COMING SOON:
The Last Airbender
Knight and Day
Piranha 3D

The Last Airbender

UK Release - 13th August 2010

Below is not the usual trailer with the robed figure putting out candles with his wooden pole before facing hundreds of ships in the distance. This is a more insightful trailer which gives a better overview of the movie, something to really sink your teeth into!

There have been doubts about M. Night Shyamalan's ability but from what I've seen of the trailers he might be able to set things right with The Last Airbender. I'm not saying that it will be as great as Sixth Sense but at the same time it can only be better than The Happening and Signs.


There has been criticism of the film by hard-core animé fans, who dislike everything from the casting to the special effects (which look pretty good from trailers). To be honest I think the only way to placate them would be to scrap the film and release some sort of animation movie (For those not knowing about animé - think of the Pokemon movies...)


...In fact it's probably better if you don't think of them as they were abysmal, think instead of Knight and Day.


Knight and Day
UK Release - 6th August 2010


Starring Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise - wait, don't turn off and dismiss this movie just yet! Tom Cruise has had some trouble in the past but you also need to remember that he has churned out some good films in the past including Mission Impossible (The first one only) and a brief cameo in Tropic Thunder (He's the fat CEO guy who dances at the end of the movie for reference). He may have also done some other films, but I mention these two as I consider Knight and Day to be a cross between the two roles. Watch the trailer to see Cruise playing a government agent who seems to be a bit out of it..."No one follows us, or I kill myself and then her"...



The trailer, complete with Muse soundtrack, looks action packed and it seems that Diaz and Cruise complement each other well.  There are some flaws which stuck out whilst watching the trailer such as when they're on their motorbike Diaz asks for "mags" and then proceeds to put several rounds into their pursuers and cause their car to roll over..?!? I thought she was supposed to be a 'normal' person! I don't think I know many girls who would be able to do that whilst riding the wrong way on a motorbike! 

Then again what more could you expect from a comedy-action movie such as Knight and Day which I think will be a great watch even if it is just to laugh at Tom Cruise.


Moving on to the ridiculous movie which has caught my eye today it's Piranha 3D, a remake of the 1978 film Piranha which incidentally enough was released as a parody of Jaws but now comes in 3D with more scantily clad hotties and obviously with piranhas instead of sharks...


Piranha 3D
UK Release - 20th August 2010


Take your piranhas, throw in an old scientist and some teenagers on Summer Break for good measure and hey presto one bog-standard thriller. 



There was the trailer...very predictable plot it seems: something bad released, "oh no this can kill everyone", "don't go in the water", they go in the water, people die, then survivors have to overcome a stupid number of obstacles such as climbing over a gorge on a rope before being killed off one by one...


I should say something good about the film or even the trailer, yet I can only think of how happy I am that it's not released until the 20th August. The 3D and Ving Rhames (the deputy sheriff who tells everyone over the megaphone about the "emergency situation") may be it's only half-decent features.