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It came as no surprise that last week’s Trailer Park poll was dominated by love for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, with 68% of voters rating that their favorite film ad of the week. I was surprised, though, that the next most popular was for the weird owl fantasy Legend of the Guardians and that nobody seems to be as interested as I am in either Michel Gondry’s *The Thorn in the Heart *or *The Good Heart *(maybe this red band trailer will spark your interest more?).
This week was over-populated with trailers for action tentpoles. Some, including Knight and Day](Knight and Day (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), Salt](Salt (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) and The A-Team](The A-Team (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), we’d gotten a glimpse of before. Others, such as The Expendables](The Expendables (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), were first looks. For all the excitement of that all-star attraction since its stunt casting began and continuing with its trailer premiere, I have to say it doesn’t look as great as I’d expected. Maybe I was too hopeful that it’d come off as *Ocean’s 11 *meets the Reagan-era blockbuster. Maybe it’s because I suddenly remembered what was great about all these action stars in their prime was that they were each individually part of that unbelievable single-hero mythos. Perhaps the union will have some great cultural significance, but for now I’m expecting this to be as lame in reality as was Snakes on a Plane.
So, as per my apparent tradition lately, another French film wins my top spot for best trailer of the week. Check out the list of snappy judgments after the jump.
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