8 Thoughts on The Raven Trailer

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Why has it taken this long to make Edgar Allan Poe into a kick-butt action movie star!?

That is the only question I asked myself, over and over again, out loud, in a crowded grocery store when I found out about the upcoming movie, The Raven, opening this Friday and starring John Cusack as Poe. Once the other patrons of the frozen food aisle stopped staring at me, I dropped my two dozen Tombstone pizzas, and ran back home to my computer.

And here I sit. Ready for the awesomeness that is The Raven: The Trailer!

Here are my thoughts:

1. The sideburns already let me know, this is going to be a quality period piece.

2. Okay… I get it. Copycat murderer acting out all of Poe’s short stories. Can’t wait to see what they do with The Cask of Amontillado!

3. Sideburns: check. Goatee: check. Men’s blouses: check.

4. I’m a little confused by the inspector’s accent. Is that Boston circa 1840, or LA circa 2012?

5. So, the killer’s kind of like a fan fic troll. Only with murder.

6. YES! The Pit and the Pendulum!

7. I kind of want to see Poe lift a boombox above his head and blast some Peter Gabriel.

8. Fist coming out of the freshly dug grave is always a good sign.

So, there you have it. In all its glory. EAP finally kicking rump and taking names. It only took 170 years.

Are you going to see it?