'You (in)complete me': 'Iron Man 2' does bait and switch in trailer

Have you seen the theatrical trailers and TV commercials for "Iron Man 2"? The ones where Pepper Potts says, "Go get 'em, Boss!" Then Iron Man shouts "You complete me!" as he jumps out of an airplane?

That scene is not in "Iron Man 2."

Trailers are created early in the production of a film, and certain scenes in them might be deleted by the time a final print is ready to go into theaters. That happens.

But when that happens, movie studios should pull those scenes from commercials as soon as they've been dropped from final prints. Otherwise, the studios continue to advertise a product that isn't exactly what we, the viewers, have been promised when we buy our tickets.

Taking French 'Class'Join me and the Hoffman Estates Sister Cities Commission for a brief overview of France's contributions to the cinema, as well as a showing of Laurent Cantet's 2008 Academy Award-nominated foreign film "The Class." The four-star PG-13-rated drama is based on the experiences of schoolteacher and novelist Francois Begaudeau. Free admission, but food pantry donations accepted. Free popcorn, too. It starts at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hoffman Estates Village Hall, 1900 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates. Contact Sue Lessen at (847) 781-2606.Reel Life review: 'Babies'The doc "Babies" deserves kudos for trying something different, even though it prematurely wears out its cultural welcome.Thomas Balmes' film showcases the first two years in the lives of four babies born around the world. Instead of the usual banal professorial blather on the soundtrack, there are few spoken words. The cameras alone tell the stories of the four: Hattie in San Francisco, Mari in Tokyo, Ponijao in Namibia (southern Africa) and Bayarjargal in Mongolia.They are cute as newborns. All grow into amazing toddlers. However, home movies are still home movies, no matter how gorgeous they look. And "Babies" without any context or background, starts to feel like a "Funniest Home Videos" segment.At the screening I attended, viewers laughed and reacted mostly to shots of babies being naughty to each other or being stepped on by hoofed animals. Go figure.Juxtaposing the images of a first-world baby playing with purchased toys and a third-world baby playing with flies does strike a chord. "Babies" opens today at local theaters. 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Instead of staying on the highway, they take off on foot through the woods, eventually arriving at the house of demented Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser).He intends to create the lurid title entity by surgically grafting the women together with a Japanese tourist (Akihiro Kitamura).Josef Mengele is never referenced directly, but his spirit hangs over this sensationalistic, screaming tabloid movie devoid of any political subtext or social commentary.Six is already prepping "The Human Centipede (full sequence)" for 12 hapless victims, and he promises "that movie will go full force with graphic details." Can we wait?"The Human Centipede" opens today at the Music Box in Chicago, and is also available via video-on-demand. Not rated. For adults only. 90 minutes. #9733; #189;Reel Life review: 'The Good Heart'The aptly titled drama possesses a promising premise way better than its flimsy execution by Icelandic writer/director Dagur Kari deserves.It re-imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as Jacques (Brian Cox), a money-grubbing, people-hating, slowly dying owner of a New York dive. He undergoes a figurative and literal change of heart after taking a homeless innocent named Lucas (Paul Dano) under his wing and preps him to take over his bar that bars women and fraternizing.Then a fired French airline attendant (Isild Le Besco) enters the bar, captivates Lucas and almost destroys Jacques' chauvinistic utopia.Although "The Good Heart" flirts with O. Henry-esque irony, the drama squanders its initial good will by devolving into sitcom antics, capped by a painfully lackluster finale.Plus, Rasmus Videbaek's unappetizing cinematography paints everything in an ugly palette of blue-green-grayish tones."The Good Heart" opens today at the Century Centre in Chicago. Not rated, but contains lots of adult language. 95 minutes. #9733; #9733;Reel Life review: 'Please Give'Nicole Holofcener's ambitious, character-driven drama "Please Give" lavishes attention on the quiet, day-to-day feelings and events that Hollywood movies judge to be too trivial or banal to present.In a New York apartment building, a woman (Catherine Keener) feels guilty because she can't wait for an elderly neighbor to die so she can claim the apartment. Meanwhile, her opportunistic hubby (Oliver Platt) scratches a midlife itch with help from a spa therapist, narcissistic Mary (Amanda Peet), an obsessive stalker for her ex's new lover.Holofcener's knack for wringing unspoken truth out of her large cast is razor-keen, and her slices-of-life drama can really be cutting. "Please Give" opens today at the Century Centre in Chicago, the Evanston CineArts 6 and Renaissance Place in Highland Park. Rated R for language, nudity and sexual situations. 90 minutes. #9733; #9733; #9733;Showing 'A Prophet'Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet," a violent drama of life inside a French prison, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Tivoli Theater, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. General admission costs $9. Go to afterhoursfilmsociety.com for tickets and info. Rated R for drug use, language, nudity, sexual situations and violence. 155 minutes. #9733; #9733; #9733; #189;False20001125Waiting for Robert Downey Jr., as wealthy industrialist Tony Stark in "Iron Man 2," to shout "you complete me?" You'll be waiting forever. False