Giving Away The Movie In Trailors

[SLAW]

It saddens me to find that so many movies are given away when we go see a different movie. The new Al Pacino movie "The Recruit" looks like a really good watch, but it seems a little too much is given away. By the preview I think I can already tell that Pacino's character uses Colin Farrel to turn against the C.I.A. Farrel's character will be a mole but he won't know it. Disapointing. I still want to see it, which is really weird. Your thoughts?

[El Bracamonti]

i agree completely. it's one of the most annoying things that can happen.

[Gregorious8]

Two major ones I've seen give away the movie are;

Swimfan (even told us the friend dies, and the gf is kidnapped)

Cast Away (showed Hanks coming back to the country)

[neco82]

DOUBLE JEOPARDY could have had some surprises if it wasn't for its stupid trailer giving everything away... well, the movie was a crappy Fugitive rip-off anyway, so...

[bondish]

Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever gave away one of the deaths of the main villians? Oh, well a shitty movie anyway. If only other crap movie could follow suit.

[SubMethod]

Even though most people probably already knew, the Two Towers trailer gave away Gandalf's return as Gandalf The White. One of my friends didn't know about it and she was very pissed.

[freakandgeek]

man, when i saw the preview to changing lanes, i thought i just watched the whole freakin movie. man, i hate that.

[NotKeyserSoze]

Here's a great example: Spider-Man. From that one, lengthy trailer, we knew how he gets powers, who the Goblin is, where they fight, where the climax of the movie is and I think the film's last shot was in there. Okay, if you're a marvel fan you know it anyway... but they gave it away anyway. The film, fun or not, added little to what I had seen.

[quoth_the_raven]

Theres a fine line between showing enough to draw people in and showing so much as to ruin the film. i mean i think the new daredevil trailer has given way to much of the film away.

damn them, why can they not get it right?

[MarkItZero]

Originally posted by SubMethod
Even though most people probably already knew, the Two Towers trailer gave away Gandalf's return as Gandalf The White. One of my friends didn't know about it and she was very pissed.

I think that is probably the best example you could use for this rant. I first read the books years ago (and many more times since) so I knew that Gandalf was coming back. But for people who havent read the books, this could have been a great surprise.

The book gets it exactly right, because when he does finally come back it is such a shock. Plus it increases the tension during the scene in the woods when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli think that he is Sauraman. Think of how excited people would have been at the theatres to finally see his face again surrounded by the white light. Would have been awesome.

I saw the 1st movie with some friends who were not familiar with the books and they were totally shocked that Gandalf dies in the first movie, some even asked me if he would come back, but I wouldnt tell them, because I didnt want to ruin the surprise, and then sure enough the very first trailer shows Gandlaf alive. New Line bastards!

[Mick]

Originally posted by SLAW
It saddens me to find that so many movies are given away when we go see a different movie. The new Al Pacino movie "The Recruit" looks like a really good watch, but it seems a little too much is given away. By the preview I think I can already tell that Pacino's character uses Colin Farrel to turn against the C.I.A. Farrel's character will be a mole but he won't know it. Disapointing. I still want to see it, which is really weird. Your thoughts?

Yeah, it's a right bitch when people give spoilers for films without warning you, eh?

[Razorblade Smile]

Originally posted by SubMethod
Even though most people probably already knew, the Two Towers trailer gave away Gandalf's return as Gandalf The White. One of my friends didn't know about it and she was very pissed.

I thought that was pretty weak too. Especially since there is one scene in the movie where we are meant to believe that he is actually Sauron. The whole blinding white light scene when he first emerges after the fight with the Balrog.

Of course, his returns is also spoiled by the fact that a Gandalf the White action figure was released prior to the film.

Another one that always bothered me was the updated Planet of the Apes (1968) box cover and movie poster. Now granted...MOST of us KNOW how the movie ends, but I'm sure there are a lot of younger viewers out there seeing the film for the first time who have no idea how the film is supposed to end. And yet...they advertize it right on the bloody COVER of the movie box.

[Gregorious8]

Originally posted by Mick
Yeah, it's a right bitch when people give spoilers for films without warning you, eh?

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That's not a spoiler. That's just what he thinks is going to happen, he doesn't know for sure

[Mick]

Originally posted by Gregorious8
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That's not a spoiler. That's just what he thinks is going to happen, he doesn't know for sure

Well a spoiler warning for The Recruit wouldn't have down any harm. And if it isn't a spoiler, then why complain about it in the first place.....? He obviously thinks that what he saw in the trailer might have ruined the movie for him (at least a little) so it's a little unfair to give the details away on a public forum.

[the movie guy]

Originally posted by Mick
Well a spoiler warning for The Recruit wouldn't have done any harm. And if it isn't a spoiler, then why complain about it in the first place.....? He obviously thinks that what he saw in the trailer might have ruined the movie for him (at least a little) so it's a little unfair to give the details away on a public forum.

This is what was gathered from a PUBLIC TRAILER. Are you saying you never saw that trailer, or that you couldn't pull out those plot-assumptions from it yourself if you HAVE seen it?

Anyway, judging from the review of the film over at ew.com, there's much more to it. Maybe the stuff spilled in the trailer is done to mislead us.


As for Gandalf the White... In order for it to have been a complete surprise, they would have had to not credit Sir Ian McKellen, and I'm sure he wouldn't have liked that.


And, to put my own opinion in on this topic, I hate any trailer that runs over 2 minutes (except for the one for Magnolia, which was beautiful). Even if they don't spoil much (or any), they usually always get boring after the third viewing (except that above-mentioned trailer).

[Gregorious8]

Originally posted by the movie guy



As for Gandalf the White... In order for it to have been a complete surprise, they would have had to not credit Sir Ian McKellen, and I'm sure he wouldn't have liked that.

Yeah that's what they did for Kevin Spacey in Se7en.

[the movie guy]

Originally posted by Gregorious8
Yeah that's what they did for Kevin Spacey in Se7en.

I'm aware of this. But Ian and Kevin are not the same person. I think Ian is a little more well-known now than Kevin was back in 1995.

[Mick]

Originally posted by the movie guy
This is what was gathered from a PUBLIC TRAILER. Are you saying you never saw that trailer, or that you couldn't pull out those plot-assumptions from it yourself if you HAVE seen it?

I have never seen the trailer. I never watch trailers if I can avoid them, because they give away far too much....... It only takes a few seconds to type a spoiler warning.

Originally posted by the movie guy
As for Gandalf the White... In order for it to have been a complete surprise, they would have had to not credit Sir Ian McKellen, and I'm sure he wouldn't have liked that.

Well he would be credited at the end. Were there cast credits at the beginning of TT? They would've spoiled it anyway, the bastards. If you watch/read/listen to anything about upcoming movies on TV/in newspapers/on the radio you'll almost certainly be subjected to spoilers. "I'm so great, I went to see Dumber & Dumberer last night, weeks before all you scummy listeners, you'll be sooo shocked at the end when it turns out Harry is Llyod's father"..... I won't now, you cock.

They suck, so do trailers. But here it's easy enough to use a spoiler warning, and it certainly won't do any harm.

[MickeyKnox]

Thats why i love teaser trailors they hardly show anything but the regular trailor can sometimes give away the ending and that sucks cause they shouldnt tell you what happens cause that spoils the movie for you they should put spoiler warnings in case of the trailor gives to much away!

[NormanBates]

Very, very few trailers do things right and only offer us brief glimpses of coming attractions. If only EVERY trailer could be a TEASER!

It seems to me to be a mainstream thing: mainstream, casual moviegoers love their movies to be safe, conventional, and conservative -- and it's almost as if those editing and putting together trailers feel an obligation to the mainstream to show enough (TOO MUCH) of the movie in order to assure the casual movie fan that there will be nothing daring, risky, or "strange" -- in other words, most trailers are reassuring people, "There's nothing here you haven't seen before."

MOST trailers DO show too much, and that's the way the average moviegoer likes it.

It really is too bad. I, for one, think Hollywood would sitting on ten times as much dough if they'd only tease us with each and every film that's set to come out.

If you pay close attention, and if you've seen enough trailers, you notice that usually (not always, but almost) the BEST films have the most thoughtful trailers -- they keep their EDUCATED audience in mind, and are careful not to insult their intelligence.

[BorderEevilIII]

That upcoming Vin Diesel movie really sums it up in the trailer.

[Pootie]

gandalf was on the TTT poster, so its obvious he was gonna be in it for a while.

[Annie Hall]

A somewhat lesser example, but, after seeing the How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days trailer, I felt as though I'd seen the flick. It showed the various funny situations, the steps, the turning of views, and even the "climactic" end.

I suppose I'll rent it to see if this is true.

[cky_landspeed]

Yeah in the Daredevil trailer it showed Bullseye falling off a building.

[bankholdup]

In the theatrical trailer for The Deer Hunter (found on the dvd), you can tell that Christopher Walken's character kills himself, if I'm not mistaken. I watched the trailer before ever viewing the movie, and I was like 'Son of a bitch! I swear, this better not be true!'



anybody catch this one?

[Tom Samborski]

The trailer for Die Hard clearly gave away the ending.

[Scarface98.9]

They gave away all the good gags in the trailers for the 2 American Pie movies. They even acknowledged that in a TV spot for the second movie, but was too late in giving away some of the sight gags like the glue lube and getting caught having sex scene at the beginning

[Movie Hunter]

well u dont know how much trailers spoiled the movies for me

But THIS thread spoiled alot of movies now ..

to name a few :

Daredevil
Deer Hunter

please use the SPOILER ALERT , for godsake

[Jon Lyrik]

I heard the What Lies Beneath trailer spoiled a lot.

[bankholdup]

Originally posted by Movie Hunter
Deer Hunter

please use the SPOILER ALERT , for godsake

Hey, pal, it clearly states "spoilers for the deer hunter" in my heading.

[someguy]

Romantic comedies mainly get ruined in trailers,but who would want to see those.

[Movie Hunter]

Originally posted by bankholdup
Hey, pal, it clearly states "spoilers for the deer hunter" in my heading.

yeah , sorry that i didnt notice this Large font of the headline

[JCPhoenix]

reviving this thread, i just saw the tv spot for Identity the day after I went to see it (i went opening day) and OMG it gave away one part of the ending of the movie...


***SPOILER ALERT***
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There is this one part in that damn tv spot where it shows the boy, looking very evil, escape from the car as it blows up behind him...I mean, wut the hell, that's WAY too much to show in the tv spot!!! My dad missed it cuz he wasn't paying attention, but if anyone was paying attention to the tv spot, they can EASILY spot this...

[Justin Harris]

The Italian Job showed pretty much the entire movie in the trailer.

They mention it though. Edward Norton tells Mark Wahlberg he blew the element of surprise. Will I be surprised when the movie comes out? No.

Here's what will happen (based on seeing the trailer):

- They steal the gold
- Norton double crosses them
- Norton kills Donald Sutherland
- Time passes
- Marky Mark finds Norton
- Marky Mark gets the crew together
- Marky Mark plans a heist to steal the gold back from Norton
- Norton does his best to keep the gold
- Marky Mark or Charlize Theron will kill Norton in the end
- They get the gold and live happily ever after

This is all from the trailer. If it's different from that, then they advertised what the movie was pretty poorly.

[Iacon5]

i find that if a trailer gives away the entire plot of the movie, then the movie usuily has a shitty plot anyway and you shoulden't bother going to see it.

[thisismyboomstick]

I too hate it when the trailor gives the movie away completly, but I also hate it when the trailor is misleading. Like with THE BEACH. It advertised a totally different movie than was delivered.

[ryabusa]

Couldn't agree more about The Italian Job trailer. My favorite quote on this subject came from Rob Zombie. He was complaining about trailers today and said (I'm paraphrasing here): "When I was a kid and went to see Jaws all I knew about it was that there was a shark in it."

[Clarkey07]

The Recruit
The Two Towers
The Italian Job

All gave away too much of the story... if not all of it.

[ANavissi500]

I was so pissed about the Italian Job trailer. After watching it I was astounded that they had just revealed all of the big parts in only two minutes. Then I though, maybe there is some sort of awesome twist because there is NO way that they would make a trailer like that. Boy was I wrong. The trailer ruined the movie for me.

[SykkBoy]

I find this happens most often with comedies....I can't tell how many movies I've seen that looked funny in the trailers and tv spots, then I go see the movie and am like "what the fuck?" I've seen every single funny gag before I even got to the theater and all they left out of the trailers and spots were the lame comedy bits......fucking HATE that