All things considered, I gotta say that this trailer actually looks pretty good. There are some impressive visuals and action, and I'm quite a big fan of Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder). There is however one problem...
Nicolas Cage. Now while I don't hate the man nearly as much as say, oh, I don't know, Fletch from Blog Cabins, I can't say that I'm a big fan . He does give us the occasional fantastic performance (Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation) but he also churns out a lot of crap, especially under the Disney banner - director Jon Turteltaub was also responsible for the National Treasure films, the first of which I did admitedly enjoy, but still not a series known for it's acting, least of all from it's overpaid star.
Anyway, I'm still interested in checking out The Sorcerer's Apprentice come next year, as hopefully it'll be a pretty fun family adventure film. I'm certainly more interested in this than I am in uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer's other big adventure movie set for 2010, the ridiculous looking Pirates of the Caribean clone Prince of Persia. And as long as his head isn't bursting into flames, I can probably stomach Nic Cage.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice will be in theatres from July 16th 2010
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