mindless movies(SPAM expected)

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 9:38 am

I just watched DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR, and i have to say it was amusing but really it lost my interest quickly. It seems that most movies are like this now a days. they show the preveiw and it looks hilarious then when you watch it, everything that is funny was in the preveiw. they should have a disclaimer that says "WARNING, YOU HAVE SEEN ALL THE GOOD STUFF ALREADY".

I not saying that it is crap, just that they hype the flicks up so much that it is disappointing when you see it.

comments?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:22 am

Ummm, well take it for granted that all the best bits will be what you see in the trailer. They usually are.

Like Tombraider, that looked cool in the trailer but the film was very disappointing.

And seriously, you saw the trailer for Dude, Where's My Car... and that made you want to see it?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:26 am

I thought the same about Scary Movie

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:30 am

Originally posted by Yshania:
I thought the same about Scary Movie

OMG, that was a terrible film... and yeah, all the best jokes were in the trailer.

Seriously, trailers aren't a reliable indicator of whether a movie is going to be good. Read the reviews.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:32 am

Georgi-*hug* Yes i wanted to see it cause it looked funny. i like to watch senseless movies.

anything trashy or politically incorrect I love. The Waterboy will never be topped but there are alot of funny stuff out there.

Yshania- i though scary movie was a little dissapointing also.

Grojlach · Post by **Grojlach** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:33 am

Hmm, the reviews I've read about Dude all came back to one small sentence: it sucked.

So rhat's why I never went to see it in the cinema... Guess the reviews were right...

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Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:35 am

Why go see a movie at all anymore? They all the best parts in the trailers and you've practically seen the entire movie, at least, all that's 'necessary' to see.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:47 am

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
Why go see a movie at all anymore? They all the best parts in the trailers and you've practically seen the entire movie, at least, all that's 'necessary' to see.

Hmmm, I think it's only true of the bad films. I mean, whether a film is good or bad, you can probably still cut a good looking two minute trailer from it. But that's no indication of how good the film is, unless maybe you go to movies on the basis of the special effects.

One movie I can think of is Memento - the trailer barely gives away anything of the movie - and it's a fantastic movie

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:50 am

Then there are the other films that you don't see many trailers for, or where the trailers are good but so is the film, or that read as quite boring, but then surprise you.

A few that jump to mind for me:

Fried Green Tomatoes(?)
Green Mile
The Colour Purple (but then I had read the book first

- I just expected to be disappointed with the film)
The Matrix
Something About Mary
Shanghai Noon
Face Off

There was another one, a black comedy, a bit of a take off of Jaws but with crocdiles. That was hysterical. And another more recent one with Oprah in it, but I cannot remember the name

I saw it three nights running...Doh!

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:54 am

i don't GO to the movies often(ever try to get a 2yr old to sit still for 2 hours

), so I rent them off of Direct TV. I thought Dude was funny but not as much as i thought it would be. The best "serious" movie i have seem lately was THE GREEN MILE. it was totally not aything that i expected. It was very captivating.

Grojlach · Post by **Grojlach** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 10:57 am

Hmm, another movie which could have been much worse was Evolution. Sure, some of the best scenes were given away in the trailers, but it was amusing enough to have a good evening after all.

..But I will always look very suspiciously to Head & Shoulders from now on...

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 11:04 am

I am out for a while. see Ya!

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 11:07 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
Hmmm, I think it's only true of the bad films. I mean, whether a film is good or bad, you can probably still cut a good looking two minute trailer from it. But that's no indication of how good the film is, unless maybe you go to movies on the basis of the special effects.

One movie I can think of is Memento - the trailer barely gives away anything of the movie - and it's a fantastic movie

I wasn't saying that the movies are not necessarily good, I'm just saying that in a lot of the trailers, you pretty much see the entire storyline. Part of the reason that in most trailers, nearly the entire storyline is shown is that the newer movies don't seem to have much of a storyline. A few exceptions are Final Fantasy, Shrek, and Jurassic(sp?) Park III. *finishes complaining about movies lacking storylines*

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 11:57 am

There are a lot of dissapointments out there when it comes to movies and their preveiws.

A great movie that had a good story, and was very cyrptic about it's story was Aliens, directed by James Cameron. It is one of the most amazing movies on the market, even though it was made back in the 80's.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 1:15 pm

@SS Oh, true, that's annoying. I saw What Lies Beneath as a preview, so I didn't know anything about it really before I saw it... when I saw a trailer for it afterwards, I was amazed, they basically gave away the entire story, I mean all the stuff that I thought actually created the suspense in the movie...

Scream 3 had a good trailer. Like the part where you see the knife thrown at Dewey's head. That's a good teaser.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 2:33 pm

@Georgi: I was actually rather dissapointed with What Lies Beneath. I guess I just don't like that kind of movie.

The only reason I saw Scream 3 was for Silent Bob and Jay! Those two are the best!

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 3:41 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
@Georgi: I was actually rather dissapointed with What Lies Beneath. I guess I just don't like that kind of movie.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I thought the movie was pretty lame. But I imagine it's even worse when you already know what's going on because they gave it away in the trailer. Then there would be no reason to watch it at all.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 3:42 pm

Originally posted by leedogg:
It seems that most movies are like this now a days. they show the preveiw and it looks hilarious then when you watch it, everything that is funny was in the preveiw. they should have a disclaimer that says "WARNING, YOU HAVE SEEN ALL THE GOOD STUFF ALREADY".

comments?

@Leedogg, GMTA. I was just saying as much to my wife last week. I've even heard news interviews with producers who bragg about putting all the best lines in the trailers! It's ridiculous, IMO. And if you watch trailers for old films--stuff from the 1930s through the 60s--the best lines are held back. They used trailers to build anticipation for a film. The current practice does the opposite.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 3:58 pm

I remember back in college I attended a Hitchc0ck film festival. They showed a lot of the old trailers to his movies as well as his movies. Some of the trailers had almost nothing to do with the movie! For The Birds, old Al just walks around his living room talking about people's unreasonable fears. There's a crow in a bird cage, and he sits down to eat a Game Hen meal. Hilarious. Not a single scene from the actual movie.

I think directors should be limited to the first ten minutes of their move for all material usable in the trailer.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 09, 2001 5:50 pm

Things sure have changed since those days, haven't they?