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Theatrical trailer gave whole movie away. SPOILER ALERT

posted 11 years ago by SkyPowers
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READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

As usual, the engulfing studio fear of opening box office numbers ruins the film for those who pay close attention to the trailer. Somehow the bozos in marketing cannot comprehend that you can still have an arresting trailer without giving away the key "a ha" whammy moments. The punch out of the bully. The ex-wife coming back at the end. Granted, if you haven't seen it, you don't necessarily know the impact of that scene. But my gosh, it shows her sitting down in the final scene at Thanksgiving dinner.
They include the key dialogue in the climax: "I think I might have made a mistake." Grrrrr!
Will this criminal practice ever cease!? SPOILER ALERT is not in their vocabulary.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1853466137//

[–] MarshallStax 11 years ago

I'm glad I didn't see the trailer before I saw the movie. In fact, I pretty much never watch trailers unless it's some kind of mega blockbuster or something I am totally dying to see.

All Art is pretense.

[–] SkyPowers 11 years ago

This was the theatrical trailer. How do you avoid the endless parade of previews when sitting in the theater? Peter Jackson blasted New Line when the trailer gave away Gandalf's return in the trilogy finale. They spent countless hours making it look and sound like it was Saruman. It was supposed to be a euphoric reveal for the great majority who had not read the books. One of the highest perks of being a bigwig director is approval of the trailer -- seldom given.

[–] MarshallStax 11 years ago

I see maybe three or four commercial screenings a year and they are usually for the big blockbusters, so it's easy to avoid trailers.

I do most of my viewing at home on Blu-Ray or at studio screenings (no trailers).

All Art is pretense.

[–] SkyPowers 11 years ago

My comment was intended as a call to arms for all filmmakers who see all the suspense, intrigue and hard-fought climactic revelations revealed to the masses during previews at movie houses.

[–] MarshallStax 11 years ago

Directors, as has been noted, have very little to no say in how the films are marketed (which includes trailers). Don't know what can be done about that since movies are about commerce first and art second... if you're lucky!

All Art is pretense.

[–] ricardagruener 11 years ago

As far as this one is concerned, there is not too much to give away. The thing is an utterly forced "manufactured indie", littered with stale clichées and stuffed with the sort of pathetic dialogues that would make pre-teens cringe... I saw it at a press screening in Berlin a while ago, and everyone present did occasionally break out in laughter - on account of the pretentious cheesynes of this yucky mess.

[–] MarshallStax 11 years ago

Funny you say that, Ricard Gruener, as I found it fairly engaging and emotionally honest. And I've seen puh-lenty of movies...

All Art is pretense.

[–] SkyPowers 11 years ago

Agree CM,
And I've marketed literally hundreds of films for major studios in all genres. Important to note, it is a MASS medium, an art form designed to appeal to universal audiences and in this case, younger people far less cynical than others.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (5956) 3 years ago

Yeah, and this is probably the reason people have posted that the movie is too predictable: they saw the trailer.