An Education. Seems like a pretty straightforward story this. Young girl who plans to go to Oxford meets a dashing young man who shows her a different life, packs in her plans for academia much to the chagrin of her older, wiser parents before realising that glamour ain't quite what it's cracked up to be and learns a few life lessons. In the past. The trailer is well put together, but this glamorous "other" life that the young girl is being offered seems to amount to having drinks with Dominic Cooper. Not that that isn't a pleasant experience in itself but...I'm presuming there will be more to that in the film itself. Carey Mulligan's already won herself some awards buzz and her roles in
Public Enemies and the upcoming
Brothers can't harm her chances. I've only seen her in Bleak House so can't really say much but the supporting cast is reliable. Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Emma Thompson and personal fave Olivia Williams (she's wearing glasses so I'm guessing she'll be playing the role of "Stern Task Mistress"). Not sure how I feel about Nick Hornby scripting. My fond memories of High Fidelity were muddied by the so-so adaptation, About A Boy and his rubbish YA novel but this looks more serious than lightly playful. And at least it has a woman at its centre rather than one of Hornby's patented manboys.
The second trailer is only a teaser and not a very exciting one at that. Percy Jackson and The Olympians. I believe this one is based on a series of children's books but until they bring out a more exciting trailer then I'm not that bothered for looking it up. "From the director of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" doesn't exactly bode well, Chris Columbus not being the most inspired of directors. Are Greek myths coming back into vogue? Sam Worthington (still not seen him in anything and I'm not that fussed for Terminator: Salvation so I'll wait until Avatar to form a judgement) has Clash of the Titans on his plate so maybe they are. Hope so. This looks pretty CGI-tastic though.
