Doubt Movie Trailer

#1

Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:25pm

Please don't kill me if this has already been posted somewhere but I couldn't see it about. Here's the trailer...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/doubt/

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#2

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:35pm

That was great.

From the trailer, it doesn't look like Meryl matches Cherry's performance, but she does very well. Of course, it could just be the trailer.

I have faith in Philip Seymour Hoffman: he really, with the right performance, could be the giant-teddy-bear-guy, the guy you go to right away when things go badly. And... he does have the slight pedophile look, but that's an advantage, really.

Amy Adams... seems like a fly on the wall. As it should be: she really stands for the audience.

Love the new scenes they put in ("Oh look. You blew out my light.").

And praise Jesus that they don't have those overdone, really really goofy Bronx accents.

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Updated On: 9/12/08 at 07:35 PM

#3

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:44pm

Ahhhh, can't wait!!

#4

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:46pm

I miss the accents. They made the characters distinct, and not run of the mill.

But what else would I expect from a movie? Run of the mill.

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#5

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:49pm

I'm confused though, is the boy listening to ear phones in that one scene? They had those in 1964?

#6

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:51pm

It probably takes place in 2008 now.

Makes it more accessible to the general brainless mainstream moviegoing public.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#7

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:52pm

FIERCE

#8

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:56pm

Someone on another site thought the headphones were for the transitor radio Sister Aloysius takes and starts listening to.

But it looks a lot more like an iPod to me.

But oh well. It doesn't really make much difference if the film takes place in 1964 or not (you miss the Vatican II references, but the church is always trying to draw people in).

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"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

#9

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:57pm

Yes, headphones were around back then. They were expensive, but they were around. The movie is still obviously set int he 60s though.. you can tell from the costumes and other pieces of technology.

The trailer looks excellent. I can't wait.

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Updated On: 9/12/08 at 07:57 PM

#10

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:00pm

I doubt this movie takes place now. Having gone to Catholic school since 6th grade, and being in a Catholic College, I have yet to see nuns that still dress like that. I'm sure some still do, but it's not the norm these days.

#11

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:02pm

Meryl Streep sounds like she's in a gangster movie.

Kad, did you see the Broadway play?

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#12

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:04pm

I couldn't see the Broadway production but I saw the tour with Cherry Jones.

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#13

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:28pm

It's a wonderful play and the stage version was stunning, but what is it about this that has you so convinced that it's going to be awful, Foster?

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#14

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:35pm

It's the fact that every stage to screen adaptation of a play that I've seen has been watered down, stretched out, and diminished of all subtleties. What I see in this trailer is a clear representation of another one of those circumstances. It's just a shame that such a tight, beautiful work of art must be tarnished simply in the name of money.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#15

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:40pm

Well, PROOF certainly wasn't that great.

And I didn't especially like the hammer-headed imagery from the DOUBT movie (the black and white crows, the light, etc.)

But who knows. Maybe the movie'll be great. It certainly looks pretty good from the trailer.

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"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

#16

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 8:50pm

Doubt, as it is written for the stage, would not work as a film. Film allows the audience to see things that are only described, or things that couldn't happen at all on stage.

Seeing as how John Patrick Shanley not only adapted the play but is also directing, I have a lot of faith in this.

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"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#17

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:17pm

Ooh snap, that boi done be drinkin' summa dat holy wine!

#18

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:54pm

Looks very good, form what can be judged form a trailer. I think Viola Davis will become a star (well maybe not a star but at least known) by this film. I can't wait to see the entire project. I am looking forward to seeing Amy Adams not playing a princess.

#19

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:57pm

frost/nixon looks better

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#20

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:05pm

Meryl Streep Looks the part, but going from Donna Sheridan to a nun was a big transition.

jk No It looks like a decent portrayal but sadly I am not feeling any emotions from the actors. It is just a trailer though, so.... But I will see it either way

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#21

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:09pm

Cherry Jones inhabited Sister Aloysius.

All I see in that trailer is Meryl Streep in a nun costume.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#22

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:42pm

If Meryl does the role the way Cherry did on stage, it will appear to be over the top on the big screen. Meryl brings more subtlety to the role.

#23

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:47pm

I'm at least intrigued by how the property has been opened up for the medium of film. Whether it ultimately works as a movie remains to be seen - DOUBT is after all a 'parable' and is pretty simple in its structure. But this film at least looks handsomely produced. Amy Adams looks the best cast of the three.

#24

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:48pm

I have to say...

I hated that trailer.

I mean, it all just looks sort of...blahh at this point.

I really hope this movie is better than this trailer.

#25

re: Doubt Movie Trailer

Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:22pm

Just judging from the trailer, it doesn't feel as tight as the play did. And, the clips don't show ANY warmth in Meryl Streep's peformance. I liked that Cherry Jones was a warm, loving nun who was also willing to bust some balls to get what she wanted. It was fascinating to watch. Meryl seems almost horrifying.

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