Free Willy (1993) trailer gives away far too much of the plot!
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Free Willy (1993) trailer gives away far too much of the plot!
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I realize this muckraking is gonna to unsettle some feathers, but I really dislike this trailer! It takes away too much from Willy and Jesse's journey. Were it up to me, I would have revealed far less. I wouldn't have shown Willy being free. Furthermore, I probably would have included a question mark in the title? That adds a certain level of ambiguity to if Willy actually gets freed.
For the record, he does. But anyone who might have glimpsed at that trailer would certainly know that.
I realize this muckraking is gonna to unsettle some feathers, but I really dislike this trailer! It takes away too much from Willy and Jesse's journey. Were it up to me, I would have revealed far less. I wouldn't have shown Willy being free. Furthermore, I probably would have included a question mark in the title? That adds a certain level of ambiguity to if Willy actually gets freed.
For the record, he does. But anyone who might have glimpsed at that trailer would certainly know that.
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Re: Free Willy (1993) trailer gives away far too much of the plot!
Spoilerize that sh*t man!
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the poster would be like the equivalent of a poster for the Empire Strikes Back showing Darth Vader reading a paternity suit that has Luke Skywalkers name on it.
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Full agreement. Second only to Cast Away as a trailer that makes watching the whole movie redundant.
[tangent] I love the Simpsons episode when Homer and Skinner are roomates during a court case and Homer is excited to watch Free Willy and Skinner dismisses it as being a movie about a "disobediant whale"
[tangent] I love the Simpsons episode when Homer and Skinner are roomates during a court case and Homer is excited to watch Free Willy and Skinner dismisses it as being a movie about a "disobediant whale"
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Yeah. Like the trailers for Marley and Me and Old Yeller. Those at least had the dignity to tell us the dog dies at the end.
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this is probably my favorite line that Skinner has in the entire series. Every time I crack up, every time
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Wow, I never realized FREE WILLY was a mystery. I've never seen it but I always thought it was a film about a kid who befriends a captured whale and finds a way to release it back in the wild. I mean, what about "Free Willy" is not made clear by the title?
Besides, the movie was aimed at kids, who absolutely need to know what's gonna happen in a movie before they start pestering their parents to take them. Five-year-olds are only confused by teasers.
Besides, the movie was aimed at kids, who absolutely need to know what's gonna happen in a movie before they start pestering their parents to take them. Five-year-olds are only confused by teasers.
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I hated this movie as a littlle kid...pretty sure I'd hate it more now. It was too stupid for me as a kid.
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is all I can ever think of with the movie anymore.
is all I can ever think of with the movie anymore.
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I don't know, but I haven't felt this mislead by a trailer since Million Dollar Baby
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Re: Free Willy (1993) trailer gives away far too much of the plot!
I've always hated the trailer for the Italian Job remake for this reason
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(Warning: SPOILERS!)
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Yeah, the poster and title Free Willy tell you pretty much everything you need to know.
Holy shit at the Italian Job one. That's the entire movie clipped down to 2 minutes.
Holy shit at the Italian Job one. That's the entire movie clipped down to 2 minutes.
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I liked the sequel called "Catch Willy and Make Him Do Tricks".
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I prefer this alternate ending to the movie (spoilers!)
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here's one that gives away the whole movie- never seen anything quite this bad
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