Jarhead: Trailer vs. Teaser

Maybe its was a natural thing. Maybe it will be one of those situations where we try to make sense of it and say: "Its nobody's fault really, these things just happen. A snip there, a tuck here, Mr Mcferrin said he didnt want his music associated with war. Tom had brough in his copy of Electric Warrior and so we just threw on some T. Rex...I think it works...right? I mean, it's nobody's fault really..."

They took a trailer and made it bad. The original trailer is now called the teaser. Don't believe the hype. A "teaser" is a black screen accompanied by the theme from Termintaor 2 (Duhn Duhn Duhn DUHN DUHN!) as it slowly pulls back to reveal a giant steel "T3". It "teases" you with what you think the film might be.

The "teaser" for Jarhead is one of the most finely crafted movie advertisements I have seen in a very long time. The narration is pitch perfect, Messrs Fox and Cooper are perfectly summed up in one or two lines each, and the imagery chosen is powerful and surprising. I am watching it for the first time in a while and i would just like to offer a list of perfect images from the trailer:

- Gyllenhaal looking up as he leads the line of grunts fresh of the bus.
- G sitting surrounded by soldiers clutching his M16 as Foxx explains the situation
- G Looking back and laughing as he leaves the plane
- Soldier asleep in the foxhole
- Sniper G cracking his gum
- Numerous shots of soldiers and flaming oil wells
- Foxx and Jake face to face as he splashes water on a picnic table (in perfect time i might add)
- Honestly, final montage of imagery is perfect.

It doesnt need to be said, because everything about the trailer is wrapped up in it, but THE MUSIC IS SO PERFECT. HOLY SHIT.

For anyone who doesn't know. It Bobby Mcferrin's "Dont Worry Be Happy" and Kanye West's "Jesus Walks." This trailer is a perfect example of how music and film can work together so well I get goosebumps everytime I watch the damn thing!

The new trailer...well as one gentlemen so aptly puts it in the original, "Welcome to The Suck."
First of all, bad choice on the music. I love Bolan just as much as the next guy, but this is not an appropriate trailer for "Bang a Gong."

Secondly, a large part of this trailer has been devoted to showing the world that Peter Sarrggessaard is is this movie. Who the fuck is this guy?! Huh? Weird, i dont see any hands out there. That's because no one has ever heard of him.

The second half of The Suck is almost the same, but just different enough to be inferior. Vastly inferior.

Dogtag name plates? Stupid.

No gas mask football? Poor.

Back of the head instead of profile?...Jesus.

A perfect example of the old adage about fixing those things not broke.