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Conviction (Trailer)

ByCuriosity Inc.

Jul 25, 2010

I saw this trailer earlier today and it would’ve made me laugh my ass off if I wasn’t in a movie theater at the time.

An inspirational “underdog” drama? Check.

Based on a true story? Check.

Cast entirely with Academy Award winners and nominees? Check.

The actors spend a lot of time in heavy makeup? Check.

The actors spend a lot of time crying? Check.

Heavy-handed music? Check.

Released late in the year? I’m seeing October 15th, which is close enough. Check.

I mean… wow. All this movie needs is a Holocaust setting and we’d have the whole checklist. Even the title is so sappy and pretentious that it’s practically begging for an Oscar.

Personally, I’ll be keeping an eye on it. I can’t wait to see how many audience members and Academy voters get suckered into this one. Though if Hilary Swank gets a nomination over Jennifer Lawrence, I just might go on a killing spree.

By Curiosity Inc.

I hold a B.S. in Bioinformatics, the only one from Pacific University's Class of '09. I was the stage-hand-in-chief of my high school drama department and I'm a bass drummer for the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers. I dabble in video games and I'm still pretty good at DDR. My primary hobby is going online for upcoming movie news. I am a movie buff, a movie nerd, whatever you want to call it. Comic books are another hobby, but I'm not talking about Superman or Spider-Man or those books that number in the triple-digits. I'm talking about Watchmen, Preacher, Sandman, etc. Self-contained, dramatic, intellectual stories that couldn't be accomplished in any other medium. I'm a proud son of Oregon, born and raised here. I've been just about everywhere in North and Central America and I love it right here.

One thought on “Conviction (Trailer)”
  1. Damn, Rockwell got lured into this?
    You’re on the money Curi, looks like this year’s Blind Side.

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