Well, here are some trailers that are on the complete opposite spectrum from one another. Or rather, from one to the others.

"The Tree of LIfe" is Terrence Malick's latest film and if there is a major "art house" director out there, it's Malick. His films are most certainly not mainstream by design (as opposed to not mainstream by subject like someone like Harmony Korine.) I have to say, this trailer doesn't exactly woo me.

On the opposite extreme from Malick is "The Fast and the Furious" series. It's amazing that a series that started with what was essentially a shoddy remake of "Point Break" with cars instead of surfboards is about to reach five films. Then again, looking at what else litters the multiplexes of late, maybe it's not so amazing. Still, the fifth film of this one looks as "good" as the rest, which is to say that it will be a fun two hours that you'll probably forget as soon as the lights come up in the theater. Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that.

And on kind of the opposite extreme of "Fast Five" is "Take Me Home Tonight", yet another rom-com about someone who doesn't know what he wants to be yet stumbles into a love that will, I'm assuming, get him on his path to greatness. I'm pretty tired of these films, and it is one of the reasons that I've been toying with the idea of writing a rom-com called "The Settlers" about people who know what they want and realize that they're never going to get it. It's a tough nut to crack which is why it is still in its idea/premise phase. Part of me thinks it might make a better web series.
Anyway, as for this film, it doesn't look to bad. I'm sure Topher Grace wishes he could graduate from the school boy or recent graduate roles but it also seems like he hasn't aged in the last decade. The trailer isn't bad. It seems like a rainy day rental.

Then there's "Limitless" which seems to be the latest attempt to make Bradley Cooper and Abbie Cornish "bankable" actors. The film looks decent enough but I'm not completely sold on it; the reviews seem like they'll make or break this one.

Finally, there's "I Am Number Four". It seems like another DJ Caruso special. The director of "Disturbia" and "Eagle Eye" seems to be a decent hired gun but he never gets fully realized script and could really use a better producer to help him with story issues. Like "Limitless", not a terrible trailer but nothing that I'm about to run out and go see.