tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post7615836405557586581..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Deep Thought - Poll EditionDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-55925167073172962182009-06-30T13:35:12.000-05:002009-06-30T13:35:12.000-05:00Personally, I've always been a fan of movie pr...Personally, I've always been a fan of movie preview trailers. All I ask is that they don't give away the entire story, that the volume isnt' too loud, and the narrator doesn't use those awful cliches, like, "In a World Where...."<br /><br />The best movie trailers I've seen in recent years all come from independent films, pictures like Persepolis, Waking Life, The Fog of War, Touching the Void...just a few that I remembered very well. Those were previews that made me excited about an upcoming movie.<br /><br />Realistically, a movie preview is only a commercial. It's an ad for a product. As long as my ears aren't ringing and nobody gives all the secrets away, I don't mind. It's certainly far better than the actual tv-style commercials that are always playing in theaters now. Now THAT is an outrage.<br /><br />Thanks to everybody for participating in this week's poll. It was a lot of fun!Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-71667980610870396792009-06-30T05:20:13.506-05:002009-06-30T05:20:13.506-05:00I think the Japanese and American trailers appeal ...I think the Japanese and American trailers appeal to diametrically opposite ideas of what a trailer should do. The American one got my vote because it creates a more visceral excitement for the movie; I still judge trailers according to my pre-discovery-of-Ghibli sensibilities because, based on post-Ghibli sensibilities, trailers just have to tell you that such and such a movie exists and if you want a dose of excitement why don't you watch the actual movie.<br /><br />That said, the dialogue is laughable, the CGI compositing work at the beginning is horribly jarring and demonstrates better than a thousand words why every 2D animation studio hires a director of filming to figure this stuff out; and finally, the choice of scenes distorts the meaning of the story. So basically it's a good trailer, and it gets my vote, but it's for some other movie than Ponyo.Serheihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839433118785125438noreply@blogger.com