It’s a film that will probably become more infamous than critically acclaimed, just because it’s the film that managed to get Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz together. Dream House was filmed last year, back when Daniel was with Satsuki and Rachel was with Darren Aronofsky. The timeline of the shooting schedule (Spring 2010) and Rachel and Daniel’s separate breakup schedules (summer for him, fall for her) have already been dissected for clues about their not-so-alleged affair. So this film, Dream House, was already destined to become like Mr. and Mrs. Smith, or Vanilla Sky, or Cleopatra, films more famous for getting two stars together than for the actual film experience.
That being said, the trailer for Dream House looks both creepy as hell, and very, very dumb. “Dumb” as in “I can see the massive plot holes from here.” I sincerely hope Rachel and Daniel were boning throughout the production, because that would be the only excuse for two talented actors to work on this odd-looking film:
Things I like about it: I like Daniel’s hair in the beginning. I like Naomi Watts’ creepy supporting part. I like that Daniel is going to be shirtless in several scenes. That’s about it.
Meanwhile, Daniel is on the promotional trail for Cowboys & Aliens, which… I still don’t think looks very good. I know everyone’s like “OMG, it’s going to be a huge hit!” but it looks really dumb to me, what with Daniel’s magic bombing bracelet and Olivia Wilde’s bangs trauma acting as an old-timey whore. Daniel was on Leno last night, and he revealed that he had forgotten his wedding date already: “Erm… (it was) two or three weeks ago. I am supposed to remember aren’t I?” He also talked about his wedding with Access Hollywood earlier: “I did it secretly — I can’t tell you how I pulled it off. My private life is incredibly important to me, and certainly that aspect of it is more than incredibly important to me.”
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looks pretty harmless. Kind of a middle of the ground movie. Not horrible. Not great.
“My private life is incredibly important to me”….but not his wedding date, apparently.
@ Kaiser – Olivia Wilde’s bangs trauma ACTING as an old-timey whore…who said she was ACTING…lol
I find him supremely ugly.
“I did it secretly”, “I pulled it off” —-not we? OOPs!
Naomi Watts is in this movie as well? I’ll give this one a try.
Uuuugh, enough with the haunted house shit already! It’s been done a million times…
I know it’s just jeans, a black t-shirt and boots, but he’s rocking the perfect guy outfit, IMO.
I feel like I just saw the whole movie including the twist. Why do trailers do that?!?!
I think it’s the cook’s wife!
Looks like The Number 23. And The Others.
But I’ll still watch it on DVD or cable. (And it’s totally Naomi Watts.)
It might be all right. I’m not a horror-or-whatever-you’d-call-this-sort-of-movie fan, but it looks intriguing at least, and Weisz and Craig and Watts are all pretty good actors, usually.
RE: Cowboys and Aliens: I think it’s one of those things that could be either incredibly good (a la Men in Black) or incredibly LAME. Also, they should have cast someone other than Wilde. She’s not a very good actress, IMO.
Naomi Watts often gives bad performances-she often is out of sync with the rest of the cast as far as levity and how she plays the role….like she only has one speed in movies-her range=drama and melodrama more specifically….there’s never a hint of irony or comedy in her portrayals…
she has annoyed me in movies more than once….
too bad b/c i like her and want to love her as an actress.
Am I missing something? Is Olivia Wilde the life-size doll figure in the trailer?
EDIT: Whoops! I guess you were talking about her in Cowboys and Aliens. My bad.
@ Lisa – It’s giving me more of a Wild Wild West vibe than MIB.
Oh me, oh my. Daniel is wearing the hell out of that black t-shirt and jeans. Choosy like!
Okay, now I’m gonna go watch the trailer.
@Pyewacket: So do I! He looks like a troll to me :-.
Cowboys and Aliens looks terrible.
As for the movie Dream House – I hate it when trailers show practically the whole movie in the trailer. Now we all know what happens, including the twist. Bad, bad trailer.
With that said I’ll probably end up seeing it on DVD anyway.
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