Trailer Watch: November 23, 2010

Another brief update day with two: Mars Needs Moms and Prom.

PROM

	Plot Summary: A comedy about several high schoolers coping with the potential excitement and disappointment of prom. Release Date: April 29, 2011
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: C Commentary: Another film trying to tap into a teen zeitgeist akin to John Hughes’ reign in the ’80s. Not going to happen with this film.	Rating: None Commentary: None available.
	Trailer Link: Yahoo Movies Trailers Oscar Chances: None.

	Plot Summary: A young boy’s mother is abducted by Martians and he must do everything he can to rescue her. Release Date: March 11, 2011
	Trailer	Poster
	Rating: C- Commentary: As if the terrible motion-capture animation weren’t bad enough, the trailer lacks humor, feels uneducated and altogether bores.	Rating: C Commentary: OMG! A spaceship! Next.
	Trailer Link: Yahoo Movies Trailers Oscar Chances: Every animated feature has a chance at Best Animated Feature, but motion-capture animation has only once cracked the top five (or three) and that’s only because Monster House didn’t look like it.