Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22
September 23, 2006
Slow week with just over half a dozen sites on the list. Of them, Renaissance - Official Site is clearly the best with a few others showing promise.
All the King's Men - Official Site
American Hardcore - Official Site
Black Snake Moan - Official Site
Casino Royale - Official Site
The Children of Men - Official Site
Colin Fitz Lives! - Official Site
Curse of the Golden Flower - Official Site
Deliver Us From Evil - No Site
Eragon - Official Site
Feast - Official Site
Flyboys - Official Site
The Fountain - Official Site
The Genius Club - Official Site
Ghost Rider - Official Site
The Grudge 2 - Official Site
The Invisible - Official Site
Jackass: Number Two - Official Site
Jet Li's Fearless - Official Site
Man of the Year - Official Site
Rank - Official Site
Renaissance - Official Site
Saw III - Official Site
School for Scoundrels - Official Site
The Science of Sleep - Official Site
So Much So Fast - Official Site
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny - Official Site
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D - Official Site
The Transformers - Official Site
All the usual features are here, but the lack of sounds and extras prevents it from standing out.
No real changes in a while, but there's more than enough here to sell the film to its target demographic.
Some of the entries for the trailer contest are online.
No new blog this week. That's strange.
A new side site was created, The Human Project Lives. These are great fun for fans, but rarely do they help promote the film as they tend to devolve into the same few people preaching to the choir over and over again.
There's not much here just the synopsis, press kit, image gallery and trailer.
A second trailer has been added to the site.
There's no site at the moment, but we have the trailer: Small, Medium, and Large.
The trailer is up, but I'm not sure how successful it will be at selling the movie. Every movie like this released for a long, long time will be compared to Lord of the Rings and whether or not that is fair, it is a comparison this movie can't live up to.
Just the synopsis and trailer.
No changes in a few weeks. Overall the site has everything it needs, plus a few extras, and should sell the film well.
The site was completely redesigned this week and all the regular features were added. There was also an extra called, "Experience" but the three options were all marked coming soon.
The synopsis, production notes, and image gallery were added to the site.
This week's video blog is on the Hellcycle.
The flash site launched this week and while there are some of the regular features, the primary draw should be the online graphic novel and the game. However, both of these suffer from frequent, and unacceptably long load times. The latter may simply be a matter of more traffic than expected but the former will be harder to fix.
Just a re-direct so far, but the trailer is there and it is worth checking out.
The site features a lot of clips, most of which didn't make me want to see the movie one iota.
All the usual features are here, but the only extra is a concept art to screen comparison and three clips.
Two TV spots were added to the site.
Typical IFC film site with just the synopsis, cast & crew, trailer, and a blog. The most unique feature is a making of featurette, which is very impressive for a website and would not be out of place on a DVD, (with better res, obviously).
Excellent site with plenty to look at including all the usual features: synopsis, cast & crew bios, image galleries, trailer, etc. Extras include character bios, extensive concept art galleries, a panoramic view of Paris with details of certain locations, and more. However, this does leave the making of section and the newsletter marked coming soon. Even with those features missing, this is still the best site on this week's list and worthy of the renewing Weekly Website Award.
There's a new look to the site and it includes the new trailer and further information on the Blood Drive.
Three more clips were added, but I'm still not sold on the movie.
Not much new in a while, but it's an award-winning site, so there's not much that needs to be changed.
All the regular features are here, synopsis, production notes, image gallery, trailer, etc. but the site doesn't have a very polished feel. However, I think if people just watch the trailer, they will be sold on this movie.
Nothing new this week, but I have to emphasize how much I love that intro.
Just the trailer so far, but the film is a re-release so I'm not expecting much of a site. It doesn't need to sell the film has it already has a fanbase, who only need to know it will be in 3-D to get excited. On a side note, this is one of my favorite musicals and as soon as I hear the opening notes of the opening song I get Goosebumps.
The placeholder site said, "Enter Site" and I got really excited. Unfortunately, the flash site has no real content that wasn't there before. In fact, even taking the features marked coming soon into account, there's not a lot here to get excited about. Granted, the release date is about 9 months away, so there's plenty of time to add more.
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