Hello! Yes, I am alive. Yes, it's been nearly a month since I posted last. The truth is, I just haven't watched very many movies the past several weeks, and that's mostly due to my extremely busy schedule (and the fact that there hasn't really been anything special out in theaters for a while). Hopefully, I'll manage to find time to finally watch Wonder Woman that I've been meaning to get to since late August. And the Fantastic Beasts sequel comes out very soon, so you can definitely expect a review on that.
Anyway, today I have another installment to the Trailer Reactions series planned. In this post, I'll be giving you my run-down of five movie trailers: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Creed II, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Glass, and Spies in Disguise.
#1 - How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I'm honestly shocked I haven't reviewed this trailer yet. That aside, How to Train Your Dragon franchise is easily Dreamworks' best, both critically and financially. Now, the franchise is sadly coming to a close with the third and final film: The Hidden World. The visuals are beautiful in this trailer. The story looks intriguing. I love this franchise so much, and I hope it goes off with a bang.
#2 - Creed II
Creed is probably one of the better sports drama movies I've seen. I liked it a lot more than Rocky. I'm glad they're producing a sequel, but it's not being directed by Ryan Coogler, the director of the first Creed and other hits such as Black Panther. Just a little bit of tea for you, I guess.
That's not to say the movie will be bad, though. From the looks of it, I think it will be pretty epic. I don't think I'll watch it in theaters, but maybe when it's available on Redbox. Who knows.
#3 - The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
A quick PSA: this is actually the teaser trailer for the film, not the official trailer, although it's long enough I'd consider it to be an official trailer.
Anyway, The LEGO Movie is undoubtedly one of the greatest animated films of all time. No one had ever thought a movie about toys could be so beautiful, both in animation and storytelling. Naturally, the sequel has high expectations. The original directors of the first movie stepped down I believe, and now Mike Mitchell holds that position. He's done a number of Dreamworks movies. Luckily, the original directors are still working on the movie - they're doing the screenplay.
With all of that technical stuff set aside, based on the trailer, I can say that I am absolutely HYPED for this film.
#4 - Glass
I know nothing about this film. NOTHING. After doing some research - and by some, I mean like two minutes of googling - I learned that Glass is actually the third installment in a film "series" that began with Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016). I first watched this trailer while waiting for Venom to start in the theater and I was instantly interested. If Glass does well, I might just go see it in theaters - after doing a bit more research.
#5 - Spies in Disguise
Blue Sky Studios isn't my favorite animation studio. They've had a few decent films, but the rest of them aren't too memorable. This movie looks... fine. It has the talent of Will Smith and Tom Holland, which is neat, but it's not something I'm really looking forward to. Will Smith's character's design makes me cringe.
So there you have it! Thanks for reading. Let me know what your opinion on each of these five films is in the comments.
