I am a film fanatic. I own an ungodly number of DVDs, the majority of which have made the transatlantic journey with me. When I was still living at home, I saw at least two movies a week: one with my friends on Friday night and one with my parents on Sunday afternoon.
There is one aspect of film-going that excites me to no end: that magical moment when the trailers start. I love trailers, maybe more than I love the films themselves. I analyze the trailers, too. Who got top billing? Did anyone get billing? What music was used? Did anything blow up?
The sweet thing about watching trailers now is that you can see them all online. I even remember the very first trailer I was watched on Quicktime: "Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace." Sure, it was about the size of a postage stamp and took like two hours to load with our dial-up, but it was two hours well spent.
Now, trailers load at lightning-fast speeds, are in HD and can be found consolidated together. I prefer Yahoo Movies and Apple's Quicktime site. They're on Youtube, and I've even seen them embedded in newspapers' movie reviews online. To me, it's just another way to incorporate video into writing.
To close, here is my top-five list of my current favorite trailers for upcoming movies:
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2. Watchmen
3. Public Enemies
4. Star Trek
5. Terminator: Salvation
I'm such a guy.
There is one aspect of film-going that excites me to no end: that magical moment when the trailers start. I love trailers, maybe more than I love the films themselves. I analyze the trailers, too. Who got top billing? Did anyone get billing? What music was used? Did anything blow up?
The sweet thing about watching trailers now is that you can see them all online. I even remember the very first trailer I was watched on Quicktime: "Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace." Sure, it was about the size of a postage stamp and took like two hours to load with our dial-up, but it was two hours well spent.
Now, trailers load at lightning-fast speeds, are in HD and can be found consolidated together. I prefer Yahoo Movies and Apple's Quicktime site. They're on Youtube, and I've even seen them embedded in newspapers' movie reviews online. To me, it's just another way to incorporate video into writing.
To close, here is my top-five list of my current favorite trailers for upcoming movies:
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2. Watchmen
3. Public Enemies
4. Star Trek
5. Terminator: Salvation
I'm such a guy.
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