as "8-ball" (I'd say, "get it?" here, except that in the film, he has the number 8 painted on his shaved scalp, *sigh*) and proceeds to recite a lame soliloquy about himself which severs no purpose in the film except to make everyone present feel stupid.
On the other hand, the setting looks damn cool. A dilapidated western town, host to a carnival (complete with freaks and clowns galore) that sits at the foot of the skeleton of an unfinished Ferris wheel. It's creepy and cool and works really well.
On the third hand, once you get over the fact that there's so much computer generated imagery that it's difficult to think of this as anything other than an animated film with unusually good motion capture, the action is pretty damn good and lasts a long time (The action starts about 51 minutes in and pretty much lasts the rest of the 1 hour, 40 minute run time.)
Final verdict 3 out of 5 stars. I liked it, but watching the trailer might have been sufficient.
* In particular, Danny Huston plays his villain with intensity and a gleeful malevolence that was highly entertaining to watch despite the absurdity of the surrounding plot.***
**The most egregious offenders are Rango and Avatar, but there are many others.
*** This is all the more impressive for the fact that Geoffery Rush is obviously phoning it in completely. Very disappointing; the best actors play these horrible roles with gusto...
