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Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« on: July 30, 2009, 10:44:17 AM »
This comes from an excellent article, which I think nails the actual Top 5, but I wondered if Filmspotting Nation has some more great contributions.

Their Top 5...

5. Show scenes that are not in the movie
4. Use the same damn songs over and over again
3. Just go ahead and ruin the entire movie
2. Lie about who the star is
1. Completely lie about what kind of movie it is

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 10:45:44 AM »
And stop sucking, a lot of trailers tend to do that.

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 11:03:25 AM »
This summer....BOOOOOM.....rethink......BOOOM.....all that you know.....BOOOOOOOOM...(fade to black)...queue footsteps  (girl's voice) "hello?, hello?  who's there???"  SSSSSSSSSREEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIK!!!!!  Queue heartbeat.

Then flash 16 inappropriately graphic scenes in rapid succession....music in crecendo.....building...buidling...BUILDING!!!!!! 

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BOOOOOOOM rumble rumble rumble

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 11:07:52 AM »
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!! Ferris, you win.

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 11:18:01 AM »
[date using decimal points instead of slashes]

That's a great one.  Trailers try so hard to mix it up and do stuff like show the date in a different way.

Reminds me of what alexarch said.
When "Who's on the Soundtrack" is a major feature of the trailer, run for the hills.

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 11:23:09 AM »

4. Use the same damn songs over and over again

I remember my big draw for watching Big Fish was the use of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" in the trailer.  There was like 4 year span where Enigma was used in like every trailer.  I got sucked into 1492 based on that alone.  I've stopped making that mistake
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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 11:35:54 AM »

4. Use the same damn songs over and over again

I remember my big draw for watching Big Fish was the use of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" in the trailer.  There was like 4 year span where Enigma was used in like every trailer.  I got sucked into 1492 based on that alone.  I've stopped making that mistake

Solsbury Hill was perfect in that trailer but even more perfect in the alternate family drama trailer for The Shining. Also Big Fish is a great movie.
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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 11:41:47 AM »
they should all stop having Ryan Reynolds in them. He is freaking awful.

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 11:42:55 AM »
All trailers should be like the one for Orphan. "Oh look, Little Bo Peep text me. She wants her outfit back." Mother CINECAST!ing burn!

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Re: Top 5 Things Movie Trailers Need to Stop Doing
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 11:50:45 AM »
they should all stop having Ryan Reynolds in them. He is freaking awful.

Except that he is great and almost always the best part of any movie he's in.
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