Great Trailers Attached to Bad Movies

There has been an epidemic this year. An epidemic of epic-looking trailers followed by bad movies. Maybe this is just the way things are going as trailers become more slick and more well-produced, but it seems like this is one of the worst years. I'm curious about the worst offenders in the eyes of GWJers.

On the upside for the trailer below I discovered an amazing album. IBM 1401, A User's Manual by Jóhann Jóhannsson.

The only problem is that Battle: Los Angeles was a great movie.

Yeah, I actually quite liked Battle: Los Angeles.

Grenn wrote:

The only problem is that Battle: Los Angeles was a great movie.

I don't know if great is the word I'd use, but I like it. In fact, it exceeded my trailer expectations.

Incidentally, I've begun to notice that the potential quality of a product is inversely proportional to the amount of dubstep used in its marketing.

edit: I never saw that trailer.

These are all subject to opinion, of course. I want to see more "rad" trailers for questionable movies.

In the opposite of this thread's title, I went to see the Hobbit, which was awesome, and was stuck for a few minutes watching an awful trailer for what I guess is Jack and the Bean Stalk, the overblown comedic action movie.

Demosthenes wrote:

In the opposite of this thread's title, I went to see the Hobbit, which was awesome, and was stuck for a few minutes watching an awful trailer for what I guess is Jack and the Bean Stalk, the overblown "comedic" action movie.

FTFY!

I agree with the answers to the original poster's hypothesis. The more bombastic the trailer with "emotional engineering through music" the worse the movie is BUT there are many great trailers for decent movies without it.

I also thought Battlefield:LA was a decent movie...

I still think the worst trailer-to-movie transition belongs to The Phantom Menace.

Oh man that original full trailer was mind-blowingly awesome. The actual movie felt almost completely detached from the feel of the trailer.

[edit]Ok, technically, "Marley and Me" is probably the worst trailer-to-movie transition. But I'm just talking about movies I've actually sat through and fully watched.

Also, the thread is a little ironic since I've only seen two movies in theaters so far this year (The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises), both of which were better than their trailers. I'll be seeing The Hobbit this weekend, so am reserving judgement on that one.

Basically the movie could have been cut down to about 15 minutes without the story suffering.

DSGamer wrote:

These are all subject to opinion, of course. I want to see more "rad" trailers for questionable movies.

Here you go:

Although, the only questionable thing is whether it's a great movie or the greatest movie.

I'm pretty sure I remember a Lady chopping a UFO out of the sky with a katana. So, I guess there's that.

Phantom Menace trailer was such an event. I was living in San Fran and somehow word got out that it would be playing in front of The Siege, so the place was bombarded with SW nerds. Yes-man producer Rick McCallum was there to introduce it. Everyone flipped, and then they played it again after the film was over. Ah yes...

I've got the perfect one. I think I must have watched this trailer 20 times after it came out. The movie is definitely questionably good/bad. [size=8]I actually enjoyed reloaded.[/size]

The Last Airbender.

Also: The Village.

Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

That's a good one, actually. I thought it had potential after seeing that trailer.

Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

Also: The Village.

Veto-ing the Village. Based on that trailer, I was 95% correct as to what the "demons" were. My lady friend at the time was a by M. Night Shamalamandingdong fan and when she saw it and told me what it was about, I was not surprised.

If there was ever a film that should have stayed as a fun teaser trailer than it is Iron Sky

Demosthenes wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

Also: The Village.

Veto-ing the Village. Based on that trailer, I was 95% correct as to what the "demons" were. My lady friend at the time was a by M. Night Shamalamandingdong fan and when she saw it and told me what it was about, I was not surprised.

Ditto. I saw the trailer for the Village and immediately guessed what the "twist" was.

DSGamer wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

That's a good one, actually. I thought it had potential after seeing that trailer.

I've never seen the cartoon but that trailer made me want to see the movie. Glad I didn't.

onewild wrote:

If there was ever a film that should have stayed as a fun teaser trailer than it is Iron Sky

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Demosthenes wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

Also: The Village.

Veto-ing the Village. Based on that trailer, I was 95% correct as to what the "demons" were. My lady friend at the time was a by M. Night Shamalamandingdong fan and when she saw it and told me what it was about, I was not surprised.

Eh, I and most people I know were excited and went to see the movie. All but one of us was fairly angry afterward.

iaintgotnopants wrote:
DSGamer wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

The Last Airbender.

That's a good one, actually. I thought it had potential after seeing that trailer.

I've never seen the cartoon but that trailer made me want to see the movie. Glad I didn't.

The cartoon is so worth watching and the movie so isn't.

I felt that way about any of the Pirates of the Carribean movies after the first. Trailers always look exciting, but it's a bore fest.

I already know how bad this movie is, and the trailer still fools me:

Thin... I'm not vetoing the Village as a bad movie, just as a bad trailer. The only worse one that comes to mind was Chicken Run where you saw the chicken plane take them over the fence. The first half of the trailer was "how are we going to escape?" 2 seconds later i knew how.

casual_alcoholic wrote:

I already know how bad this movie is, and the trailer still fools me:

/thread

Demosthenes wrote:

Thin... I'm not vetoing the Village as a bad movie, just as a bad trailer. The only worse one that comes to mind was Chicken Run where you saw the chicken plane take them over the fence. The first half of the trailer was "how are we going to escape?" 2 seconds later i knew how. :(

Wait, I'm talking about great trailers and bad movies. To be clear.

I'll back up Iron Sky. That movie was a joke. And it was on us.