Leaves of Grass Trailer Online
Posted by Rodneyon 12. 02. 2010in News Chat
I tripped over this trailer today for Leaves of Grass, and it has really caught my interest.
Edward Norton plays a drug grow op in the deep south, and after a big deal goes bad he gets killed. When his identical twin brother, an Ivy League Banker comes home to deal with this loss, he finds out the death was staged and his brother is very much alive. This gets him drawn into the backwater life he worked so hard to escape and pits him unwillingly in the middle of a drug war.
Keri Russell looks amazing in this but the Double Norton trick seems to look a bit fake at times and I worry that the final product will not put the double actor effect to good use. Might be distracting enough that I don’t buy into the twins aspect of the story and instead, i find myself look at the “how did they do that” kind of thing. I hope its more seamless on the big screen.
Still, its Edward Norton – and he has yet to let me down.
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could be cool. Ed cant do too much wrong by me.
Reminds me of Avatar with the whole twin-brother-replacing-the-better-deal-brother angle.
How convenient. Still, Norton rules, so this might just be good.
Because Avatar was the first movie to be about a brother replacing another brother for a plot.
Avatar’s biggest criticism is that it ripped off its plot from other movies (who were not the first to come up with that either) and you try to compare this movie to it?
How convenient.
Avatar is original now?
No offense but saying “Avatar’s biggest criticism is that it ripped off its plot from other movies” is not really good back up for your argument. Cite some examples. Give us some substance or data to validate your claims. I’ve heard this about Avatar and happen to agree with you but it is not fair to make sweeping claims without support.
Name one criticism that has been offered MORE by fans or critics that hasn’t had something to do with the plot being ripped off from Dances with Wolves or Pocahontas?
Its supported, and valid. Its the biggest criticism of the film. There are other considerations, but no other critique has been more widely observed or stated than that one.
It is fair.
I’m not disagreeing with that accusation. What I am disagreeing with is the nature of the accusation. For example, Avatar’s major criticism as noted in the NYT’s review……..Something to that effect.
This entire website is built around discussion of movie news. Its been said in nearly EVERY review, and I don’t have to offer a bibliography on my every statement.
This is not a University Omnibus of research.
No, not after every statement but since you are refuting another claim it helps to have a concrete explanation.
Sorry professor. I will check with you next time I want to say anything.
Seriously. You are splitting hairs over nothing.
Do I have to explain that or make a bibliography over that statement too?