As an avid listener of Mark Kermode movie review podcast, one of the films he has talked about quite a lot as of recent is a title called In the Loop. I really didn’t know much about the movie as it mostly been in only in European markets as it is a British made satire on the US/UK penchant for rushing in to war (specifically Iraq in this case).

While I’ve seen trailers on various websites and on YouTube and what not, the Americanized trailer has been released and I think it’s the best one yet. There is definitely a Kubrick-esque vibe I get from this trailer. Being a crass and vulgar comedy, it’s hard to imagine something like that as Kubrick-esque, but maybe it’s the starting off of the trailer with The William Tell overture or the bombastic one-word fonts that are presented or the quick herky-jerky editing (which it seems is necessary as apparently there isn’t much language in the film that would be safe for a standard, American trailer).

At any rate the film has been getting a good response and after viewing this trailer I can see why. The use of “more colorful metaphors” used in a smart and quick witted way always hit my funny bone in just the right way (see Vince Vaughn). Take a look at the trailer below the seats and I think you’ll agree.

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