Movie Website Updates for May 27 - June 2, 2007
June 2, 2007
A busy week for new sites with roughly a dozen making their first appearance on this week's list. However, it was a site making its last appearance, Knocked Up - Official Site, that was judged best-of-the-best.
1408 - Official Site
Balls of Fury - Official Site
Crazy Love - Official Site
Day Watch - Official Site
Dr. Strange - Official Site
Eagle vs. Shark - Official Site
Evening - Official Site
Gracie - Official Site
The Heartbreak Kid - Official Site
I Am Reed Fish - Official Site
Interview - Official Site
Introducing the Dwights - Official Site
Joshua - Official Site
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery - Official Site
Knocked Up - Official Site
The Last Hangman - Official Site
Live Free or Die Hard - Official Site
Mr. Brooks - Official Site
National Treasure: The Book of Secrets - Official Site
No End In Sight - Official Site
Ratatouille - Official Site
Resident Evil: Extinction - Official Site
Rise: Blood Hunter - Official Site
Speed Racer - Official Site
Tell No One - Official Site
Talk to Me - No Official Site
Ten Canoes - Official Site
The Transformers - Official Site
Your Mommy Kills Animals - Official Site
New look for the teaser site, no new content for the main site.
This is the new official site. Yes it is identical to the old fan site, which now re-directs here. (On a side note, it still says, "Fan Site", but hopefully that will change soon.)
The usual features for a documentary site, with better style than most.
All of the usual features are here, including several clips, but the style is just average.
This will not be a theatrical release, but these direct-to-DVD releases are popular enough that I thought readers would be interested in seeing the site, and especially the trailer.
The collage making was added, as was the new and improved personality quiz as well as information on screenings.
Just the basics with four clips and a contest. The clips should help sell the film to its target audience.
All of the usual features are here, but little in the way of style to help it stand out. There is also a MySpacce page that is better than most pages on that site, but that's not saying too much.
Just the trailer, which didn't sell me on the project.
Nothing really new from last week.
The trailer was added to the site, which has me very intrigued. Granted, I was intrigued when I saw Steve Buscemi was writing and directing the movie, but the trailer helped even more.
All the usual features are here, (including a very effect trailer), with interview clips with the cast members. Add in the animated transitions and it is a site that works well. Not up to the level of an award-worthy site, but one that sells the movie.
Typical Fox Searchlight site with the trailer and some images.
I really doubt this will be the official movie site, but it does have the teaser trailer and a clip of auditions.
An excellent site that probably could have won the award any number of times since most of the features were added to the flash site. There are two reasons why it didn't win till this week firstly, the small number of updates each time were usually overshadowed by one site that had a massive update. Secondly, too much of the content is hidden behind age verification that doesn't take into account Canadians, (which is ironic considering its star is Canadian). Canada represents about 10% of the total domestic box office, which is about the size of California. Blocking Canadians from seeing 18+ trailers is crazy, and I know it is possible to set up a system that can either check people in Canada or except them. (I'd go with the latter since our ratings system is a lot less strict than in the States.) Moving on... The site has all of the regular features a site needs as well as extras including a ton of movie clips, behind-the-scenes featurette, and interactive games. Easy worth winning the gestating Weekly Website Award.
There's no site for the North American release, but the U.K. site above is understated, but that fits with the movie.
There's a game and if you beat all three levels, (which is pretty easy), you get a look at the new trailer.
Overall this site works with all the usual features and a couple extras. It is good at setting the mood, but not good enough to lift it to the award-worthy level.
Just the trailer, which didn't get me excited about the movie.
All the usual features for a documentary site are here, with a few clips as bonuses.
Two more featurettes were added to the vide section and that places the total at seven.
The flash site is up, but it only has the synopsis and trailer so far.
Just the trailer, which doesn't sell the movie very well.
New teaser site, but so far there is just a promise that content will be added within a week. Let's hope that's true.
Just the very basics with short clips as transitions. However, the clips are just of the lead character running and hardly do much to sell the movie.
No official site yet, but we do have the Trailer. (Quicktime required.)
There's not site for the North American release, but the Australian one is effective.
The site was completely redesigned this week but there's not much new content. However, there are plenty of features marked coming soon, including games.
MySpace. A particularly ugly MySpace page. However, there are a lot of clips to watch.
Filed under: Movie Website Updates, Transformers, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Ratatouille, Knocked Up, Live Free or Die Hard, Resident Evil: Extinction, Speed Racer, The Heartbreak Kid, Balls of Fury, Mr. Brooks, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Evening, Talk to Me, Gracie, No End In Sight, Joshua, Dnevnoy dozor, Interview, Introducing the Dwights, Crazy Love, Ten Canoes, Eagle vs Shark, Rise: Blood Hunter, The Last Hangman, I'm Reed Fish, 1408