Those Great Movie Trailers

I've been saving a lot of movie trailers in my hard drive--- just those really good ones. For me, trailers can be a form of art. Heck, a lot of trailers are so good, they're even better than the movies themselves. I guess it's to be expected---trailers are meant to entice viewers to see the movies. That's why i often scratch my head and wonder why some trailers suck. Why shitty trailers exist. I guess the studios have assigned the wrong people to handle promotions.

I can group those great trailers into 3.

A fine example for the first group would be the trailer for american beauty. It was intriguing, with that "look closer" adage. The editing was also perfect. And when I saw the movie--- WOW. It became my favorite movie. The trailer did justice to the movie--- or should I say the movie gave justice to the trailer. Both were really good. My expectations were met, and even exceeded. I can say the same for the trailers for Batman Begins. Remember those early teasers? You wouldn't think those were teasers for a Batman movie. Dark, gothic, and intriguing. Of course, i may be biased because we're talking about Batman here. lol. But the fact that the movie met my expectations is a testament to the movie's quality. Movie adaptations rarely please the fanboys.

Next would be trailers that are too good, that you expect too much, that when you finally watch the movie, your expectations are not met. Take the trailer for x-men: the last stand. That was one kick ass trailer. It seemed to promise something epic, with all the battles and destruction shown--- but that epic event never seemed to materialize. It's a good movie, it's just that the trailer seemed to promise so much more. Maybe because it's too short, or maybe it's really Brett Ratner's fault... based from the trailer, you have to wonder about the things that could've been. I can say the same with the trailer for The Prince of Egypt. All the special effects, plus the music created such an atmosphere! Who cares if it's a cartoon?! it looked like a cartoon adults can appreciate! I actually thought i'd be religious again once I saw the movie! lol. The trailer was awe inspiring. Again, i think the problem was the movie's length. it was over too soon. And some of the songs bordered on the childish and annoying side--- I guess you'd expect that from a cartoon.

The third type of good trailer? The ones that totally mislead you into thinking you're going to watch a quality movie, and by the time you've finished watching, you'd want your money back. I already mentioned The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The beginning in a previous post. But the first trailer that comes to my mind would be the one for Message in A Bottle. i don't know why, but i thought the trailer was good when i first saw it--- good enough to make me want to watch the movie. That's a big deal, because I don't really go for romantic movies. Geez, what an incredibly boring movie. I wanted to leave the theatre 20 minutes into the movie. I seemed to be wasting my time sitting through it. I'd like to think I found it dull because i don't really like romantic movies--- but there are romantic movies that I did like, even though I didn't want to see them at first. I think the only people who can appreciate that movie would be the incredibly sappy ones, or those hopeless romantics... or Kevin Costner fans, if they still exist. It's one of my top 5 worst movies of all time--- together with the perfect storm, the extremely over rated Titanic (yeah! I think it sucks!!!!)... I guess that could make a new post. hehe.

For movies i've yet to see, the trailer that makes me wet my pants is the teaser for Spiderman 3. It has just the right amount of scenes to make a fan shiver with excitement. i really hope the movie gives justice to its trailer.