Oof! Put me down as having the opposite response to the red band Cop Out trailer. I'm pretty hot and cold with Kevin Smith, but one thing I just don't get (and I realize this makes me unhip) is his obsession with dick jokes. (And I realize that if I say anything further about that, I'll be setting up a dick joke.)

Between this and the red band trailer for Kick Ass, it looks like children saying over-the-top obscenities and behaving violently is the edgy comedy-trope-du-jour. It's Paper Moon and Bad News Bears all over again, except much more harsh. (And in the case of Kick Ass, I have to admit, pretty damn funny.) Oh, I'm sounding like such an old man.

Have you noticed that they seem to be running away from the fact that Kevin Smith directed it? No mention at all in any of the advertising I've seen (though it may be in the small print).

Just saw Tristan and Isolde. I wonder how I missed that the first go-round. Enjoyed it. Early-centuries British Isles love story with plenty of swordfighting. Very LOTR minus magic.

I tried to sit through the opera of the same name. It was like 5 hours long. Couldn't do it. Had to leave.

Looks like regular advertising is really over now. It's all about the red band trailers.


Speaking of which, we watched Grandma's Boy at the behest of my brother, who claimed it was worth our time. Surprisingly, it was a rather enjoyable stoner/gamer film. If you like this sort of thing, I'd recommend it.

I remember seeing ads for this on TV rather briefly and being completely confused. They never showed the grandma in question and it was impossible to know what the film was about. I can't find the ads in question, and the trailer available online is red band, which I never saw at the time.

TV is useless in advertising these types of nasty films. Since I can't get enough crude humor I'll have to stick to red band.

Though for mediocre/bad R comedies it really does mean they can show all of the best jokes in the trailer.

Ugh, can't believe I said "in question" twice in that post.

Your fired.

It hurts me deeply to see this next to your name, for two reasons.

Wolfman has restored my faith in Universal Studios' ability to release a GREAT horror movie, I absolutely loved it from start to finish. Many moments that made people gasp or jump in their seats, great tension (and some killer gore to go with it).