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11-13-2002, 04:40 PM

I thought I'd follow up on Rob's post.

I feel as though today's movie trailers are getting worse and worse. My primary complaint about them is that they simply ruin the movie. Now a good movie is one that is not ruined by knowing the entire plot, it is good time and time again. But most movies just aren't that good, and knowing the ending spoils the movie. It's like sports games, once you know the score what's the point in watching?

Every funny line out of Scary Movie was in the trailer. If I hadn't seen the trailer I might have thought the movie would be a little funny, but I did and I didn't, respectively. Movies where I see the trailers and think it'll be a funny movie usually turn out to be the ones where all the good lines were in the trailer. MIIB, for example. Sure the trailer was funny, but not much else in the movie was....best line of the whole movie was with respect to the autodriver of his Benz....in the trailer.

Now this is why I like not seeing trailers before I go to see a movie. Most of the movies I've thought have been the best over the years are the ones I knew the least about going into the movie. Most of this I attribute to my personal preference in movies is the opposite of the most popular movies, though. Again, a good movie can't be ruined by a trailer. However the worse the movie is, the more they seem to promote it, thus the more likely I am to see the trailer.

Another feature is that some of them are blatantly misleading. Lilo & Stitch, for example. They made it look like a fuzzy guy having a great time with friends, I had no idea he was an evil monster. I think this feature is a mixed blessing. Lilo & Stitch is an example of where it's okay, but Scary Movie was made to look funny when it wasn't.

My $.02.

b

11-13-2002, 04:59 PM

yup sometimes like changing lanes you think the movie is one thing and its not.

I'm starting to wonder if they care what they say aslong as it gets you into the theater

ShEaNy · 11-13-2002, 11:51 PM

i didnt like changing lanes that much....barely any story line or a good one for that much...the trailors made it look better then it was...or like Master of Disguise..it was funny but not as funny as i thought it would be....

Whiteclipse99 · 11-14-2002, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spoogenet
Movies where I see the trailers and think it'll be a funny movie usually turn out to be the ones where all the good lines were in the trailer.

They got you to pay to go see it didn't they? Then they succeeded.

11-15-2002, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Whiteclipse99
They got you to pay to go see it didn't they? Then they succeeded.

It's a double edged sword, though. While they succeeded in the short-run, I now don't bother going to see movies where the trailer makes it look amusing. I Spy, for example, looked pretty funny. I haven't seen it yet because I'm sure I've already seen all the funny parts in the trailer. Now I will only go watch a comedy if a friend recommends it and vouches that the trailer didn't ruin everything. So in actuality, with me they have failed.

b

11-13-2002, 04:40 PM	#1
spoogenet Posts: n/a	quality of today's movie....trailers I thought I'd follow up on Rob's post. I feel as though today's movie trailers are getting worse and worse. My primary complaint about them is that they simply ruin the movie. Now a good movie is one that is not ruined by knowing the entire plot, it is good time and time again. But most movies just aren't that good, and knowing the ending spoils the movie. It's like sports games, once you know the score what's the point in watching? Every funny line out of Scary Movie was in the trailer. If I hadn't seen the trailer I might have thought the movie would be a little funny, but I did and I didn't, respectively. Movies where I see the trailers and think it'll be a funny movie usually turn out to be the ones where all the good lines were in the trailer. MIIB, for example. Sure the trailer was funny, but not much else in the movie was....best line of the whole movie was with respect to the autodriver of his Benz....in the trailer. Now this is why I like not seeing trailers before I go to see a movie. Most of the movies I've thought have been the best over the years are the ones I knew the least about going into the movie. Most of this I attribute to my personal preference in movies is the opposite of the most popular movies, though. Again, a good movie can't be ruined by a trailer. However the worse the movie is, the more they seem to promote it, thus the more likely I am to see the trailer. Another feature is that some of them are blatantly misleading. Lilo & Stitch, for example. They made it look like a fuzzy guy having a great time with friends, I had no idea he was an evil monster. I think this feature is a mixed blessing. Lilo & Stitch is an example of where it's okay, but Scary Movie was made to look funny when it wasn't. My $.02. b

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11-13-2002, 04:59 PM	#2
mt.biker Posts: n/a	yup sometimes like changing lanes you think the movie is one thing and its not. I'm starting to wonder if they care what they say aslong as it gets you into the theater

11-13-2002, 11:51 PM	#3
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 41 Posts: 3,821	i didnt like changing lanes that much....barely any story line or a good one for that much...the trailors made it look better then it was...or like Master of Disguise..it was funny but not as funny as i thought it would be....