Take A Look At This Beaver Trailer
Scant days after taking a look at the first official photo from the set of The Beaver, we've now been blessed with the first trailer for the Mel Gibson/Jodie Foster joint that J.Fo swears will regain Mel Gibson a place in America's heart. And, as any relationship expert can tell you, the best way to a large, multicultural country's heart is through a talking beaver puppet.
Mel stars as Walter Black, a sad sack of a man whose marriage is crumbling and has retreated into a deep depression. But he finds salvation by voicing his entire life through a beaver puppet (and sounding like Michael Caine in the process). Now, Jodie has been asking us to ignore Mel's personal life as an (alleged!) anti-Semitic, racist, sexist, homophobic, wife-beating scumbag when considering this movie, and so we shall!
But leaving all of that aside, this looks both chintzy and formulaic. There are seldom few surprises in the "Person Fights To Get His/Her Life" back genre, and the film didn't do itself any favors by laying out THE ENTIRE MOVIE in the trailer. The beaver gets his business back on track! The beaver helps him bond with his kids! The beaver reunites him with wife! And I imagine funding was a bit difficult since Mel was already pretty radioactive even before his latest escapade, but that had to be the worst voice-over I've heard on a trailer in years; it sounds like they pulled the announcer away from a radio spot for Car-a-Palooza Sales Event at your tri-state area Chevy dealership and asked him to talk about Mel Gibson
VERDICT: By itself, it just looks dull. But in remembering that Mel Gibson is an (alleged!) anti-Semitic, racist, sexist, homophobic, wife-beating scumbag, I say this Beaver should get stuffed.
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Bleh. Sorry, Mel and Jodie, but I'll pass. When is the _Tree of Life_ trailer going to find its way online? It showed before _Black Swan_, and damn... it gave me goosebumps.
That looks surprisingly saccharine. I thought it was billed as an edgy, twisted drama, but this looks like a more conventional take on "Lars and the Real Girl". Gibson and Foster ("J.Fo" Haha!) do look very good, though, so here's hoping that's just the way they cut the trailer. I'm definitely still interested in seeing it.
It's a shame this was pulled from the Oscar race, as it would have been really interesting to see how it would have fared, especially Gibson's performance.
Oh yeah Movieline, no bias on your part. No axe to grind for sure!
Can't you just put the trailer and let us decided?
wow, that was really heartwarming. anybody seen my rolaids?
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The word _your_ is the possessive form of _you_, as in: "Your comment is moronic."
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I think this film looks very good and I am looking forward to seeing it.
As much as I personally dislike Mel Gibson, I think it's an interesting idea for a film and Jodie Foster would not attach herself to something that is stupid.
Looks awful. But might make What Women Want seem like Citizen Kane.
You guys are jaded. The trailer looks a bit bad, but c'mon. They're selling the sugar, but I don't think it'll be just like how the trailer is. But then again, Fosters other movies are...sorta exactly like that. Hmph. Well, as always, I'll choose the side of beaver until proven I should do otherwise.
It would have been so good if Mel went on a merciless, blood-saturated killing spree in the last reel instead of the mawkish, ridiculous suburban-transformation goo we are subjected to here.
Why can't Jody do a Ripley in a hardcore sci-fi film?
Clearly, the content providers of the last, dead century are purging the last of the dregs with this gem