Movie Website Updates for June 24th - June 30th
June 30, 2006
It seems a lot of people are starting their holidays early, but not this column as it's the busiest it's been in more than a month. Including in this list are a few newly released teaser trailers and a handful of flash sites, most of which are worth checking out. But the best of the best is the Running With Scissors - Official Site.
10th and Wolf - Official Site
Ant Bully - Official Site
Borat - Official Site
Brothers of the Head - Official Site
Casino Royale - Official Site
Clerks 2 - Official Site
Crank - Official Site
The Descent - Official Site
The Devil Wears Prada - Official Site
Edmond - Official Site
How to Eat Fried Worms - Official Site
Little Man - Official Site
Marie Antoinette - Official Site
Mini's First Time - Official Site
The Motel - Official Site
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - Official Site
The Nativity Story - Official Site
The Oh in Ohio - Official Site
Open Season - Official Site
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Official Site
Running With Scissors - Official Site
Saw III - Official Site
Snakes on a Plane - Official Site
Spider-Man 3 - Official Site
Strangers With Candy - Official Site
Superman Returns - Official Site
The Transformers - Official Site
The U.S. vs. John Lennon - Official Site
Who Killed the Electric Car? - Official Site
You, Me and Dupree - Official Site
Zoom - Official Site
The site was complete re-designed this week and given a much more polished feel. However, even with a good intro, there's not enough here to stand out.
The flash site launched this week and it has everything you would expect from a site like this, although some of the basics are marked coming soon, (cast & crew bios and production notes). Also marked coming soon are the games and a personality quiz. Without those two features it is hard to judge the site, although it is off to a great start.
The trailer is online, but you have to surf over to Apple.com to see it. It's even worse than I imagined.
A scattered site that seems to fit very well with the movie its promoting, (which is about conjoined twins who become a punk rock sensation). There's quite a bit of information here, but it's a little hard to find. A menu would have helped.
Another blog, this time defending his complaints about the cold weather in the Bahamas.
Another video journal entry this week, and it is one of the most interesting so far. It looks at the most complex special effect shot in the movie and how it was accomplished. Would make a good extra on the DVD release. Also, there is a second journal entry over on Apple.com, which features a lot of clips from the journal entries on the main site, but is still worth checking out for those who have been following the Train Wreck site from the beginning.
Just the synopsis so far.
Added to the site this week were the cast & crew bios, (most of them, anyway), and the image gallery. This is a small site and is certainly not in contention for the Weekly Website Award, but it does help sell the film very well.
The movie opens tonight, but the desperate message feature is still marked coming soon. Overall it is still a very good site.
The trailer was added this week leaving just a few bios marked coming soon.
Another flash site that launched this week, and again, it has all the usual features. Add in a few games, including one where you have to search the site for ingredients and it should please the target demographic.
The regular features were added to the site, but they don't help sell the film. But at this point, I don't think anything would.
The full trailer is online, but while it is better than the teaser trailer, it still didn't sell me on the film.
The trailer was added to the site, and I found it effective and it increased my interest in the movie.
There's a lot of information on this site, but it doesn't have a very polished feel.
Another new flash site this week, and on the one hand it is technically well done with all the usual features, (synopsis, cast & crew bios, production notes, image gallery, trailer). Also on the site are two games, but neither is that impressive. Overall, the site doesn't really help sell the movie, and that is its main job.
Just the synopsis, image gallery, teaser trailer, and a behind-the-scenes featurette. As for the trailer, it is way too much teaser for my taste.
All the usual features are here, but there's almost no sense of style. I did like the trailer and I am looking forward to seeing the movie, but the site could sell it better.
The place holder site was re-designed, again.
Three more games were added to the site with the Pirate Dice game being the most fun.
This site was turned into a re-direct so long ago that I thought the movie was in serious trouble of never coming out. But now the flash site has launched and it was worth the wait. The heart of the site is the memoirs, which is filled with text, images and plenty of video clips, (some of which are marked coming soon). There is also a menu above to help you find the regular features, (synopsis, cast & crew bios, image gallery, trailer), which is good because the memoirs are a little hectic at times and it would be very hard to find something specific otherwise. This style will also make it much more difficult to figure out when there are updates, but as it is, it�s the best site on this weeks like and the winner of the deranged Weekly Website Award.
The placeholder site was redesigned and features the new teaser art. Check it out while you can, because I think the MPAA will force them to change it.
There's a new feature to help customize your MySpace site with a Snakes on a Plane motif. I don't have a MySpace site, so I don't know how it looks.
The new teaser trailer featuring Spider-man in his black suit is online. All the Fanboys cheer... WEEEEeeeeeeeeeee! Okay, now that the mandatory geek attack is over with, we can look at the trailer seriously. It's much better than I was expecting. Longtime readers know how much I hate most teaser trailers as they are all about getting the base excited without giving moviegoers any indication about the quality of the movie. This one has more emphasis on the latter, which is a nice touch.
No real changes in a couple of weeks. An effective site, but not an award contender.
The clips were added to the site, but the section for interviews that was marked coming soon was reviews. Overall is it a good site, but I was expecting more. (On a side note, I've been using the phrase, "But I was expecting more." To describe a lot about Superman's run so far.)
Another teaser trailer hitting the web this week that's sure to make the Fanboy's squeal. However, this one exhibits all the problems I mentioned above when I talked about the Spider-Man 3 teaser.
The site starts as a parody of the Drudge Report called the Grudge Report. There are plenty of links here, many to outside sites. There are also some of the usual features, including trailer, filmmakers' bios and more. I like the combination of style and content, but not enough for it to be a content for the weekly website award.
The site spends more time talking about the vehicle than the film itself, but since it is a message movie this is forgivable.
The Wisdom of Dupree was added to the site, and it was better than I expected as it featured several clips from with Owen Wilson.
The flash site launched this week, however, only one section, (a shooting game), is on the site. Everything else is marked Access Denied.
Filed under: Movie Website Updates, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Spider-Man 3, Transformers, Superman Returns, Casino Royale, Borat, The Devil Wears Prada, Open Season, Saw III, You, Me and Dupree, Little Man, The Nativity Story, Snakes on a Plane, Crank, The Descent, Clerks II, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Marie Antoinette, How to Eat Fried Worms, Zoom, Running With Scissors, Who Killed the Electric Car?, The U.S. vs John Lennon, Edmond, The Ant Bully, 10th & Wolf