By looking at the header picture above you probably wouldn’t think this movie was about some secret religious cult that smells like Dan Brown’s garbage bin. Then the trailer — which I’ve embedded after the break — ditches the mystery and intrigue and morphs into a war film, followed by scenes of everyone trekking across mountains as if it’s an epic fantasy story. Yet, what’s most befuddling about this trailer is the distinct lack of dragons.
Even the main actor, Wes Bentley, is confusing since he looks like an amalgam of actors including at least Elijah Wood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Jerry O’Connell, and Brendan Fraser.
In a world that’s still for some reason infatuated with Assassin’s Creed games, I don’t see why the movie doesn’t strive for an older Rome setting than 1975, but this just goes to show why the industry sticks so close to cookie cutter stories. I’m the first person hollering for them to be original and then I jump on this movie’s back for being vague. If anything that just makes There Be Dragons one to keep an eye on.
By looking at the header picture above you probably wouldn't think this movie was about some secret religious cult that smells like Dan Brown's garbage bin. Then the trailer — which I've embedded after the break — ditches the mystery and intrigue and morphs into a war film, followed by scenes of everyone trekking across mountains as if it's an epic fantasy story. Yet, what's most befuddling about this trailer is the distinct lack of dragons.
Even the main actor, Wes Bentley, is confusing since he looks like an amalgam of actors including at least Elijah Wood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Jerry O'Connell, and Brendan Fraser.
In a world that's still for some reason infatuated with Assassin's Creed games, I don't see why the movie doesn't strive for an older Rome setting than 1975, but this just goes to show why the industry sticks so close to cookie cutter stories. I'm the first person hollering for them to be original and then I jump on this movie's back for being vague. If anything that just makes There Be Dragons one to keep an eye on.{{page_break}}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z17OEqbrOOQ
