De-aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are seriously weirding me out. This could be good. I love Zemeckis so it probably will be. What a strange concept though. Also it's probably gonna be a...
De-aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are seriously weirding me out. This could be good. I love Zemeckis so it probably will be. What a strange concept though. Also it's probably gonna be a tearjerker.
Aside: One of my favorite videos on YouTube is Timelapse of the Entire Universe which speeds at a constant rate from the big bang to the present day on Earth over 10 minutes. The striking thing about that is how much time is spent on the early universe, the formation of the galaxy, the earth and moon, the appearance of oceans and primordial life... we don't even see dinosaurs until the last 10 seconds. And all of human history is literally a single frame at the very end. It's easy to forget what a tiny blip we are in cosmic or geologic timescales. I only mention this because it looks like this movie makes an interesting choice to include prehistory even though the bulk of it takes place in the past century. I guess it's not really possible to tell from the trailer alone, but if we're following just a few families the jumps in time are going to be significant.
Regardless of the movie it's advertising, this is probably the best trailer I've seen in an extremely long time. It's like an art piece in and of itself.
Regardless of the movie it's advertising, this is probably the best trailer I've seen in an extremely long time. It's like an art piece in and of itself.
Storytelling that uses a limitation can be interesting to me, if it's done properly. If they don't just slavishly adhere to the concept with brute force bluntness, but find clever and elegant ways...
Storytelling that uses a limitation can be interesting to me, if it's done properly. If they don't just slavishly adhere to the concept with brute force bluntness, but find clever and elegant ways to incorporate it into how the story unfolds. Here, it's literally "Here". The camera never moves. At least, that's the impression the trailer gives.
It could be really well done, show a place over time. Or they could have fumbled it badly just for the gimmick. I'd prefer well done, but I guess we'll see. Zemeckis can be a touch hit or miss IMO, but when he hits he usually hits so hard the ball leaves the atmosphere headed for deep space. Eric Roth is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who has a history with Zemeckis, and of course Hanks does as well. All possible positives for the project.
So hopefully they've adapted an interesting way to tell a story through this fixed lens. And not ventured into amateur territory where the concept gets tossed the moment it becomes hard.
And Robin Wright, who starred opposite Hanks in Forrest Gump 30 years ago (back when they both still looked like their de-aged doubles in Here). Bit of a reunion of sorts for them!
Eric Roth is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who has a history with Zemeckis, and of course Hanks does as well.
And Robin Wright, who starred opposite Hanks in Forrest Gump 30 years ago (back when they both still looked like their de-aged doubles in Here). Bit of a reunion of sorts for them!
Roth is more than a veteran, he’s written the most Best Picture nominees since Billy Wilder. Most recent nominees include Killers of the Flower Moon, Dune Part 1, and A Star is Born. Dude’s...
Roth is more than a veteran, he’s written the most Best Picture nominees since Billy Wilder. Most recent nominees include Killers of the Flower Moon, Dune Part 1, and A Star is Born. Dude’s legendary at this point.
The graphic novel this is based on is one of my favorite. Most of the imagery and angles in the trailer are lifted directly from the book.
Thanks for mentioning the graphic novel. It looks great. I put it on my library list.
Apparently this goes through a century of time while the camera never moves places, I guess like that one sequence in A Ghost Story.
De-aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are seriously weirding me out. This could be good. I love Zemeckis so it probably will be. What a strange concept though. Also it's probably gonna be a tearjerker.
Aside: One of my favorite videos on YouTube is Timelapse of the Entire Universe which speeds at a constant rate from the big bang to the present day on Earth over 10 minutes. The striking thing about that is how much time is spent on the early universe, the formation of the galaxy, the earth and moon, the appearance of oceans and primordial life... we don't even see dinosaurs until the last 10 seconds. And all of human history is literally a single frame at the very end. It's easy to forget what a tiny blip we are in cosmic or geologic timescales. I only mention this because it looks like this movie makes an interesting choice to include prehistory even though the bulk of it takes place in the past century. I guess it's not really possible to tell from the trailer alone, but if we're following just a few families the jumps in time are going to be significant.
Regardless of the movie it's advertising, this is probably the best trailer I've seen in an extremely long time. It's like an art piece in and of itself.
Storytelling that uses a limitation can be interesting to me, if it's done properly. If they don't just slavishly adhere to the concept with brute force bluntness, but find clever and elegant ways to incorporate it into how the story unfolds. Here, it's literally "Here". The camera never moves. At least, that's the impression the trailer gives.
It could be really well done, show a place over time. Or they could have fumbled it badly just for the gimmick. I'd prefer well done, but I guess we'll see. Zemeckis can be a touch hit or miss IMO, but when he hits he usually hits so hard the ball leaves the atmosphere headed for deep space. Eric Roth is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who has a history with Zemeckis, and of course Hanks does as well. All possible positives for the project.
So hopefully they've adapted an interesting way to tell a story through this fixed lens. And not ventured into amateur territory where the concept gets tossed the moment it becomes hard.
And Robin Wright, who starred opposite Hanks in Forrest Gump 30 years ago (back when they both still looked like their de-aged doubles in Here). Bit of a reunion of sorts for them!
Roth is more than a veteran, he’s written the most Best Picture nominees since Billy Wilder. Most recent nominees include Killers of the Flower Moon, Dune Part 1, and A Star is Born. Dude’s legendary at this point.