There were plenty of summer blockbuster spots during the broadcast of the Super Bowl on Fox, but which ones were the best? Perhaps even more importantly, was there enough time in the teasers to make a valid judgment call?
These questions also play into the recent overwhelming trend of reboots, sequels and superhero movies. About half of the trailers fit into one of those categories, and most of them, in my opinion, looked pretty weak. While not even dignifying Justin Bieber with commentary on his “movie,” there were some spots that looked just as bad. For instance, it seems like children will have slim pickings for decent animated movies this year. I really wasn’t impressed with the first Kung Fu Panda anyway, so having them come back for another is a perfect example of a studio milking a somewhat successful film for all its worth (also, it has possibly the worst subtitle for a movie ever— “The Kaboom of Doom”? Really Dreamworks?). Rio looks equally as bad; it’s sad to see Jesse Eisenberg come off The Social Network to have this probable dud being one of his next projects. And I’m tired of seeing George Lopez try and be funny during commercials when I’m trying to watch Conan, so I don’t think listening to his voice for an hour and a half will change my opinion of him.
