{"id":1020,"date":"2023-08-02T12:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T10:59:00","slug":"strays-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Strays – Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apparently the first trailer has been out for a decent while now (over five months), but the first time I heard about this joint was during the trailers for Oppenheimer<\/em>. Hmm, I see a cute border terrier, and I hear Will Ferrell. Yay, it\u2019s a mild-mannered comedy of some sort. I was, however, watching a 15-rated film at this time, so I probably should\u2019ve known otherwise. The slow motion of the anthropomorphic pooch jumping through a sunny field was nonetheless endearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Less endearing when Doug, the owner of said pooch, directs an f-bomb straight in his direction. Okay, clearly not a movie for younger audiences. Especially when the trailer mentions that it\u2019s been made by the guys who did 21 Jump Street<\/em>. Can\u2019t say I was a huge fan of that film, but I\u2019m willing to give this one a go for the Ferrell-border terrier combo. The dramatic irony of Ferrell\u2019s happy-go-lucky pooch when he describes the fun challenge of getting back to Doug\u2019s abode after clearly being dropped off far away with the intention of abandonment is certainly endearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then one day, the pooch gets dropped seriously far away, and it\u2019s up to a gang of hardened dogens to teach him the ways of the real world. The CGI work when Will Ferrell\u2019s pooch (still not sure what his name is yet) looks down despondently upon realising Doug\u2019s betrayal is pretty cute. I\u2019ve watched a few films when I was younger with talking dogs that I quite enjoyed, including Underdog<\/em> and a preview screening of one of the live action Scooby-Do<\/em> movies (I was also young enough to be under the impression that the CGI Scooby Doo was a real dog…ignorance is bliss).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cue a slow-motion montage of the dogs messing around in the big city, before Ferrell\u2019s declaration of the revenge he\u2019s going to enact on Doug. I won\u2019t go into the specific nature of that revenge, but the trailer\u2019s there to watch on YouTube if you need the details. Now it goes through the casting, and I finally discover that the main pooch\u2019s name is Reggie. Nice. Not on the same quality of naming as Mr Colin (the full title of my own noble, adorable and cushion-abusing gentleman of foggy London town), but good nonetheless. Cue some montages of the gang messing up the playground before they finally arrive at Doug\u2019s. Then a funny trippy bit where they consume mushrooms and the visuals become similarly messed up. Strays<\/em> has got potential, I\u2019ll say that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apparently the first trailer has been out for a decent while now (over five months), but the first time I heard about this joint was during the trailers for Oppenheimer. Hmm, I see a cute border terrier, and I hear Will Ferrell. Yay, it\u2019s a mild-mannered comedy of some sort. I was, however, watching a 15-rated … <\/p>\n

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