The Best and Worst of the Super Bowl ads

The two most important parts of the Super Bowl are...
1. The game
2. The commercials

This year's bunch of Super Bowl ads were quite disappointing, but, on the other hand, the game was fantastic. I guess we can't have both!

But for me, there was something different about this crop of ads: They featured more movie trailers! Of course, I am in total support of this movement and would LOVE to have commercials strictly be movie trailers!

So in honor of the amazing game last Sunday, here is my pick for the best and worst movie trailers from the Super Bowl!

THE BEST


WANTED starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman and has a set release date of June 27,2008.

When this trailer started, my first instinct was that this was Tomb Raider 3. We have seen Jolie in this role before, plenty of times. But I have to admit, that it doesn't get old! It has been a couple of years since Mr. and Mrs. Smith has come out, and I am ready for the action. Hollywood's ultimate humanitarian can still kick everybody's ass while looking gorgeous!

And as if the star-power of Jolie and Freeman wasn't enough, the movie adds James McAvoy to the mix. He has certainly made a name for himself in the romance movies with his films Becoming Jane and most recently, and Oscar-nominated, Atonement, so it will be a nice switch seeing a different side of him.

MY PREDICTIONS:
From the film, you can tell that McAvoy is going to avenge his father's death-a very basic plotline! I am sure that it will be a movie that will be appreciated for the action and cinematic beauty, and not for the storyline. But the hardest part to predict is the ending. I think, because that is how it usually happens, somebody will turn on the "fraternity." I think it will by Jolie. The trailer makes it look like a love connection between her and McAvovy, but it is all a setup.


THE WORST


IRON MAN starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow with a release date of May 2, 2008.

I think the reason this is not going to be a good movie, is because they cast Robert Downey Jr. as a super hero. Granted, I don't know anything about the real comic book hero, but it just seems that they could have found somebody else to fill the role. There are plenty of actors that can pull of box office action, womanizer and humor. Johnny Depp anyone? Although, with the high profile supporting cast and all the expenses going into set, costuming and explosions, maybe they just didn't have anymore money to get a better person!

MY PREDICTION:
In the trailer, Downey is extremely rude, so by the end of the movie, he will be a better person, committed to the love of his life, Paltrow. Of course, along the way, he will save the world effortlessly!