Okay, so I’m not as anti-remake or sequels as most critics. I’m probably the only one who was looking forward to Disturbia, D.J. Caruso’s contemporary teen thriller remake of Hitchcock’s Rear Window starring Shia LaBeouf. The teen audience certainly showed up in numbers and the movie was pretty decent to boot. But ever since the idea was first announced, I have expressed my distain for this teen romantic comedy adaptation of Snow White. Amanda Bynes headlines this debacle as Sydney White, a 20-year-old college freshman who pledges her late mother’s once-dignified sorority, but finds a new home with seven outcasts and attempts to transform the school’s misguided social hierarchy.
The movie trailer is now online, and it looks to be as horrible as possibly imagined. Does this film have any hope? Nope. But if it did, it would come in the form of director Joe Nussbaum. You may not reccognize the name, but you’ve seen his short film George Lucas in Love, which went viral on the internet before viral was a buzzword. Nussbaum disappointed many geek fanboys by going on to direct the John Hughes-esque pre-teen comedy Sleepover. 27-year-old first time feature film screenwriter Chad Creasey’s biggest credit is assisting uber-screenwriter John August on his Sundance indie film The Nines. The movie will hit theaters on September 21st 2007. Click on the poster to the right to enlarge and check out the trailer after the jump.
August 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I don’t know. I’m not big on the teen movies necessarily but I’ve definitely seen worse trailers. I actually liked some teen movies like “Bring It On” and “She’s All That” so I’ve learned to be cautious and only judge after I’ve seen something. That said, regardless of what I think, I’m probably not their target market (unless they’re hoping to reach 30-something males).
If anything the trailer for Sydney White just looks a little too cliched to me, but, then again, just about all movies are cliched to some extent these days.
August 5th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
They filmed some of this piece of crap at my local High School a few months ago. Apparently UCF didn’t want anything to do with this crap.
August 6th, 2007 at 6:04 am
well luckily she’s hot so if anythign watch this film on dvd and hit mute
August 7th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Thank you! I’ve been looking for someone who doesn’t think this will be ‘pretty decent’. That trailer is the most uninspiring couple of minutes I have sat through in a long, long time.
The jokes are flat, everything is cliched or ripped off.
One thing makes me laugh: Amanda Bynes is blond, apparently, but they dye her hair dark to make her look ‘unique’.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:29 am
hi all whats upp
June 6th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
My best friend said that this was her favorite movie. I didn’t really think that it was the best movie ever, but I still like it!!!!