Movie Website Updates for July 1st - July 7
July 7, 2006
After the busiest week in more than a month, we have the slowest. While there are several good sites on this week's list, they are either a bit below the award-worthy level, or they are all award winners. So the Weekly Website Award is taking a vacation this week.
Beerfest - Official Site
Bring It On: All or Nothing - Official Site
Casino Royale - Official Site
Clerks 2 - Official Site
Flyboys - Official Site
The Illusionist - Official Site
John Tucker Must Die - Official Site
Little Miss Sunshine - Official Site
Mini's First Time - Official Site
Once in a Lifetime - Official Site
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Official Site
Pulse - Official Site
Quinceanera - Official Site
A Scanner Darkly - Official Site
You, Me and Dupree - Official Site
Just the synopsis and the image gallery so far.
More content was added to the Squad page including an interview and cheerleader tips.
This week's blog entry is on Dame Judi Dench and how during the filming if this movie she got to travel to more locations than in past films, as well as her experience working with the new Bond.
Busy week with four new vide journal entries, including the second part of the Bob Hawk Interview. For those who prefer T&A to Q&A, stick with the most recent journal entry, which is about the photo shoot for the posters and includes two gratuitous slow-mo shots of Rosario Dawson.
The site has all the usual features, but doesn't have a very polished feel for a major release from a major studio. It doesn't open till October, so I assume that will change.
All the usual features are here, (synopsis, cast and crew bios, image gallery, and trailer), as well as a several extra clips. It's enough to stand out and sell the film, but not enough to be an award-winner, yet. There is still more than a month till the movie opens, and things can change by then.
Another movie with just a MySpace site for an official site. Hopefully that will change.
All the usual features are here, as well as plenty of video clips. The animated background was nice, but the music was too repetitive.
They've added a MySpace page. Also, they've set up a phone number that you can call to hear Mini, (Call 877-MINIS FIRST).
Better than average site for a documentary with some rather unusual features for such a movie, like the soundtrack. Also of note, there is a timeline, but there are two very big problems. Firstly, he entry for 1977 is too big for the screen and you can't read all of it. Secondly, the 1950 World Cup game between the U.S. and the U.K. wasn't a massive upset because at the time the U.K. didn't have a strong professional football league. They were made up of amateurs, just like the American team. Looking back it seems like an upset because the U.K. has gone on to become a world power in the sport.
The last three games were added to the site, and all three were more action oriented that the previous ones. Easily the best site on this week's list, but it was already awarded the Weekly Website Award, so there's no need to give it another.
The second trailer was added to the site, but my interest in the movie is rapidly declining. Part of the problem in all of the release dates the film has had. First it was going to come out winter of 2005, then summer 2006, then fall 2006, now it's back to summer, I think. Even the site has given up and now says, "Coming Soon."
The flash site launched this week and it has all the usual information, as well as enough sound and animation to keep the site from getting dull. I especially like the background quotes and songs.
No much has changed since it won the award, but it's an award winning site, so not much needed to be changed.
A new clip of Dupree at the X-games was added to the site.
Filed under: Movie Website Updates, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Casino Royale, You, Me and Dupree, Little Miss Sunshine, John Tucker Must Die, The Illusionist, Clerks II, Pulse, Beerfest, Flyboys, A Scanner Darkly