Vantage Point

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Here's a trailer for what seems like an above-average thriller called Vantage Point, from director Pete Travis (who comes from TV), about an attempted assassination of a U.S. president (William Hurt) that's told from five different points of view.

Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, Dennis Quaid and Sigourney Weaver costar. Probably just another jolt movie, most likely. It won't open until 2.15.08 -- eight months from now. The only uh-oh factor is that it's a Sony Pictures release, and you know the dark-side karma those guys bring to everything they do and every movie they touch. (Except for the fluke of their funding and releasing Mike Binder's Reign O'er Me.)

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 10, 2007 at 2:16 PM

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Balthazar says ...

Dennis Quaid looks like one pissed-off MOFO there. Don't mess with him!

Posted by Balthazar at June 10, 2007 2:43 PM

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Mr. Gittes says ...

Interesting concept, movie looks promising. BTW, I am Legend trailer looks...cool.

Posted by Mr. Gittes at June 10, 2007 2:50 PM

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Wrecktum says ...

Very hot trailer.

Posted by Wrecktum at June 10, 2007 3:01 PM

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The Winchester says ...

Mr. Gittes, I must say that 30 Days of Night looks better.

Posted by The Winchester at June 10, 2007 3:50 PM

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Mr. Gittes says ...

The Winchester, the vampires in the 30 days of night trailer looked photoshopped...but otherwise I would agree with you. The Legend trailer didn't even show the "infected" but I still liked it. Makes you wanting more.

Posted by Mr. Gittes at June 10, 2007 3:56 PM

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OddDuck says ...

Legend trailer looked OK, but remember "I, Robot." I mean seriously, I Robot has got to be one of the dumbest, lamest and thoughtless wastes of goo sci fi ever, and Will Smith's work in it is embarrassing.

Ali was pretty good, and I haven't seen Pursuit of Happyness so can't pass judgment on it, but c'mon, everything else this guy's done since Six Degrees of Separation has been pure shit!

So I'm definitely gonna wait for some serious 4 star reviews before I even contemplate seeing I am Legend.

Posted by OddDuck at June 10, 2007 4:16 PM

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Geoff says ...

Saw this attached to 13. Wanted to giggle when I first saw Dennis Quaid, but it looks better than average.

Posted by Geoff at June 10, 2007 4:27 PM

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le corbeau says ...

The I Am Legend trailer would look cool if it didn't have Will Smith in it. I just don't believe anything as long as it's him doing it-- I don't believe he's badass enough, I don't believe he's hurt enough by the loss of loved ones, I don't believe he's brainy enough to be the scientist who's trying to find the answer... I believe he's Will Smith, that's all. Aww damn.

Posted by le corbeau at June 10, 2007 5:03 PM

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MilkMan says ...

Snake Eyes, ya douche bagsz.

Posted by MilkMan at June 10, 2007 5:46 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

I assumed the worst when I hard Akiva Goldsman was one of the screenwriters of I Am Legend, but the trailer did look promising.

Never trust a trailer though.

Posted by Craig Kennedy at June 10, 2007 5:48 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

You know, I wish I could've stopped that last post before "I hard Akiva Goldsman" went through. I tried. I failed.

Posted by Craig Kennedy at June 10, 2007 5:48 PM

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lazarus says ...

Hey cj, I think we all were able to figure out that you meant to say "I Heart Akiva Goldsman". No problem.

Posted by lazarus at June 10, 2007 6:43 PM

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lipranzer says ...

CJ, glad to find someone else who assumes the worst of anything Akiva Goldsman is involved in.

As for Vantage Point, it looks promising, but why did they give away what looks like a couple of major plot twists in the trailer? I hope they're red herrings at least.

Posted by lipranzer at June 10, 2007 8:00 PM

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rickyroma says ...

Looked promising. Good to see Bruce McGill in there. Same for Said Taghmaoui, who did some nice work in Three Kings and Mamet's Spartan.

Posted by rickyroma at June 10, 2007 8:22 PM

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Dan Revill says ...

Definitely looks interesting.

Posted by Dan Revill at June 11, 2007 1:18 AM

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Spacesheik says ...

Well the flick certainly has a good cast; hopefully, they'll shake up the Presidential thriller semi-genre (THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT, ASSASINATION, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, AIR FORCE ONE, THE SENTINEL) a bit.

It's looking like RASHOMON meets IN THE LINE OF FIRE...Not a totally original concept but the cast is solid. I wonder if Weaver plays the Prez's wife again (as in the brilliant DAVE).

Posted by Spacesheik at June 11, 2007 8:37 AM

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OddDuck says ...

There's definitely room in the genre for top-notch work -- In The Line of Fire is about as good as that type of movie can be. But sadly, most of these movies suck.

Posted by OddDuck at June 11, 2007 9:01 AM

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foxnewsisfake says ...

In this film, Matt Fox will cry. Guaranteed. It's in all his contracts.

Posted by foxnewsisfake at June 11, 2007 9:13 AM

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nemo says ...

One glance at that photo makes it obvious that William Hurt is playing the president. It's that look of fatuous self-satisfaction plastered on his face.

Posted by nemo at June 11, 2007 9:20 AM

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nemo says ...

William Hurt is masterful at that self-satisfied expression. With Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Forrest Whittaker, Sigourney Weaver, and SaÃ¯d Taghmaoui, I'm there for the cast alone.

If you look up the director Pete Travis in IMDB, he appears to be an Irish director. He's done several TV movies in Ireland and Britain, but this is his first theatrical movie anywhere.

None of Travis's work has made any splash in the US. What impressed me were the writers he's worked with. Paul Greengrass ("United 93", "Bloody Sunday", the Bourne series). Peter Morgan ("The Queen", "Last King of Scotland", "Longford", "Frost/Nixon" on stage). Travis has directed two TV movies written by Morgan, one of them starring Ray Winstone.

I've never heard of Pete Travis, but if he has that kind of taste in collaborators, he's likely to do a superior job with "Vantage Point".

Posted by nemo at June 11, 2007 9:54 AM

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