RichC2

Typical to jump on a hype wagon to only be disappointed, but there are some movies that I was hyped for, saw, didn't like, and yet the trailer still sells me on a movie I'd really like to see.

Case in point, I didn't really like Only God Forgives, but this particular trailer sells it as a movie I'd love to see:

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There's an energy to it that is sorely lacking in the actual movie. Any others that sold you on a concept, vibe, story line that didn't materialize in the actual movie?

I remember there being a law suit against Drive because it was so different from what was sold, but it worked in that movies favor.

taffer

Star Wars Episode 1

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DaveyJoe

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DaveyJoe

Well it's a great trailer, at least.

hanshotfirst1138

Remember back then when it took an hour to download that trailer on the nascent Internet and people were running from one screen to another to see it projected over and over back when theaters actually still used 35mm? Good times . Then we saw the movie .

As far as Drive my friends actually went to see the film and complained exactly the same, assuming from the trailer that it'd be an action-oriented film, and were instead greeted with weird art-house exploitation movie. I loved it though. The fucking version from Vudu is in the wrong damn ratio though. Glad I have the BD.

DthRdrX

People paid to see Meet Joe Black for TPM trailer, and then walked out.

Dan

Cosmopolis. Trailer still gives me chills with its intensity, but the movie was pretty much garbage, even though I bought it and gave it a second chance.

GoldenJCJ

The Superman Returns teaser trailer with Superman floating above Earth listening to Marlon Brando's dialogue was fantastic. The movie itself? Not so much.

If the entirety of The Men Who Stare at Goats was as funny as the trailer, it would be one of the funniest movies ever. Unfortunately, the trailer was better than the movie itself.

Why So Blu?

Cosmopolis is the bomb, yo.


"Talent is more erotic when it's wasted."

DeanoBKN

You mean, that annoying effect that seems to be in just about every trailer these days?

I vote Pearl Harbor's teaser. Beautiful music, FDR's speech, and showing just enough to want us asking for more. I remember the theatre audience I was in going nuts for it, and well, the actual movie was pretty much garbage.

Rypro 525

the worst trailer cliche is the record scratch, music stop followed by a joke

GoldenJCJ

I always enjoy the clichè from horror or action trailers that show the title at the end and then just when you think the trailer is over something loud screeches onto the screen giving the audience one last jolt.

Crocker Jarmen

This was my first thought. That is such an elegant. emotionally stirring trailer. I keep it in my favorites on YouTube so I can watch it every now and then.

The trailer for Oliver Stone's W makes the movie look really fast paced and satiric and cinematic, while the actual movie is very dour, scaled down, like a made for TV movie.

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My Other Self

Which movie in 2002 had a teaser for The Matrix Reloaded attached at the end of the credits? I remember being beyond pumped after seeing that and ultimately being let down with the end product.

joliom

The biggest example of this for me was Twister. The trailers were absolutely heart-pounding and made it look like it was going to be the greatest disaster movie of all-time. Then it turned out to be a lame shitfest.

Teaser Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWkX6igDCMs

Official Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKSIdx11DnE

RocShemp

The trailer for Star Trek: Insurrection makes it look fantastic. The movie itself, however, was very disappointing.

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hanshotfirst1138

It's better than the chorus of voices that were in every trailer before that. On, e-oh-ah-ah!

EddieMoney

8MM. Trailer was great, movie was donkey feces.

Ash Ketchum

I have trouble even coming up with a great trailer in recent years, never mind the quality of the movies. LUCY was the last trailer I saw that made me want to see the movie and I loved the movie. Before that we'd have to go back to Tarantino trailers, esp. DJANGO and KILL BILL VOL. 1 and those were both great movies also.

inri222

I loved it and thought it was even better than the trailer due to its introspective feel.


Same as above.

Dan

More like a shit bomb in a toilet made of shit! Or something!

I love introspective movies as much as the next guy, but even going into Cosmopolis a second time (knowing full-well what I was in for, and putting aside the fact that the trailer made it seem like a spiritual successor to Crash, and doing my best to be open to the dialogue and whatnot), I still felt like it was garbage akin to Waking Life (my least-favourite Linklater film). Cosmopolis is the only reason I'm super hesitant about Maps to the Stars.

inri222

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Killing Them Softly & The Counselor, which I also thought were way better than their trailers. I know many folks who think the opposite.

Rob V

2012
Battle Los Angeles

PatD

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This trailer had such a jaunty feel to it, I thought I was in for an old timey screwball comedy. It turned out to be a big 'ol boring black and white movie.

inri222

^^^

And made by a 26 year old hack.