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The Misleading Trailer thread

post #1 of 23
10/4/10 at 5:36pm
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There's probably already a thread for this, but I've never seen it, so hey.

In addition to the traditional Expendables-style "This movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis" deception, there's something I've seen trailers do that either pisses me off or makes me laugh, depending: the very obvious re-editing of footage or dialogue to "create" a new scene or joke that's not in the movie. Sometimes this is excusable as an attempt to summarize a scene or tone that wouldn't otherwise compact into a trailer--the new True Grit trailer ends on what looks like one of these, and I'm OK with that. But sometimes they're just hilariously stupid, like that one Casino Royale trailer that tried to make it look like Bond was going to be macking on girls while on the phone with M, or something. I also seem to recall a trailer for the first "Cats & Dogs" that actually slowed down footage to try and make it look like an action shot was done in bullet time (because bullet time was still a thing at that point).

Any other examples of this spring to mind?
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post #2 of 23
10/4/10 at 5:48pm
I may be wrong, but I remember the THE BOURNE IDENTITY trailer had a shot of Bourne attaching the tracking device to the car bumper and then they immediately cut to him clicking on a radio remote, then cutting to the explosion at the farm house...as if he was planting car bomb.

I've no idea why they did that, it's not like the trailer was light on action.
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post #3 of 23
10/4/10 at 5:57pm
'Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country'. The trailer made it look like Kirk got disintegrated. It was a totally misleading shot that wasn't used in the final film at all.
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post #4 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:12pm
This isn't really a moment, rather the tone of the trailer but the UK trailer for Cyrus desperately wants you to think it's Step Brothers 2.
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post #5 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:17pm
Watch the trailer for bug.
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post #6 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:19pm
Catfish and Alien 3 come to mind
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post #7 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by Mike's Pants View Post
This isn't really a moment, rather the tone of the trailer but the UK trailer for Cyrus desperately wants you to think it's Step Brothers 2.
In a similar vein, the UK tv spots for Inglourious Basterds were all action, guns firing, huge explosions, war adventure film. There wasn't even one shot of Melanie Laurent.
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post #8 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:36pm
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I didn't see the trailers, but as I recall the movie "Rogue" (I think that was what it was called?), about a gigantic crocodile, was advertised on the web and elsewhere as if it was a movie about a serial killer. "He has claimed dozens of victims," etc.
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post #9 of 23
10/4/10 at 6:59pm
Nightbreed comes instantly to mind. The movie is still remembered as much for its botched marketing as for its actual content, with TV spots depicting it as a slasher film.
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post #10 of 23
10/4/10 at 8:11pm
I remember a tv spot for Gladiator on the DVD that tried to invent a non-existent romantic subplot between Crowe and Neilson's characters, the funniest cheat being where they edit a shot of Maximus in jail angrily straining at his chains in a way that suggests he was actually out of control with horniness.
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post #11 of 23
10/4/10 at 10:03pm
One of the first Kite Runner trailers I saw made it look like some kind of Rambo movie.
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post #12 of 23
10/4/10 at 10:04pm
Gattaca.
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post #13 of 23
10/5/10 at 3:49am
Austin Powers. There was no refernce to Dr Evil. Which was a good thing, since he is the funniest character in those movies.
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post #14 of 23
10/5/10 at 3:50am
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Originally Posted by Dan Savage View Post
In a similar vein, the UK tv spots for Inglourious Basterds were all action, guns firing, huge explosions, war adventure film. There wasn't even one shot of Melanie Laurent.
That was the first movie that came to mind. I don't see how you can market that movie as what it really was.
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post #15 of 23
10/5/10 at 9:41am
The trailer for Edmond makes it look like some intense psycho-thriller.
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post #16 of 23
10/5/10 at 10:00am
Hart's War. Looked like a movie about a group of GIs escaping from a German POW camp but turned out to be a racially-charged courtroom drama.
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post #17 of 23
10/5/10 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by The Prankster View Post
I didn't see the trailers, but as I recall the movie "Rogue" (I think that was what it was called?), about a gigantic crocodile, was advertised on the web and elsewhere as if it was a movie about a serial killer. "He has claimed dozens of victims," etc.
Primevil I think was the film.

he has killed over "10,000 peeople".. or some tagline like that.
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post #18 of 23
10/5/10 at 1:48pm
Cold Creek Manor. The first movie that came to mind when I read the topic. When I heard it's not supernatural in the least bit, I've stayed away. And from what I've heard, it's been a wise decision.
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post #19 of 23
10/5/10 at 1:56pm
As mentioned above, ALIEN 3 was a hell of a bait & switch.

What the f*ck?!
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post #20 of 23
10/5/10 at 2:01pm
Trailers for THE AMERICAN emphasized the action, of which there's maybe 5 minutes in the entire film. At most. The first teaser, though, communicated the tone of the film pretty well.
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post #21 of 23
10/5/10 at 2:05pm
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Originally Posted by Art Decade View Post
As mentioned above, ALIEN 3 was a hell of a bait & switch.

What the f*ck?!
that one, and that second trailer too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wJsw...eature=related

this makes it look more like an action film. Explosions and everything.
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post #22 of 23
10/5/10 at 2:09pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SvqEIKP4t8

this too....
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post #23 of 23
10/5/10 at 2:16pm
There was also a trailer for 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' that made it look like an action movie. There wasn't a single hint to the fact that it was a comedy. It's on the DVD/blu-ray.
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