I saw Tron: Legacy today. This post is not about Tron: Legacy. This post is about The Eagle. When I was finding my way to my theater, I saw this larger, friendly poster for a movie called The Eagle. First I saw Romans. "Yay, Romans!" Then I saw Channing Tatum. "Yay, Channing Tatum!" Then I saw Jamie Bell. "OMFJAM JAMIE BELL!!!!" Connor gave it The Eye and we went to Tron: Legacy. Then God smiled on me and gave me the trailer for The Eagle before Tron started. Here is the trailer and my thought-commentary moment by moment:
"Dude, it's that movie!"
"Dude, Romans."
"Duuuude, Channing Tatum."
"Dude, Hadrian's Wall!"
"OMFJAM JAMIE BELL!"
"DUDE SLAVES! AND ROMANS!"
"DUDE BETRAYALS!"
"DUDE JAMIE BELL AND CELTS!"
"LOL SLAVES!"
"Chariooooooooots!"
As you can see, I am not exactly the most discerning of viewers. But oh babies, if the world has any goodness, that movie will be awesome and I will heart it. That trailer has pretty much everything I want in a story: pretty boys, fake!history (not to be confused with real!history or just plain History), horses, military, FRIENDS, conflicting loyalties, slavery, betrayal. The only thing it's missing is witty banter. But I didn't see any skanky girls (their absence is a plus, yes), and the witty banter might be hidden.