Trailer: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Dec 25th
Directed by Stephen Daldry, written by Eric Roth. Starring Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, JOhn Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, and James Gandolfini.
Kudos to Scott Rudin and Warner Bros. for taking on this film - a feel good 9/11 drama resting on the shoulders of a child actor is a huge gamble. The trailer puts it in a wondrous light but leaves the young Horn’s full talents and the cohesion of the thing up in the air. That said, the location shooting looks gorgeous and the talent collected is top notch. Is it Oscar bait or Oscar glory?
So I’m an unapologetic fan of Jonathan Safran Foer and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is one of my favorite books and it’s the only 9/11 related thing in popular culture that doesn’t make me roll my eyes or want to vomit but I’m real iffy on this movie. I try really hard to separate books and films when I watch adaptations because it’s unfair not to but it’s almost impossible here for some reason? And I didn’t even mind the Everything is Illuminated movie! Mostly I hate Sandra Bullock and this trailer is the opposite of what I had in mind but also it just doesn’t look very good and that’s a bummer.
I totally agree with what everyone is saying about how this doesn’t even look good and how Sandra Bullock should sit down, and you guys, WHERE IS THE OTHER HALF OF THIS BOOK, but none of these things stopped me from crying all the way through this trailer because I am very susceptible to emotional manipulation.
A book to read.
I remember reading this book Freshman year and not even really understanding why I thought it was so good. Over the course of high school, I read it once every year. It eventually started to click and has become one of my favorite books ever.
This shit, on the other hand, looks absolutely terrible. The book really captures something that can’t really be communicated through film. (And I feel like such an asshole for saying that)
“ The book really captures something that can’t really be communicated through film. (And I feel like such an asshole for saying that)“
Casey summed up my thoughts the best. Basically how I felt watching the entire trailer.
