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Directed by: Jim Sharman
Written by: Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick,
Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell,
Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf,
Charles Gray
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A few I can't recall, but usually the way shots from the climax are overused and cut into the fast pace of a trailer, or some clothing a character is wearing I identify near the end of the film.
The biggest spoiler I can recall, and I never saw it, was from The Bone Collector when the killer actually says in the trailer, "I gave you so many clues and you failed"
Wow.
Sounds like the Lust victim from Se7en, the one that lived.
Oh wow, trailers that ruined the movie? I've worked at a theater for approximately forever, and I've given a lot more stuff a chance than I would have if I would have had to pay, so I've got a LOT. Here are the short answers, but I might send an e-mail going into detail about a couple that were particularly bad:
The Recruit: The trailer for this Al Pacino/Colin Ferrell flick made it look like the entire movie was about whether or not Pacino was legit, but it really doesn't become an issue until like the last 15 minutes. It would have been a decent twist on it's own, but because it was in the trailer, you KNOW it can't end any other way.
When a Stranger Calls (2006): This wasn't going to be a good movie anyway, but it was a riot to watch with the other employees, and there wasn't a second that went by when we weren't ripping on it. Anyway, ALL of the cat-and-mouse stuff takes place in the final 10 minutes of the movie, but the trailer makes it look like it will take up a substantial amount of screen time. Having seen the trailer, you know that NOTHING really happens until the "He's calling from inside the house!" line and that everything that happens up to that point, all of the jump "scares" and whatnot, means absolutely nothing. THIS is one of the films I would have wanted to sponsor...if I had the money...
Quarantine: Final shot of the movie was in the trailer AND the poster.
Cabin in the Woods: I don't think the trailer gave away so much really, but I noticed the night before it came out (fortunately, I'd seen it TWO nights before it came out), that they were already running TV spots that showed the third act craziness, which I won't get into here, but seems pretty out of place for someone that hasn't seen the film yet.
The Departed: I can't recall if it was in the trailer or not specifically, I'd have to look it up, but I remember seeing shots in the TV ads afterward that had pretty much the final scene of the movie in it, where a character is doing something that you haven't seen them do at all in the entire rest of the film.
On a related note, I've seen plenty of movies that I thought were terrible after thinking that the trailer looked great, but I don't think I've ever been pleasantly surprised by a film where I thought that the trailer looked terrible (but honestly, you usually aren't going to check those films out anyway), so I have a lot of admiration for the guys who are able to take whatever awful material they're given and successfully turn it into an awesome-looking trailer. They've really got their work cut out for them.
Hooray! Thanks for doing such a good show on my first sponsorship. I'm sorry to hear that Kevin didn't enjoy it that much but very pleasantly surprised about how much Martin loves this movie. If you guys do go to a showing, please record an After Dark special about the experience! Can't wait to hear you guys do my next movie!
A movie that was ruined by the trailer was the most recent one that came out, "The Apparition". The end of the trailer and the poster where the creature with several hands covers up Ashley Greene's body, happens at the very end of the film! No wonder that move was so stupid.
"Dream House" from 2011 where the trailer spoiled the twist about Daniel Craig's past. They should've kept it a secret if it wasn't for that movie's troubled production.
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"Double Jeopardy" starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. The trailers reveal that the female lead's husband was still alive by faking his own death and setting her up for the crime so he can take their son away from her. Once after she gets out of prison, she will commit the titular crime and that there would be nothing anybody could do about it. One of the early thoughts of a trailer spoiling the film's main plot.
I avoid trailers like the plague. I go in to cinemas late, (I would rather miss the start of a film than ruin the ending of another one), if someone sends me a link to a trailer, I send them back abusive messages. I don't want to know about a film before I watch it. I can't remember what film it was that burned me so bad, but I honestly can't stand to watch them. I've been burned too many times. They always oversell, and overshow what they should, and anyone with a half decent memory and any ability of deduction should have the ending finished anyway.
The only exception to my watching trailers is that I will watch one if it is about a year before it will come out at the cinemas or me watching it.
This applies to "on next weeks episode" at the end of TV shows and next season previews also.
Long story short a film is a story, that is presented in a particular way, and that a director has a plan for you to experience this story. A marketing agency needs to fill seats and sell dvds. The only time this works is for stuff like Super 8 or Cloverfield where there is complete secrecy and the trailer is no more than a teaser, with hidden clues to allow one to speculate. The rest of the time a marketing agency is selling a film, and the whole idea is to get people in those seats. I think the example you guys used of Max Payne is probably a great example of where the marketing of a film is used to mislead the viewers to buy in to a film they don't want to see.
FYI - I didn't watch the trailer, and really enjoyed the film.
-Alex
Great job! Just wanted to let you know that although I'm generally not very sensitive to sound quality and never distinguished anything wrong with your old equipment I could hear from the first couple minutes a significant improvement in the sound quality. I guessed that you had finally upgraded and was waiting for you to say so in this episode. Congrats on the new equipment. Keep up the good work.
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