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What's with trailers these days

posted 8 years ago by alpen_dyer
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They show the whole movie. Is this like a new way to grab attention?

"I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it."

Some trailers don't show enough, some show too much...

Trailers nowadays reveal all the highlights, I mean it is just an eager and desperate way to sell their films. Trailers that don't show a lot are better. They tell you the plot of the movie but still keep things a mystery and THATS for you to wanna check it out

[–] burteriksson 8 years ago

They must rub it into your brains and let it season in there for a while, so you know which scenes you must laugh at while you are finally at the movies.

[–] dmahnarch 8 years ago

It's like 'Member Berries;

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I member!

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[–] andif8 7 years ago

Ha, ha, ha; Good one :-))

[–] Xasablanc 8 years ago

Usually a sign that the movie is bad.

True Self is righteous. It's a conspiracy to portray man as a savage that needs taming and policing

[–] scriptguy-1 8 years ago

Many times, the marketing department puts together trailers before even seeing a rough cut. They receive all the footage and from that piece together what they think will get people into the theater. How in the world can a trailer done in this way be an indication of the final product? There's an article in Wired called Secrets of a Trailer Guru about Mark Woolen that you might find interesting.

[–] newgoldcatt 8 years ago

It's desperation. Plain and simple.

[–] KeKKi 8 years ago

Yeah, they have to tell the sheeple what the whole movie is about so they know once they spend their money on it

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[–] ph75006 8 years ago

Also trailers these days are so long. Many are close to 2min! I feel like I've watched the entire movie already afterwards.

[–] josh-the-winter 8 years ago

One of the Cloud Atlas trailers is over 5 and a half minutes. Good trailer though :P

[–] Plerpy 8 years ago

Cloud Atlas goes for 3 years though.

[–] newbro 8 years ago

I don't see anything wrong with that when it's a comedy. I mean c'mon you are not expecting a plot twist are you?

[–] mcfly-31 7 years ago

Going on for decades. Touchstone famous for it in the 90s. Sister Act I remember being one of the first guilty parties where just about every joke was revealed.

"Jesus, does anyone?"

[–] trandate-192-301139 7 years ago

In the future the trailers will be 5 seconds max. Whole movies perhaps 15 minutes.

I don't know why I bothered replying since the boards will be dismantled in Apr. been nice folks adios, last post!