All praise the wonders of stunt casting. Sure, most of the time it smacks of desperation and makes me want to run away screaming. Such as the casting of Eli Roth in Alex Aja's Piranha 3D. Bad move there, Alex. Bad move. But a good piece of stunt casting? That can be magic. Absolute magic that elevates a film to an entirely different level. And let me tell you ... Eli may be irritating but Christopher Lloyd is absolutely fantastic and the moment he appears in the new trailer for Aja's bitey fish movie the whole thing leaps to an entirely new level of inspired lunacy.
I'll be honest. I have very much believed that Aja jas been slumming it with inferior projects ever since High Tension and while this is still very much B this looks like incredibly fun B and I'm suddenly very excited to see it. Check the trailer below.
I'll be honest. I have very much believed that Aja jas been slumming it with inferior projects ever since High Tension and while this is still very much B this looks like incredibly fun B and I'm suddenly very excited to see it. Check the trailer below.
I was on board when I saw the production stills. Hopefully, this will be the mondo trashy 3D tits and gore fest My Bloody Valentine was supposed to be..... I know Richard Dreyfus doesn't get much work these days, but I'm still shocked they got him into this and... am I the only one who's seeing some titties at the end of this "green band trailer?"
I will be seeing this in 2D as the 3D was done in post just like Clash of the Titans, and we all know how good that looked.
What worries me though is the incredibly iffy looking CGI in some of the scenes. Hopefully these aren't final renderings.
(@ Indiemaker0583: Only bikini-clad ones surely?)
That piranha in the aquarium does stand out as iffy cgi. Way too sharp for starters.
As for Eli Roth: I did spot him, and he seems to be in the first line of people about to be eaten. Might be deliberate reversed-stunt casting we're seeing.
"Hate Eli Roth?
...Want to see him DIE ?"
I saw the trailer in 3D before Avatar, and by the time the trailer ended I was ready to buy my ticket for opening night!
I'm not concerned about the "iffy" CGI, because it will probably look better in 3D.
And for the record, I like Aja's version of The Hills Have Eyes quite a bit. And although I wasn't crazy about Mirrors the first time I saw it, I still watch it when I come across it on one of the cable channels.