Trailer Time: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 50/50, and Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

*Mara Rooney as Lisbet Salander in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Trailers here once again. It seems all I have time for is to re-post. But I swear I'll get to some original reviews/articles sometime soon. Anywho, somehow in the flux of pre-summer-action-sequel-grossout-comedy-eye-candy blockbuster galore there have been some trailers released for some really, really interesting films coming out (hence the back-to-back post of Trailer Time). Including probably the best cut trailer I've seen this year thus far, David Fincher's rendition of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...


 Now, the original Swedish version was good in a television movie kind of way. Well, competent enough to tackle the really disturbing subject manner of the book that spawned this whole series of film adaptations. But knowing David Fincher and his preferred work in disturbing, violent, urban tales of crime and mystery, his film will be highly stylized and gritty just the way he likes it, and just barely rated-R friendly. The trailer invites us into the world of the film, drawing us into the unexpected danger and potential horror that awaits. The way the trailer is cut to the music is spot on and riveting. This Feel-Bad-Christmas cannot come faster for me to see how Fincher's dark take on the controversial tale.

On to something a bit less feel-bad, here's 50/50. As Seth Rogen and crew explain in the beginning of the video, the story is loosely based on Will Reiser's experience being a young man fighting cancer. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the lead role, the film seems sensitive, touching, but still humorous and real. It's already been screened at a few festivals and has gotten not-fantastic, but good reviews. Lookin' forward to it.

I'm not a huge fan of A Tribe Called Quest, but I can appreciate their legacy and contribution to the hiphop genre and culture. And Michael Rapaport's new documentary on the group's rise and disintegration honors that, but also tries to demystify it. Like many groups before them, you recognize how great they are together and wish they could stay that way forever, but you also know how almost impossible that becomes. Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest comes out on limited release in July.