Hot Trailer: ‘Arthur’

COMMENTS (88)

• looks alright, probably not anything more than alright

  Comment by Eran — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:28pm PST  Reply to this post

  • They turned Moore’s loveable happy go luck lush into a moronic man-child that doesn’t know teapots are hot?

    *face palm* Sometimes I feel like I’m the smartest man in this entire town, and I’m admittedly not that bright.

    Comment by Cash — Saturday February 12, 2011 @ 2:18pm PST  Reply to this post

  • The cats really out of the bag after last night’s SNL hosting duties…

    Man is this guy NOT FUNNY. You could hear the cast even cringing…

    Comment by Perry's Lackey — Sunday February 13, 2011 @ 11:48am PST  Reply to this post

  • DUDLEY MOORE IS TURNING IN HIS GRAVE!
    PLEASE RUSSEL BRAND GO BACK TO THE UK AND TAKE YOUR HORRIBLY MEDIOCRE ATTENTION GRABBING WIFE WITH YOU,FIND A SCRUB BRUSH AND MAYBE GET A JOB SELLING FISH N CHIPS IN PICCADILLY SQUARE!
    LUIS GUZMAN AS BITTERMAN—GOD HELP US ALL!

    Comment by ALEX CORRADO — Sunday February 13, 2011 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• I didn’t see the original, so I have no dog in this race. Having said that, I think the trailer looks….good; not great, but respectably good. If anything is going to make Russell Brand a star in the United States, it could be this film. It *seems* as if the movie is playing up to his strengths; namely playing an immature, spoiled, egotistical man-child.

  Comment by Gravity's Sihouette — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:29pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I agree with the egotistical man-child description, but wouldn’t moving out of that comfort zone provide Russel Brand more star potential in the US? It just looks bad all around, and definitely not worth seeing in theaters. If Helen Mirren weren’t in it I’d say all hope was lost…

    Comment by Britt — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• Well, I say duplicating the charm and innocence of the original isn’t EVERYTHING that matters. Just cast the shit out of it and say “go at it.” Ugh. What a train wreck.

  Comment by Craig — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• I have had zero desire to see this but this trailer may have changed my mind

  Comment by mario — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• I didn’t think any trailer this year would be worse than The Dilemma, but that was it.

  Comment by Tom Strong — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:34pm PST  Reply to this post

• …umm yeah, maybe there should be a disclaimer “Hot Trailer means ‘new’ not necessarily ‘good’…

  Comment by Jug — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• Looks Awful!

  Comment by The Truth — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:36pm PST  Reply to this post

• This trailer made me sad for what they’ve done to the genius that was the original “Arthur.”

  Comment by Karen — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:41pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I was totally gonna come post one word…

    SAD

    But since you beat me to it Karen… I just have to agree with you.
    I mean, honestly, that is the only emotion I feel after watching this.

    Comment by JJ — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:28pm PST  Reply to this post

  • The real problem is the film is no longer special given the entertainment landscape. The original wasn’t genius, but it was entertaining. But now, when cable TV is filled with people like Paris Hilton and all the useless women who fill the “Real Housewives” series, people who have ridiculous amounts of money and live a life of extreme luxury despite having not earned of dime of it, a new Arthur just seems redundant. Why pay to see this when we can see self-indulgent spoiled brats make fools of themselves on a nightly basis for free?

    Comment by Dan In NYC — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 8:29pm PST  Reply to this post

    • You have made an excellent point, Dan.

      Comment by Hobbled — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 11:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• there are some films that just do not require a remake. ‘arthur’ is one of those films. perhaps if the trailer depicted a halfway humorous movie, then maybe i give it a chance on the basis of good, ol’ entertainment, but it looks terrible from start to finish.

  maybe there is something redeemable in the movie, but the trailer does not give even the briefest of hints of the possibility.

  awful. sorry, dudley.

  Comment by derby — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• I saw nothing about the Liza Minnelli character. Is this just a reimagining or an actual remake?

  Comment by Tim W. — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• Oh my gosh… I want that 2 minutes and 33 seconds of my life back.

  Comment by MrCarp — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• This trailer is a lot of things, but its definitely not HOT!

  Comment by Canyon — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:05pm PST  Reply to this post

• THIS ISSS AWFUL

  Comment by Doug J — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:06pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love Russell Brand. Hate that he’s done this.

  Comment by Garbo — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• Interesting that Arthur no longer appears to be an alcoholic and now comes across as a rich fanboy. It’s also odd that they seem to be stressing Arthur’s relationship with Hobson a lot more than the one with his girlfriend.

  Anyway, I love the original, but don’t really mind it being remade. I mean, let’s not pretend it’s been enshrined as a masterpiece these past few decades. (It never even managed to get a decent treatment on dvd!)

  I think I actually have a bigger problem with the casting of Jennifer Garner as the unwanted fiancee. Hell, even Dudley Moore’s Arthur would’ve accepted that arranged marriage!

  Comment by kevin — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• Helen Mirren is turning into a not-broke Nicholas Cage, as for what movies she’ll take.

  Comment by nsr — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:15pm PST  Reply to this post

  • So she’s turning into a Robert De Niro?

    Comment by JT — Saturday February 12, 2011 @ 12:14am PST  Reply to this post

• Dudley,

  We all want to apologize. All of us. This is just awful. Once again, sorry. We will always love you.

  Yours Truly,

  The World

  Comment by I am sorry... — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• Garbage.

  Comment by Ted — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• He’s not a drunk anymore — Mike Fleming might want to axe that from his description.

  And it looks like shit.

  Comment by Doc — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• Trailer for “Arthur” is so-so.
  Not a stinker by any means.
  Strongest links: Brand and Mirren. Together they lend a respectable comedic flair to this remake.
  Weakest link: Jen Garner.Can’t play sexy, or anything else, for that matter. Too bad, because Garner’s part could have been hit out of the ballpark by MANY other far more competent actresses.
  Save for Garner, looks like a passable comedy.

  Comment by Jeff — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• i dunno about this. on one side i am taken in by unquestionable russell’s charm, but on the other, this film doesn’t seem like anything beyond russell making wisecracks at his own leisure, neglecting the script. like some people who have commented before me, i have yet to see the original beyond the trailer, but moore actually seems to play a character set within a story whereas russell is playing himself acting off the story, and i think that’s where this will falter… if that makes sense.

  Comment by at odds — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• What a lot of gloomy gusses on here. I think it looks intriguing, and will probably be quite charming. Plus, Helen Mirren, eh?

  Comment by Mr. Fong — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• LOVE LUIS GUZMAN

  Comment by C — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 6:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• Should we just go ahead and make it a law that every trailer has to use “Under Pressure”?

  Comment by Jacob — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 7:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• Brand is caught between the moon and something, but it sure ain’t New York City.

  Comment by A New Low — Friday February 11, 2011 @ 7:28pm PST  Reply to this post