The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Aug 2015) (1 Viewer)

[Sam Favate]

Been following the saga of the UNCLE film for a few years now, from its shaky development period to changes in casting (Clooney, Cruise, now Cavill) and directors (Soderberg) and release date (it was scheduled for Jan. 2015, and now is set for Aug 14 2015).


All of which means that this first trailer for the movie looks better than it has any right to:


http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/11/man-from-uncle-trailer


I'm a fan of the 1964-68 TV series, and the trailer makes it appear they got the tone of the show right. Thumbs up on the time period.

 

[Vic Pardo]

When I saw the trailer for the KINGSMAN film, my first thought was that it was the U.N.C.L.E. film. It sure looked like it, with Caine in the Alexander Waverly role. Makes sense they pushed it back, since nobody will go see it with KINGSMAN still in their minds.


I recently re-watched some old U.N.C.L.E. compilation features and they were just terrible. I loved the series as a kid, but all attempts to revisit it as a grown-up have left me supremely disappointed.

 

[Mark Booth]

Dear movie Gods, Please please PLEASE don't let The Man from U.N.C.L.E. suck! I lived and breathed the show from '64 to '68. I could draw the logo in my sleep! Warner Bros, you are NOT allowed to screw this up! If it sucks, there will be hell to pay!


Mark

 

[Sean Bryan]

Looks great.

 

[Lou Sytsma]

I've got a bad feeling about this.


Hammer and Cavill aren't helping either.

 

[Vic Pardo]

I've got a bad feeling about this.


Hammer and Cavill aren't helping either.

Hammer's track record at vintage franchise restarts isn't a good one.

 

[Raul Marquez]

...and where's the famous U.N.C.L.E. logo in the trailer???? Should have been there!

 

[Raul Marquez]

as a kid I had my "official" U.N.C.L.E. id

 

[Raul Marquez]

....and my Napoleon Solo gun

 

[Vic Pardo]

ManFromUNCLELogo.jpg


...and where's the famous U.N.C.L.E. logo in the trailer???? Should have been there!

...and the Jerry Goldsmith theme music!

 

[Ejanss]

I recently re-watched some old U.N.C.L.E. compilation features and they were just terrible. I loved the series as a kid, but all attempts to revisit it as a grown-up have left me supremely disappointed.

I tried watching it on Instant Warner Archive, and couldn't get through a half-hour--Aside from "The first US post-Bond spy show!", there didn't seem to be anything particularly groundbreaking, and Robert Vaughn seemed stiffer than Robert Conrad's James West.

John Drake, Mr. Steed & Mrs. Peel, No. 6...We were falling behind Britain in the espionage race, and the best our intelligence had to offer was Maxwell Smart.


But I agree with Sam, I didn't know what a trailer to the movie would look like, but it wasn't this....In a good way.

You COULDN'T do this show realistically or contemporarily like The Equalizer movie, it belongs in the "retro" 60's. Thing is, though, the August date and knowing Guy Ritchie's been put on to "fix" it makes me think we're getting Robert Downey's Sherlock Holmes in the 60's--With all the wild overstylization, crazy flash-editing and overbearing attempts to make the hero partners "quirky".

Sherlock didn't deserve that, but for some reason, Solo does, since we remember the show being more fantastical than it was. Still, think the trailer's only showing us the tip of the Goofy iceberg.

 

[RobertR]

...and the Jerry Goldsmith theme music!

How could you do a Man from Uncle movie and NOT show the logo or play the famous theme?? The lack of those things makes it look more like the trailer for a generic action movie.

 

[DavidJ]

I thought it was a strong trailer. I'm currently optimistic.

 

[Mark Booth]

as a kid I had my "official" U.N.C.L.E. id

uncle id.jpg

I had the ID card and the gun too! Awesomeness when you are 9 years old!


Mark

 

[TravisR]

Maybe it's because I saw the Fantastic Four and Paul Blart 2 trailers before it but this trailer looked OK. That being said, it also looks nothing like my very few memories of the TV series.