Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they're seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we look at Tim Heidecker's happy face, Zeppelin's bloated faces, some guys gettin' their crampon on, Maeby Fünke, and a dissection of the current political process that is neither left or right.
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day Trailer
This just doesn't work.
Dick Caruthers, a director who worked extensively with Oasis in the day, and, more recently and importantly amiright, Michael Bublé, can't work his magic on this. If he had, I wouldn't wonder why this seems like a pastiche of unimpressive concert footage that seems more like a tired retrospective of some guys half assing it than it does a triumphant return to form.
And, make no mistake, there is no form here. The cuts are quick and sloppy, the energy that's created isn't being done through the magnificence of the remaining members of the band, and it's only the ADD injected editing that tries to smoke and mirror us into thinking this was a concert for the ages. It's not quite embarrassing but let's call it for what it is: old guys making a go at it and who are showing their age. There shouldn't be anything
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