For me, it’s not when something blows up in the trailer, it’s when the main character is walking, in slow motion usually, and usually dressed in black, preferably with a long coat and sunglasses on, and the item in question explodes behind him or her, with no reaction from him or her. Oh, except sometimes they’ll take off their sunglasses or put their sunglasses on.
Can also be seen with multiple characters, this time in wedge formation, like a flock of slo-mo geese.
Or, trailers that show the main character doing an act of violence, and then quipping about it. slams someone’s head with rock “Does this rock your world?”
I hate to mention it, since it doesn’t actually exist, but Highlander 2: TDC was far more watchable than the theatrical release.
Normally you’re absolutely right, though.
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Most of mine have been taken, but I’ll add:
“The ultimate date movie”
“The definitive coming-of-age (drama/comedy/tragedy)”
“The thinking man’s film” (what the hell does that mean???)
“John Travolta”
Jim Carey
John Travolta
feel good film
Non-stop action
I hate quotes from critics during trailers, too. Most of the time the critics and I don’t agree anyway. But after seeing those quotes and then the films associated with them, I usually end up picturing this…
So and So Critic: This film was so bad it was almost astonishing to me that it made it to the theater. There was no plot to speak of, the director must have been sleeping through most of the shoot, and by the mid-point of the film I wanted to smash XYZ Actor in the face.
Comes out in the trailer …Astonishing…A Smash! says So and So…
The Director is the person-of-vision who made the piece of art you watch! It’s how the artist intended it to be. Any other version is what was left after the bureaucratic studio execs got through with censoring it.
My current favorite example is Apocalypse Now! which, in the director’s cut, now features character development for more than one character.
Yes, “indie” has acquired a status akin to those dreadful ribons everyone had to wear at awards ceremonies if they wanted to retain their lib cred and their fat salaries.
Only true because the first release was apparently edited by a blind fundamentalist who was told he was hacking up some pornography starring his 14 year old daughter.
back to the OP, I can’t keep track of the little brats so I can’t sum this up in a few names. I won’t go see a film starring a child.