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The Sun's Gone Dim And We Are Screwed

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (29)

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Now this is how you make a fucking trailer.

God damn. Here’s the third trailer for Battle: Los Angeles, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan. I’ve had reservations about this film, described as Blackhawk Down with aliens, for some time now. The last trailer was good, but not great. It played for that wordless effect, and it just didn’t hit me.

This one, however, is the fucking balls. It has a quiet, slice-of-life opening and then when the trouble hits, it’s actually genuinely affecting. Concluding it with Johann Johannsson’s “The Sun’s Gone Dim And The Sky’s Turned Black” is pretty brilliant too. The rare trailer that actually has some emotional resonance.

I gotta say, it worked for me. I’m now officially interested, even if Liebesman did also direct Darkness Falls.









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Comments

that was a remarkably effective trailer.
makes me want to see the film.

Posted by: theFatman at January 12, 2011 11:39 AM

Holy schlamoly.

*crosses fingers, toes and pecker*

Please be half as good as "District 9."

Posted by: , at January 12, 2011 11:39 AM

Yes.

Hell yes.

HELL YES!

Posted by: Fredo at January 12, 2011 11:41 AM

I think you meant Bridget Moynahan (sp.). You got me all excited to see the return of Michelle Monaghan. I miss her.

Posted by: Andrew at January 12, 2011 11:46 AM

Eh... looks like a west coast version of "War of the Worlds" to me. Plus, movie trailers have hurt me too many times to believe them.

Posted by: Slash at January 12, 2011 11:59 AM

That looks pretty sweet. I'm in.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at January 12, 2011 12:03 PM

see you there.

Posted by: midas89 (heavy) at January 12, 2011 12:07 PM

Fuck. Yes. I'm in too.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at January 12, 2011 12:17 PM

It does motivate me to see it more than the last trailer. I still hate that Michelle Rodriguez is in it though.

Posted by: Paultera at January 12, 2011 12:19 PM

I still hate that Michelle Rodriguez is in it though.

Between this movie, Avatar, Resident Evil and The Fast & The Furious, she's dealt with more horrors than anyone can imagine.

I mean, aliens, blue aliens, zombies and Paul Walker's acting! Talk about a gallery of pain!

Posted by: Fredo at January 12, 2011 12:34 PM

You make a good point, Fredo, Michelle Rodriguez has probably suffered enough. But, man, she sucks.

This trailer, though? The opposite of suck. I hold little hope the final movie is as good, but even if it is, there really ought to be an Oscar for Best Trailer. Those editors can be artistic geniuses.

Posted by: RobP at January 12, 2011 12:40 PM

This looks fucking insane.

Posted by: danny at January 12, 2011 12:55 PM

TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Posted by: superasente at January 12, 2011 1:08 PM

Trailers are an art unto themselves. That one was gorgeous. But yeah, Michelle Rodriguez? Subtract points...she's a walking stereotype of herself at this point.

Posted by: Parker at January 12, 2011 1:14 PM

They used that song in the last trailer too though, didn't they?
Liebesman must be a fan. Or owes a favor.

Posted by: scott at January 12, 2011 1:15 PM

Oh, I'm in! It's not that I dislike Michelle Rodriguez per se, but her presence immediately takes me out of the movie. She always sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

Posted by: Even Stevens at January 12, 2011 1:18 PM

"described as Blackhawk Down with aliens" Does this not make any sense to anyone else?

Posted by: Socrates at January 12, 2011 1:24 PM

Skyline meets Transformers meets Blackhawk Down equals total suckfest!

Posted by: Dingle Berry at January 12, 2011 1:53 PM

Hoyt! Count me in.

Posted by: Meggrs at January 12, 2011 1:53 PM

superasente, you owe me a new laptop screen. And a cup of coffee.

Even fairly warned, I was floored by that trailer. My only niggling doubt was spurred by the whole "we're being colonized" bit. Hello, Captain Obvious. If the rest of the dialogue in the movie is going to be that bad, then I don't know if I can take it.

I'll be waiting on the review for this one.

Posted by: Jelinas at January 12, 2011 2:22 PM

In fairness, Jelinas, there is a difference between colonization and invasion. I mean, clearly, the end results for us would be the same. But it does give the aliens a slightly different motive than the norm.

@superasente: HA! As much as I liked the trailer, I had the exact same thought. "Hey, it's an ID4 for kids today." Nothing wrong with that. Independence Day was our The Day the Earth Stood Still. Let's just hope the quality doesn't continue to be expoenentially worse with each iteration.

Posted by: RobP at January 12, 2011 2:40 PM

I hate Michelle Rodriguez. HATE! She always plays the same tough girl character... If there was an Academy Award for best scowling, she'd win every year.

Posted by: Tyler Durden at January 12, 2011 2:44 PM

Well......atleast I'll still be alive after this....the rest of you are fucked..

Posted by: Deadpool at January 12, 2011 2:55 PM

I thought about that, RobP, but then thought, "What does it matter?"

It's cheesy dialogue along the lines of "the aliens want to kill us" that comes after the aliens start killing us that makes me roll my eyes.

Posted by: Jelinas at January 12, 2011 3:03 PM

Hey, Aaron Eckhart is lookin' good. Sold!

Posted by: leuce7 at January 12, 2011 3:12 PM

I like Aaron Eckhart well enough, but man... Sometimes I want to take some spackle to that dimple. Seriously, that dude must have to use a q-tip to clean that thing out. Little known fact: Aaron Eckhart has no belly button. His umbilical cord attached at the chin.

Posted by: logar at January 12, 2011 4:34 PM

I admit... I got tingly.

Posted by: noonoo at January 12, 2011 5:56 PM

At least I have every confidence that unlike 127 Hours I'll be able to see this in a local theatre. There's enough explosions in it to convince the cinema owners that it'll attract enough easily bored Trini audiences.

Posted by: Four Eyes at January 12, 2011 7:27 PM

should have ended right after lady reporter gets... you know...

Posted by: JJ at January 13, 2011 12:31 PM