I went to 9 because of the incredible short, but holy crap the movie was some bad anime tier trash. Worst thing I’ve ever seen in theatres.
I didn’t think it’s was awful, but the trailer absolutely oversold what to expect.
Yes! That fucking Welcome Home had us all thinking it would be a hardcore horror action. It wasn’t bad, but damn, yeah, disappointed is the right word.
little me fell for Fantasia’s trailer like it was going to be the best Disney/Gisnep movie ever, only yo find out it was a scary musical before I knew what was “trippy”
Dark Knight Rises was when I decided to start avoiding trailers as best as I can. They showed the best part of the opening scene, with the plane dragging the hull of the other plane through the air…
I remember sitting in the theater that whole scene pretty much knowing what was gonna happen. And when it did, instead of being blown away like anybody should be, I had basically no reaction.
They had released a sneak peak in IMAX of the entire opening scene a few months before release. Nolan does it for all of his movies. That scene was super well known way before the movie came out and was used to build hype.
You’re spot on. It was around this time where I stopped watching trailers/reading reviews.
I now come into a movie with just a rough 1-2 sentence outline and if it’s worth my time or not. Been a huge game changer.
I just look at posters now and see if lots people rave about it.
I remember feeling the exact same way for Fast 5.
That Godzilla that made it seem like Brian Cranston was a main character and then he died like 10 minutes in.
C’mon - that was an excellent switcheroo, like killing off Janet Leigh ⅓ of the way through Psycho. That they’d kak a big star in the first 42 minutes (just checked) is a great way to throw an audience off-balance. Now we’re back in classic disaster-movie territory, and you’re not sure who’ll actually survive.
I mean, if it was called “Cranston” and not “Godzilla” and they did that, I’d feel bad.
Tree of Life: very intriguing trailer with one of the most beautiful tunes ever (Bedrich Smetana’s Vltava). The movie turned out to be a slog. With dinosaurs.
Every Zach Snyder movie.
Maybe a hot take but I’d say this is true about most Neil Blomkamp movies too
He got his start directing music videos, so it makes sense.
Was gonna say Batman vs Superman. Even the title is made for trailer hype. Can still remember the hypetrain at the line “tell me, do you bleed?”
Oh man this is definitely high up on the list and that’s from someone who does still enjoy his movies.
His watchmen trailer is still one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/wdiHDzT6YbQ?si=CKcY4fqFnDLGuHzO
Also loved his man of steel trailers
I like his movies, too. But compare Army of the Dead to the actual film, it’s not even close to as good. He can nail trailers and opening scenes, but they always seem to underwhelm by midway through.
Suicide Squad
For me it has to be all the trailers for the first Suicide Squad. So well executed and somehow stole the show away from the equally as promising Batman Vs Superman. That Comic Con was probably the most optimistic DC’s future looked in the past decade.
My fun little canon is that the actual movie doesn’t exist and the trailers are a very stylized prologue to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. It gives backstory to some of the main characters (Flagg, Harley, Waller) and their motivations while also teasing characters who may or may not show up in potential sequels
https://youtu.be/PLLQK9la6Go?si=V3HNYcOzET4uujVk
How to train your Dragon 3
The trailer(s) had a lot of interesting twists and cool cutscenes, new characters, new “lore” elements … all the good stuff that makes the audience curious for more. Well, it turned out that the trailers spoiled ALL the important plot elements, so the actual movie had basically no extra content other than filler scenes. If you had seen the trailer, there was no need to see the movie.
I tend to go into movies without watching the trailers so the only media I saw of HTTYD 3 was the promo image of Hiccup as an adult with a beard. Needless to say I was… Very… Disappointed…
Star Wars the Force Awakens. I remember being super toked when the trailer came out. The movie it self was a B- at best.
I fucking hate star wars
I fucking hate Disney Star Wars.
Nah I fucking hated the prequels too.
Pretty much every trailer in the entire trilogy was just nostalgia bait honestly.
When that cross guard for the lightsaber appeared in the trailer that was a true Star Wars moment hype
Kylo carried that movie
Surrogates, remember that one?
Drive with Ryan Gosling. Trailer made the movie look exciting but it was more of an artsy film.
Someone actually filed a lawsuit over this one:
M Night Shyamalans The Village
Prometheus teaser so much promise and not only was it a nonsensical movie with horribly written and acted characters, it didn’t even include scene from this trailer or anything close to it.
I remember I thought “man, this is going to scratch the sci-fi horror itch I have had for years”. Little did I know I was going to watch 2 hours of plot-driving goo and the stupidest group of scientists in history
Triple 9. Amazing cast, great (red-band) trailer, ok movie.
