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movie trailers a new era has begun the
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this list we’re taking a look at even
more movie trailers that set us up to
expect a different sort of film be it in
terms of style tone genre plot or
otherwise though we’ll try to keep it to
a minimum a spoiler alert is in effect
[Music]
number ten Suicide Squad kudos to
whoever edited the trailer for this
poorly received but financially
lucrative DC film set to Queen’s
Bohemian Rhapsody the trailer promised a
highly stylish atmospheric film it
looked like it was gonna be a relatively
gritty flick but one with enough quirks
and dark humor to avoid coming across as
gloomy basically it came across as an
angsty action flick with superpowers and
for all intents and purposes it seemed
to pretty clearly set up the Joker as
the villain I’m kidding is that what
they really said sadly
this sense of identity was sorely
lacking in the actual film and the Joker
was reduced to little more than a bit
player bring the car much higher number
9 Blue Valentine can’t really sing I
have to say in goofy in order to sing I
got this thing stupid one word for you
painful at least that’s how we describe
Blue Valentine after having seen it it’s
funny huh the film is excellent but it’s
a depressingly honest look at how
relationships begin deteriorate over
time and eventually come to a possible
end take a look at this trailer it looks
like a charming in dear oh man film no
one would have assumed it’s a rom-com
but audience members could have easily
gone into it expecting another dose of
heartfelt and passionate romance akin to
the notebook just with more indie charms
and quirkiness rather than an
affirmation of love however Blue
Valentine will rip any and all romantic
insecurities you might have wide open
number 8 colossal I just sent you the
news and I think it would shock unlike
the first trailer for most monster
movies this indie sci-fi flick was happy
to reveal its large creature upfront
when it only vaguely alluded to you
however were the film’s darker
undertones when it was billed as a black
comedy most people assumed the darkness
came from the fact that this kaiju was
destroying Seoul but in reality the
issues are much more personal given the
age of the characters the presence of
beers in the trailer seems unremarkable
but in hindsight they were first signs
of the real problem alcohol addiction
the film also gets pretty deep into
domestic abuse and toxic relationships
what exactly the quirky ride people
signed up for you’re lucky that the rest
the rest of us don’t call the cops on
you junkie number seven transformers age
of extinction I think we just found a
transformer when you walk into a
Transformers movie you know what to
expect but when this trailer came out it
made us question our assumptions to be
fair it seems like a pretty standard
fare that is until the very end of the
trailer when the Dinobots make their
grand debut Dinobots this changes
everything
finally a deviation from the formula or
so we were given cause to hope we get
that a trailer isn’t a legally binding
contract but a big reveal at the end of
a trailer usually infers that said
reveal is actually a significant part of
the film
sadly the Dinobots only showed up
towards the end and we’re woefully
underutilized alright I know that you’re
sensitive to this whole bioethical
dilemma maybe only wants to hear you say
this is something should never be
invented number six the cable guy by
1996 we had already been treated to a
Sven Shura pet detective and dumb and
dumber
understanding that Jim Carrey’s
characters are totally over-the-top and
more than a little intense but no amount
of zany on-screen behavior could have
prepared us for his role in the Cable
this trailer doesn’t hold back on the
odd behavior exhibited by Carrie’s
character Ernie
chip Douglas what it didn’t make clear
however was just how disturbing the plot
would become suspicious isn’t it it’s
not a dark premise serving as the basis
for a funny story it’s a dark premise
that serves as the basis for a dark and
disturbing story of manipulation mental
illness and obsession I can be your best
friend or your worst enemy you seem to
prefer the latter
number five passengers the asking me on
she didn’t seem that impressed the
trailer teased a compelling film for
some reason Chris Pratt and Jennifer
Lawrence’s characters are the only two
people awake on a colony ship drama and
romance inevitably ensue as well as some
life-or-death stakes who knows had the
plot as suggested by the trailer
actually been just that maybe this film
would have been a success worthy of its
stars you know it’s going on
nobody else is away unfortunately the
trailer left out the twist
frats character Jim was woken early by
mistake and out of loneliness wakes up
Lawrence’s Aurora from her hibernation
pod after falling for her at first sight
it’s a deeply unsettling plot and not a
roll people were expecting to see Pratt
play good-morning Aurora how are you
feeling it’s perfectly normal to feel
confused number four unbreakable where
are you sitting on the train
against the window a director makes a
groundbreaking supernatural
psychological horror film that proves to
be a hit with critics and audiences as a
studio you’re crossing your fingers that
this filmmaker sticks to the genre but
then he instead goes and makes a
thriller that’s hard to categorize a
grim superhero film grounded in reality
that deconstructs the comic-book hero
villain dynamic what’s the marketing
department to do apparently craft a
trailer that basically makes the film
look and feel like a horror film does it
accurately represent the movie no but
hey anything to cash in on the success
of M night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense
no wonder audiences had mixed feelings
when they saw unbreakable I almost gave
up hope there was so many times I
questioned myself number three scream
hello
remember this cookie cutter 90s slasher
starring drew Barrymore no probably
because it never happened
in a classic bait-and-switch befitting
this meta horror film by master of the
genre Wes Craven
the first trailer for scream started off
as a total cliche an aloof unsuspecting
blonde played by Barrymore accepts a
phone call from a sinister figure as the
trailer progresses we learn about our
killer and get some insight into the
self-aware nature of the film what’s the
point they’re all the same some stupid
killers talking some big-breasted girl
in panic he’s always running up the
stairs and she should be going out the
front door it’s insulting but based on
this first trailer you never could have
predicted just what a deconstruction of
the genre it would be most misleading of
all however is the fact that Barrymore
was playing a bit part not starring
number two brave shop dad slag was we
understand the drive to keep the twist a
secret but sometimes as is the case with
brave that forces the editors to compile
a trailer that unfortunately sells a
very different story by the looks of the
trailer this film was about a young
princess disinterested with the
responsibility prescribed to her gender
in position who ops instead to go on an
epic adventure of self-discovery if you
had the chance to change your fate
which ii though Merida’s character was
spot-on
the whole adventure thing never really
happened what we got instead was a very
intimate story about a mother and
daughter as explored through the
mother’s transformation into a bear it
was a great story but not the one people
signed up for number one Star Wars
Episode four a new hope somewhere in
space this may all be happening right
now
given that the original Star Wars is
over 40 years old even some diehard fans
have never seen the trailer originally
used to advertise this space opera but
go and watch it for yourself in
retrospect the tone feels so wrong and
clearly off-brand that you’ll find
yourself questioning whether this is
real or some odd fan made spoof but
trust us it’s real villains from its
2001 a Space Odyssey sounding opening
narration to the overtly serious action
heavy quick snippets of footage it feels
totally alien honestly it kind of comes
across as a b-movie
when I hit theaters fans got a film with
a very different tone and that’s a good
[Music]
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welcome to watchmojo.com 10 misleading
movie trailers a new era has begun the
age of the Transformers is over
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re taking a look at even
more movie trailers that set us up to
expect a different sort of film be it in
terms of style tone genre plot or
otherwise though we’ll try to keep it to
a minimum a spoiler alert is in effect
[Music]
number ten Suicide Squad kudos to
whoever edited the trailer for this
poorly received but financially
lucrative DC film set to Queen’s
Bohemian Rhapsody the trailer promised a
highly stylish atmospheric film it
looked like it was gonna be a relatively
gritty flick but one with enough quirks
and dark humor to avoid coming across as
gloomy basically it came across as an
angsty action flick with superpowers and
for all intents and purposes it seemed
to pretty clearly set up the Joker as
the villain I’m kidding is that what
they really said sadly
this sense of identity was sorely
lacking in the actual film and the Joker
was reduced to little more than a bit
player bring the car much higher number
9 Blue Valentine can’t really sing I
have to say in goofy in order to sing I
got this thing stupid one word for you
painful at least that’s how we describe
Blue Valentine after having seen it it’s
funny huh the film is excellent but it’s
a depressingly honest look at how
relationships begin deteriorate over
time and eventually come to a possible
end take a look at this trailer it looks
like a charming in dear oh man film no
one would have assumed it’s a rom-com
but audience members could have easily
gone into it expecting another dose of
heartfelt and passionate romance akin to
the notebook just with more indie charms
and quirkiness rather than an
affirmation of love however Blue
Valentine will rip any and all romantic
insecurities you might have wide open
number 8 colossal I just sent you the
news and I think it would shock unlike
the first trailer for most monster
movies this indie sci-fi flick was happy
to reveal its large creature upfront
when it only vaguely alluded to you
however were the film’s darker
undertones when it was billed as a black
comedy most people assumed the darkness
came from the fact that this kaiju was
destroying Seoul but in reality the
issues are much more personal given the
age of the characters the presence of
beers in the trailer seems unremarkable
but in hindsight they were first signs
of the real problem alcohol addiction
the film also gets pretty deep into
domestic abuse and toxic relationships
what exactly the quirky ride people
signed up for you’re lucky that the rest
the rest of us don’t call the cops on
you junkie number seven transformers age
of extinction I think we just found a
transformer when you walk into a
Transformers movie you know what to
expect but when this trailer came out it
made us question our assumptions to be
fair it seems like a pretty standard
fare that is until the very end of the
trailer when the Dinobots make their
grand debut Dinobots this changes
everything
finally a deviation from the formula or
so we were given cause to hope we get
that a trailer isn’t a legally binding
contract but a big reveal at the end of
a trailer usually infers that said
reveal is actually a significant part of
the film
sadly the Dinobots only showed up
towards the end and we’re woefully
underutilized alright I know that you’re
sensitive to this whole bioethical
dilemma maybe only wants to hear you say
this is something should never be
invented number six the cable guy by
1996 we had already been treated to a
Sven Shura pet detective and dumb and
dumber
understanding that Jim Carrey’s
characters are totally over-the-top and
more than a little intense but no amount
of zany on-screen behavior could have
prepared us for his role in the Cable
this trailer doesn’t hold back on the
odd behavior exhibited by Carrie’s
character Ernie
chip Douglas what it didn’t make clear
however was just how disturbing the plot
would become suspicious isn’t it it’s
not a dark premise serving as the basis
for a funny story it’s a dark premise
that serves as the basis for a dark and
disturbing story of manipulation mental
illness and obsession I can be your best
friend or your worst enemy you seem to
prefer the latter
number five passengers the asking me on
she didn’t seem that impressed the
trailer teased a compelling film for
some reason Chris Pratt and Jennifer
Lawrence’s characters are the only two
people awake on a colony ship drama and
romance inevitably ensue as well as some
life-or-death stakes who knows had the
plot as suggested by the trailer
actually been just that maybe this film
would have been a success worthy of its
stars you know it’s going on
nobody else is away unfortunately the
trailer left out the twist
frats character Jim was woken early by
mistake and out of loneliness wakes up
Lawrence’s Aurora from her hibernation
pod after falling for her at first sight
it’s a deeply unsettling plot and not a
roll people were expecting to see Pratt
play good-morning Aurora how are you
feeling it’s perfectly normal to feel
confused number four unbreakable where
are you sitting on the train
against the window a director makes a
groundbreaking supernatural
psychological horror film that proves to
be a hit with critics and audiences as a
studio you’re crossing your fingers that
this filmmaker sticks to the genre but
then he instead goes and makes a
thriller that’s hard to categorize a
grim superhero film grounded in reality
that deconstructs the comic-book hero
villain dynamic what’s the marketing
department to do apparently craft a
trailer that basically makes the film
look and feel like a horror film does it
accurately represent the movie no but
hey anything to cash in on the success
of M night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense
no wonder audiences had mixed feelings
when they saw unbreakable I almost gave
up hope there was so many times I
questioned myself number three scream
hello
remember this cookie cutter 90s slasher
starring drew Barrymore no probably
because it never happened
in a classic bait-and-switch befitting
this meta horror film by master of the
genre Wes Craven
the first trailer for scream started off
as a total cliche an aloof unsuspecting
blonde played by Barrymore accepts a
phone call from a sinister figure as the
trailer progresses we learn about our
killer and get some insight into the
self-aware nature of the film what’s the
point they’re all the same some stupid
killers talking some big-breasted girl
in panic he’s always running up the
stairs and she should be going out the
front door it’s insulting but based on
this first trailer you never could have
predicted just what a deconstruction of
the genre it would be most misleading of
all however is the fact that Barrymore
was playing a bit part not starring
number two brave shop dad slag was we
understand the drive to keep the twist a
secret but sometimes as is the case with
brave that forces the editors to compile
a trailer that unfortunately sells a
very different story by the looks of the
trailer this film was about a young
princess disinterested with the
responsibility prescribed to her gender
in position who ops instead to go on an
epic adventure of self-discovery if you
had the chance to change your fate
which ii though Merida’s character was
spot-on
the whole adventure thing never really
happened what we got instead was a very
intimate story about a mother and
daughter as explored through the
mother’s transformation into a bear it
was a great story but not the one people
signed up for number one Star Wars
Episode four a new hope somewhere in
space this may all be happening right
now
given that the original Star Wars is
over 40 years old even some diehard fans
have never seen the trailer originally
used to advertise this space opera but
go and watch it for yourself in
retrospect the tone feels so wrong and
clearly off-brand that you’ll find
yourself questioning whether this is
real or some odd fan made spoof but
trust us it’s real villains from its
2001 a Space Odyssey sounding opening
narration to the overtly serious action
heavy quick snippets of footage it feels
totally alien honestly it kind of comes
across as a b-movie
when I hit theaters fans got a film with
a very different tone and that’s a good
[Music]
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