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Discussion in 'Community' started by JohnWesleyDowney, Sep 20, 2006.

  1. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    I find teaser trailers generally much more interesting and intriguing than formal ones.
     
  2. OBIX1

    OBIX1 Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Yep, that's a pet peeve of mine too. A good example of that was that Tim Allen movie from years ago "Jungle 2 Jungle". The trailer was hilarious, and then I saw the movie, and realized that I had already seen the funny parts. :p

    Also, another pet peeve of mine is when they feature a great joke in the trailer, and then it doesn't even make it to the final cut of the movie.
     
  3. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    That I hadn't heard of, but it indeed sucks...
     
  4. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    I saw the trailer for THE ILLUSIONIST (it's still available
    on youtube) and it prompted me to see the film. After having
    seen the film and greatly enjoyed it, I feel the trailer was
    well-made and effective for the film it was trying to sell.

    Here's why:

    It introduced me to the main actors, Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti.
    I like both of them. And they were both IN the movie, ALL the way
    through. So I wasn't misled.

    The trailer conveyed that a master magician was at the center of the
    story and that there was a love story between the magician and a
    beautiful woman and that there was a 3 way conflict involving the
    leader of Austria.

    The trailer addressed the most mysterious and intriguing concept
    of the film which is "Is Ed Norton's character more than a magician,
    but in fact, is so powerful that the things he does deal with the
    world beyond, the realm of the supernatural?"

    Finally the trailer used one of the film's most powerful exchange of lines
    as it's final tag:

    The Archduke "It's an Illusion."
    The Police Commissioner, "Yes, but there is truth in this illusion."

    That last line is really at the core of the story. After I saw
    the movie and thought about the line later, I realized the Commissioner
    was right. And not only was there truth in the illusion, there was justice.

    Whoever put this trailer knew what they were doing, they set up
    everything without giving away the film's surprises. They presented
    the characters, the themes, the conflicts and enough mystery to make
    you say, "hey, what's this all about?"

    Great trailer, great movie, too.
     
  5. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    I saw that trailer and I thought it was a good one, too.

    But the movie never opened chez nous.
     
  6. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    Yes, it didn't have as wide a release as most movies
    with Ed Norton or Paul Giamatti. The producer, Bob
    Yari, who made and financed CRASH, was unhappy with the
    deal he was offered by Universal Studios, so he distributed
    the film himself, therefore less theatres. He didn't have
    the clout of a major studio to demand more screens/theatres.
    Still, the film's made 35 million so far, and it's barely
    been released outside of the U.S. It was cheap to make,
    so it's already in profit.
     
  7. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    I'd like to ask a question of all of you Amphitheatreans. (Is that a word?)

    What is the most effective movie trailer you've ever seen?

    What trailer was so good that it made the movie a "must see" for you?
    A movie that you had no previous knowledge of...but the trailer just
    HOOKED you?


    (Let's exclude the giant franchises with built-in audiences like SW and LOTR
    because it's almost inevitable you would go to see those films.)

     
  8. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    Good question.

    My usual experience with trailers: The film looks very interesting. I decide to see it. And then the trailer goes on. And on. And I see exactly how the movie will play out and no longer want to see it. :p
     
  9. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    And I see exactly how the movie will play out and no longer want to see it.

    That's my general experience as well. Are we the only two? [face_laugh]
     
  10. FitKisto88

    FitKisto88 Jedi Youngling star 1

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    The trailer for Out Of Sight (Stephen Soderbergh 1999) was one of the best I've seen, clever use of freeze frames to punctuate the action, dialogue which made you interested in the characters and use of Isley Brother's classic "Fight the power" for the soundtrack.

    The trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson 2001, which also used classic pop tunes, was a very good mood-setter as well.
     
  11. _HothWampa_

    _HothWampa_ Jedi Master star 4

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    my all time favorites:
    gangs of new york
    jarhead
    the hours
    kill bill (teaser trailer)
    Kill Bill Vol. 2
    Adaptation
    Sin City teaser (hated the movie though)
    Finding Neverland
    Closer
    Garden State
    Joyeux Noel
    Cinderella Man
    Kingdom of Heaven
    Austin Powers 2 (Teaser trailer B)
    Brokeback Mountain
    Moulin Rouge!
    The stepford wives teaser
    Almost famous
    Spiderman 3-teaser
    The Insider


     
  12. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    I remember the "Jarhead" one--that was good.
     
  13. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    I absolutely HATE the trailer for SAW III. It's so self-congratulatory. You'd think
    these people were creating a series of cinematic masterpieces like LOTR or something. These are mildly clever horror films about torture and sadism. If only we could put the filmmakers and the marketers through the grotesque scenes featured in these films. [face_devil]

    I also predict that like Grudge II, Saw III will make a fortune.

    As long as the trailer promises more of the same, people will suck it up.
     
  14. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    If you're going to be a Grade-Z film producer (and these movies aren't directed, they are merely assembled), don't pretend you're not.
     
  15. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank
    the producers of STRANGER THAN FICTION, the new Will Ferrell
    movie for their wonderful trailer. Overlong and terribly unfunny,
    this trailer goes on and on and on, reveals all and made me certain
    I would be nuts to spend money on a movie ticket for this tripe.
    Leaving nothing to the imagination (not that they had much to begin
    with) this trailer is almost a textbook case of how NOT to make a
    trailer. I would have been more likely to buy a ticket to see
    STRANGER THAN FICTION if they had put a simple black and white title card
    on the screen for 30 seconds that said:

    OUR MOVIE STARS WILL FERRELL,
    IT'S PRETTY FUNNY,
    PLEASE BUY A TICKET!

    But no, they had to tell me of their premise and beat it into me,
    over and over, and show me all the people they bought to try and
    prop this puppy up (Will Ferrell and Dustin Hoffman? Oh how the
    mighty have fallen) and show me the story developments in
    excruciating detail. Please dear God. Do the people in marketing
    that made this trailer have ANY concept of how to intrigue an
    audience? Have they ever heard of the word "subtle"?

    Okay, I'm through venting. :p
     
  16. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    Looks like the Spiderman 3 trailer is going for an all-time
    record viewership. I wonder though, is is too early for a
    2 and a half minute trailer for a movie due out in May?
     
  17. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    Why do they make them so damn long? I don't know how many times I've been really intrigued by a movie only to decide not to see it because the trailer goes on and on and on.
     
  18. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    Why do they make them so damn long? I don't know how many times I've been really intrigued by a movie only to decide not to see it because the trailer goes on and on and on.


    I think it's because of something director Sydney Pollack once said about the film business:
    "In this business, common sense is almost non-existent."
     
  19. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    No kidding. What did you think of the OOTP trailer?
     
  20. The Bigger Fish

    The Bigger Fish Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Jurassic Park, Titanic, and Independence Day are the ones that stick in my memory. Independence Day is the only movie that didn't live up to the trailer's promise.
     
  21. leia_naberrie

    leia_naberrie Jedi Master star 4

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    LOLOL!

    As for a movie trailer that has become a must-see, I must say it would be the teaser trailer for Spider Man 3. I tend not to watch the theatrical releases if I can help it (I hardly go to the movies anyway, so it's easy to avoid them).

    As for a movie trailer that I believe gave a major twist away, I have to point the PotC 3 trailer - which also ruined the movie for me. Showing The Kiss in the trailer was a big mistake because it gave away a major plot twist. (Sort of on par with the example someone gave above about revealing Willis was a dead man in Sixth Sense).
     
  22. Knight-Ander

    Knight-Ander Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I'm thinking you mean PotC 2, right, l_n? The PotC 3 trailer hasn't even come out as so far as I know.
     
  23. leia_naberrie

    leia_naberrie Jedi Master star 4

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    Oops. I meant PotC 2. [face_blush]
     
  24. JohnWesleyDowney

    JohnWesleyDowney Jedi Master star 5

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    What did you think of the OOTP trailer?

    I liked it a great deal. I've only read the first book,
    I'm more of a fan of the movies. So the trailer was a
    revelation for me. I can see that the conflict between
    between Harry and Voldemort is growing, and it showed me
    just enough to intrigue me without turning me off with
    overkill. It showed me that the major characters will be
    back. It did it's job. I'll definitely see it next July.
     
  25. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    Teaser trailers are generally better, because they don't tell/show too much.