Harrison Ford yelling about an experimental medical cure and bald, badass John Travolta as a wisecracking sharpshooter named “Wax”? Even an unfrozen caveman without a cell phone calendar knows what’s going on: we are full-on into Mediocre Winter Movie MadnessTM)!
Neither From Paris With Love or Extraordinary Measures looks like the worst movie ever, but I can’t stop laughing at the nondescript, January-movie averageness of the trailers; when I see even one shot of bald Travola blowing crap up or Harrison Ford being Oscarly, for me, that’s a dealbreaker ladies!!! I use this expression because it applies doubly if either element somehow occurs on a date with a lady.
My question to the masses – Which unintentionally funny element ruins a trailer quicker: Bald badass John Travolta, or super-serious-acting Harrison Ford? Let’s go to the tape.
First up, Travolta in From Paris With Love:
After the jump, Harrison Ford’s rebuttal:
Harrison Ford isn’t a bad actor, and he was in some of the best movies ever 15+ years ago, but I’ve gradually grown to view him as a less-extreme, film version of Bono — everything this dude does cracks me up, often for no reason.
Here’s candidate #2, the trailer for Extraordinary Measures (not to be confused with Extreme Measures or Desperate Measures in the Hollywood canon of “Measure” films):
Bald badass Travolta or dramatic Ford – who ya got?
