Here is the new trailer for the film version of The A-Team, starring Liam Neeson (as Hannibal), Bradley Cooper (as the guy with the oiled abs) and Jessica Biel (as the girl who is too gorgeous to be in any film, period, right?). Ugh, where to even start with this junk? Okay, let me begin with Bradley Cooper. Is anyone else perturbed that Hollywood is trying to make Bradley into an action hero? Because he’s not. No offense to Bradley, who I’m sure is a great guy and a lot of fun and all of that, but rippling abs and smirking in shadows does not an action hero make. Bradley should stick to the tried and true – dramas, romantic comedies, regular comedies, buddy films, that sort of thing. Anything involving boys and toys, running around, and Bradley Cooper shooting things, it just seems like you’re inviting a gay pr0n spoof.
Next up: Jessica Biel. She’s barely in the trailer, which seems like a good thing, yes? Hopefully she won’t be in the movie that much. It’s pretty obvious that she’s supposed to be Bradley’s love interest, but judging them solely from the trailer, they look like they have zero chemistry together. Maybe they just shot that kiss on a elevator the wrong way. Or maybe Bradley was thinking “I have to kiss that? I’d prefer Liam!”
I will give the trailer credit for something – Liam looks good. He looks healthy and like he might have had some fun making the film, which makes me happy. This was one of the first projects Liam signed on for after his wife Natasha Richardson died last year, and Liam probably signed on for this project to get his mind off his grief and to get a paycheck, maybe. I hope that’s all it was, because then I can declare mission accomplished and leave it at that. Oh, but I do like Liam’s hair in it. His hair wins.
Please .. it’s the A-Team .. did you expect it to be good??? The show sucked and so the it’s just natural for the movie too.
Not sure about Bradley as an action hero, but I just saw The Hangover and he was frickin’ funny in it!
I used to love the original A-Team so I’ll be watching this movie purely for the cheesy dialog, inane premise and the nostalgia of hearing Hannibal say: ‘I love it when a plan comes together!’
Why do they make movies of TV shows that were popular when I was a kid? And I’m 53 and unlikely to see this. It’s just WRONG.
I thought it would be atrocious, but hearing that duck-lipped dogface Biel is in it just made it about a million times worse. And Bradley Cooper is not convincing as a straight man…he’s as gay as a pink parasol. Please. Why do they keep remaking things? STOP THE MADNESS!
Bradley Cooper is no Dirk Benedict. Dirk is one gorgeous man still, he has aged well. He was really good in Battlestar Galactica back in the day. I don’t know if Bradley is gay, but he is no tough guy.
Is there no one in Hollywood with an original idea?
The guy they picked to replace Mr T looks like Aries from Madd TV.
WHY ?
Was there a chick on the TV show? I was in grammar school when this was on & watched it mainly for Face.
I don’t understand why some people keep insisting that Bradley Cooper is gay. Show me some proof.
Having said that, it does sound like he was miscast in this action part. He’s great at comedy, not so much romantic comedy, but just comedy in general. Can’t really picture him doing action. Guess the brainiacs who thought it would be a good idea to make a movie about this stupid old TV show were also the ones who did the casting. Jessica Biel can’t even act. Why anyone casts her in anything is beyond me. There are better looking actresses out there who can’t act – pick one of them! I’m going to give Liam Neeson a pass for slumming in this film, due to his wife’s passing.
dread pirate, there was a chick on the original show. she was a reporter who was tracking the “myth” of the A-Team, and she became an “accomplice” of sorts.
I don’t think she was on after the first or second season.
I, too, was a fan, and I have NO interest in seeing hollywood ruin yet another one of my favorite childhood TV shows.
It looks to be a good remake of the tv series. The series was campy, cheesy, completely silly. The movie looks to be the same. So I’ll go see it because I enjoyed the show. Nostalgia. That’s what Hollywood is counting on.
Yes, there was a woman in the tv series. She was usually the contact between the client and the team. And sometimes she got caught in the middle of the action.
Bradley Cooper is one of those guys who looks better in theory than he actually does close up (IMO). He looks a little unhinged when he smiles. Like maybe he just gutted a prostitute in the alley before coming in for the photo shoot.
And for cripes’ sake, if you’re going for the beard thing, shave your damn neck. Manicure the hedge!
ITA Tanked. I watched a lot of Dirk Benedict when I was a kid. Bradley Cooper is no Dirk Benedict.
I love Liam, however I do think he was the subject of a recent blind item..
I can’t PROVE that Bradley is gay…I live across the country and am not able to fly to Hollywood to peer through his windows, but I am convinced he is. It’s just a vibe I get from him, not enough to prove to anyone but I believe he is. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, of course.
I would rather go to the theater to watch 2 episodes of the show on the big screen, as long as one of them was the one where they escaped prison by making hot air balloons from hair dryers, lawn chairs, and TRASH BAGS!
Yes, it does look pretty bad, but did anybody expect anything else? It will be a hit because of all the action for guys to go and see. Nothing wrong with that. And, remember Liam’s last movie “Taken” that none of the “experts” paid any attention to and it was a huge hit (and really good).
And, no, Bradley Cooper is not gay and nobody’s “vibe” will convince me otherwise!!!
Well I was not under the impression that the movie was going to be good, because the series was never good. No surprise here.
@snowball – Grief, I was busy eating my supper when I read your comment and seriously choked because it made me laugh so hard! “He looks a little unhinged when he smiles. Like maybe he just gutted a prostitute in the alley before coming in for the photo shoot.” Absolutely priceless, and I share your feelings.
But be grateful he didn’t shave his neck, them’s some nasty spots under there.
“Well I was not under the impression that the movie was going to be good, because the series was never good.”
WHA?!….
Firestarter, I don’t even know you anymore. 😉
I was quite young when A-Team was on TV, but I absolutely adored that show! Bring it back in re-runs (Nick-at-Night, are you listening?) and forget about making a movie about it. Hollywood needs to stop robbing the beloved movies and TV shows of our childhoods (or young adulthoods) and start coming up with some ideas of their own. Can anyone tell me how many movies have been made in the last 2 years (or 5 or even 10) that are NOT based on video games, old TV shows, or old or foreign movie remakes? That’s a serious question, folks. I’d really like to know
I must be the only one who doesn’t think Bradley Cooper is good looking. He’s weird looking and he looks crazy in his eyes.
The brilliance of The A Team was in it’s action fulled comedy. why turn it into a dark thriller with a few cheesy comic relief moments? meh.
@snowball – “Like maybe he just gutted a prostitute in the alley before coming in for the photo shoot” – you’re priceless! :))..
LaLa, I don’t think Bradley Cooper is good looking either. I don’t care for him, and the only movie I’ve seen with him in it is “He’s Just Not That Into You.” Don’t like him, don’t wanna – that simple. And he cannot hold a candle (in looks or that roguish grin) to Dirk Benedict.
Love, Love, LOVE Liam Neeson, though.
Yes THANK YOU snowball, I completely agree. Really don’t get the big buzz about him, the guy is creepy looking. He has a creepy smile and creepy eyes and the one word I would use to describe his appearence is CREEPY.
I also think he’s gay, not that the two are related. And if he’s trying to be an action hero and a leading man, it makes sense that he would hide his sexuality.
ROTFL!! Would we call that the ‘Jack the Ripper Smirk’? I agree completely! Brilliant snowball!
Who the hell is playing Mr. T? That is all I want to know.
Brad brings a “Behr grillis” kind of “Action hero” to the movie- I dont hate it, but then again I never planned to go see it and never had an loyalty to the show.
except Mr. T. it cant be helped.
Ugh, making the A-Team into cheap ass movie and replacing Mr. T & Dirk Benedict with whatshisface and rat face Cooper? For shame!!!
p.s. I love Liam Neeson, but this is the one movie of his I won’t be watching, sorry boo!
@Praise- Aww, don’t do me that way!
*looks up series DVD’s on Amazon.Com*
Maybe I will re-watch it and see if I like it better through mature eyes.
I have never been a fan of these action movies but I started watching them with my son. He has testosterone so I do what I have to do. If I watched these movies alone I would tear them apart but with him I can usually say it was “really fun” or the colors were pretty. I don’t know. However, this A-Team movie looks like the biggest piece of shit Hollywood has unearthed in quite some time.
The upside is it looks like a great movie to take the boy to see while I have a light afternoon nap.
Bradley Cooper is so yummy, but I fear he might play for the other team. But I’ll be in denial until I know for sure. Wink wink.
@Snowball you take the quote of the day.
@juiceinla: Mr. T (aka B.A. Baracus) is being played by Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, a mixed martial arts fighter from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
OK, I loved cheesy TV back in the day, so I loved the A-Team. This trailer makes me want to cry, it looks so bad. First, it’s oddly creepy that they tried to make everyone look and sound SO much like the original characters, and second – tanks falling out of a plane with parachutes and machine guns? Uh, no. What is this, a Michael Bay movie? No thanks.
I used to really like Bradley Cooper back in his TV days and thought he was cute then, but ever since he’s gone all movie star, I don’t like him. He seems kind of smug now. I don’t know.
I completely agree with the “creepy” vibe and as far as I can tell from watching his movies has little chemistry with any of the females in the films. I don’t know, I think he might the type to be a nasty drunk. Wouldn’t want him as a Boyfriend..
bradley cooper does absolutely nothing for me. more ryan gosling. WHERE IS RYAN GOSLING?
I will end up seeing this for Sharlto Copley.
C’mon yall it’s an action movie, you not finna get any academy award winning performances…..all the characters looks accurate even though they should of went with another actor to play Mr.T’s role….
For a moment there I thought Liam Neeson was channeling Dennis Hopper…
I thought the voice-over was the worst thing about the trailer – far too slow and pedestrian. Liam is probably a better actor than George Peppard so, I’ve no major qualms about the lead, although in the original BA completely overshadowed everyone else.
BCoop is no Dirk Benedict, that’s for sure – I don’t care how rightwing he sometimes sounds, because he is a decent guy who does a lot of good work for charidee, he’s our Starbuck and let that be an end to it. But in fairness to Bradley, he does film better than he photographs and the Face Man was never meant to be macho.
For those who don’t know, the guy playing B.A. Barrackus is Quentin “Rampage” Jackson. Saw a few people ask and didn’t see anyone answer.