Movie Website Updates for April 14 - April 20
April 20, 2006
Another slow week and either I've lost my mojo for finding new and updated sites, or this is the calm before the storm that is the summer box office season. And speaking of Storm, the best of the bunch this week is X-Men: The Last Stand - Official Site.
300 - Official Site
American Dreamz - Official Site
An American Haunting - Official Site
Cars - Official Site
The Celestine Prophecy - Official Site
Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - Official Site
The Da Vinci Code - Official Site
In Her Line of Fire - Official Site
Just My Luck - Official Site
Lady Vengeance - Official Site
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man - Official Site
Mission: Impossible: 3 - Official Site
Monster House - Official Site
Nacho Libre - Official Site
The Omen - Official Site
Over the Hedge - Official Site
See No Evil - Official Site
The Sentinel - Official Site
Sketches of Frank Gehry - Official Site
Silent Hill - Official Site
World Trade Center - Official Site
X-Men: The Last Stand - Official Site
The latest production journal is online.
No real changes in a couple of weeks. It's an effective site, but not an award worthy site.
I talked about this site previously, but it slipped off my radar screen since then and I'm not sure how long the flash site is up. It has all the usual features plus a unsuccessful attempt to convince me that the movie is based on a true story. Long-time readers know how much I hate it when studios try to pass off obvious pieces of fiction as if they are based on a true story. But I'll admit, the strategy usually works.
Two more cars, Sarge and Fillmore, were added to the site.
All the normal features are here plus information on the book and even a behind the scene featurette. However, while watching said featurette my browser crashed, twice. I don't know if it is a problem on my end of their end, but the result is the same.
There were two clips added this week including one on YouTube.com.
This site is taking an unacceptably long time to load. It's always been a slow site, but this week it is terrible.
All the usual features are here, as well as seven clips, but it doesn't have a very polished feel.
Just the synopsis, image gallery and the trailer so far with very little time to launch a full site.
What little content there was last week is now gone.
The site underwent a complete redesign, but I'm not sold on it. For one thing, the movie is about singer / songwriter, but there's not music. Also, while the trailer is online, it's over on Apple.com.
Nine clips and another behind-the-scenes featurette were added to the site this week.
The site now just redirects you to the international release dates. And if you click on United States you just get taken back.
Two more clips were added this week, and while they are getting better, they are still not as entertaining as I had hoped for.
Another teaser trailer was added to the site, but I'm still not interested.
There were a few updates this week including some character bios and a maze game. It's a very hectic site and that makes figuring out what is new much harder, but it does encourage repeat visits.
The final floor was added to the hotel, but it again had very little in the way of true interaction. Overall it's a good section and adds a lot to the site, but if there were more branching it would have been an award worthy site regardless of the competition. As it is, it not quite award-worthy on a slow week like this week.
No changes from last week meaning the clips are still marked coming soon.
All the usual information for a documentary site include plenty of images of Frank Gehry and sketches and buildings.
Six clips were added to the placeholder site. They really set a mood, but didn't do a whole lot to explain the movie. That's probably for the best.
No real content so far.
The official site is finally active causing all the Fanboys to squeal in delight. Weeeeee! (Before you send any angry letters, it is important to remember that I'm not mocking you, I am one of you.) So far there's not a whole lot of content with some of the usual features, (synopsis, production notes, image gallery, and trailer), but the heart of the site are the character bios. Each of the 16 character bios has brief bio, list of powers, images, and downloads. Add in an impressive amount of animation, including a lengthy intro, and I have very high hopes for this site even with little in the way of features marked coming soon. I have such high hopes that I'm awarding the site the anticipatory Weekly Website award. I'm confident this premature acclamation won't go to waste.
Filed under: Movie Website Updates, Cars, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code, Over the Hedge, Mission: Impossible III, Nacho Libre, Monster House, World Trade Center, The Omen, Silent Hill, The Sentinel, Clerks II, Just My Luck, See No Evil, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, Chinjeolhan geumjassi, 300, An American Haunting, American Dreamz