Jul 05
yellowhummin217 asked:
I think movie trailers reveal too much about the movie, and oftentimes trailers for horror movies give away some of the “scariest” parts. However, I do see how they are necessary, as they let the audience know what the movie is about. Does anybody else feel this way? How can movie trailers give less away, but still tell viewers enough about the movie to get them excited?
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10 Responses to “Do movie trailers reveal too much?”
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July 7th, 2006 at 2:17 am
at least 3 out of 10 movies a trailer tells me every major plot point in a movie and nothing is suprising at all.
1/2 the movies trailers i see still show way to much or even show clips of the very end of a flick in them
July 10th, 2006 at 7:10 am
Some do, as you see the whole film.
July 11th, 2006 at 6:32 am
Normally no, however I have seen a few trailers which seemed to include all the best parts of a movie: top special effects, etc. When you go and watch the movie, you are surprised that what promised to be breathtaking, appears to go at a moderate pace at best. But the movie people are happy - after all, you have paid for your ticket already.
July 11th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
I wish trailers were more creative. In the trailer for “Psycho,” Alfred Hitchcock appeared on camera and gave viewers a tour of sets from the film, only ever alluding to what happened on those sets. No clips from the actual film were ever shown, and it just made you want to see the movie right away! Today’s trailers need more of that kind of imagination.
July 15th, 2006 at 12:44 am
Not always. When Kangaroo jack came out I had no interest in seeing the movie (based on the trailers) but my son made me take him to see it anyway and the movie didn’t suck nearly as bad as the trailers made me think it would. I think the people releasing the trailer should take a good hard look at what they are letting out, so that the trailers actually reflect the movie in its entirety instead of just one segment that had little to do with the rest of the movie.
July 16th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
I think they give away enough so the people can decide if they’d like to see it or not. Unfortunately, lately a lot of the trailers have been better than the movies.
July 18th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Keep in mind that often times there’s scenes in a trailer that don’t even show up in the movie. Unless you see it on the special features portion of the DVD.
I think they do a good job at teasing us just enough.
July 19th, 2006 at 3:33 am
Some not all.
July 20th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
For a lot of movies all you need IS the trailer.
They’re SO crappy, why would you WANT to waste an hour and a half when you can find out before hand that the movie is crappy?
Trailers are fine the way they are. Stop Hatin’!
July 23rd, 2006 at 8:08 pm
if you get a chance to find it .look at the film “mighty joe young”with charlize theron.then watch the trailer-it gives away the whole movie almost.it is the worst example of the trailer giving away the movie