By Ace Fernandez
A trailer for Celador Films' Roman epic "Centurion" is out. It's determinedly overwrought, as these movies tend to be (see "300," "Gladiator," etc.). Men fighting and yelling and bleeding and slashing and defying, dammit, defying!
It does boast "Inglourious Basterds" star Michael Fassbender, "The Descent" director Neil Marshall and "Slumdog Millionaire" producer Christian Colson, who's got an Oscar on his mantle.
In Roman Britain A.D. 117, a bunch of soldiers get ambushed and massacred, leaving seven survivors stranded -- you guessed it -- behind enemy lines. Much hardship ensues, some of it at the hands of a bow-and-arrow-wielding hottie bad-ass in Braveheart makeup, steel-plated tiara and blond porn-star braids. Huzzah!
The film has distribution set up around the world, but not in the States. What do you think, is there an audience for it here?
I'm supposed to start babbling from the Latin version of "Green Eggs and Ham", or failing that dump a few lines of lorem ipsum, but I find that I can't remember either. Also, is lorem ipsum a particular work, a bit of literature in a language that happens not to exist, in which case I should call it "Lorem Ipsum?" Or is it more of a substance, one commonly found in desktop-publishing ads and the Sims?In other news, the work crew has finished taking down the poplars in the back of the parking lot, and is now enjoying a well-earned coffee break fifty feet up on the cherry picker.
Posted by: 2gb micro m2 | February 12, 2010 at 10:36 PM
With an article like this how the hell can anyone not want to see this film? :D That's a rhetorical question by the way...
Posted by: Darren Albert | February 13, 2010 at 02:38 AM
it looks to me that as with many trailers, the producers have put all the action scenes in the trailer. but when you see the 2 hour film there will be many long and boring scenes. trailers are very deceptive.
Posted by: roberto diaz | February 14, 2010 at 08:28 AM
"whats in your wallet!?!"
Posted by: David | February 14, 2010 at 11:39 AM
hi,
the work crew has finished taking down the poplars in the back of the parking lot, and is now enjoying a well-earned coffee break fifty feet up on the cherry picker.
Posted by: 8gb sdhc card | February 19, 2010 at 12:57 AM