Mar 19 2009
9 Comic Book Movie Trailers That Made me Watch a Movie That Sucked
I’ve mentioned this before and I’ll mention it again. If a movie that sucks so bad can make a trailer that rules, then why can’t they just apply the same logic to the movie itself? I mean I understand that you are editing and using the best parts of the movie to make a montage that intrigues the viewer. But come on guys. Just make most if not all your scenes that way.
I wonder if the editors that are making the trailers are thinking “boy these fans have no clue what they’re getting into, this thing sucks.” I’ll bet you a million bucks that half the the time they probably are thinking that.
Comic book movies are a great example of this phenomenon. Given most of the high tech action of these films, trailers are easy to manipulate. But unfortunately the movies seemingly never deliver (Dark Knight sure as hell did, but you know what I mean).
Here are 9 trailers that actually made me want to see the movie, but the movie wound up sucking. And sometimes I even knew the movie might suck but the trailer was just good enough to make me want to go.
Wanted
I have to admit, the action sequences here definitely pumped me up. But the actual movie was so over the top I wanted to puke.
The Hulk
I mean come on guys. Who wouldn’t want to see The Hulk? This trailer was definitely a “more is less” approach.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I guess only comic book people would want to see this movie, but the trailer was definitely good enough.
Batman and Robin
Clearly one of the worst comic book movies of all time. However, did most of you see it? Yes. And why? Well, I think just because you are “supposed” to. However, Freeze looked kind of cool and they managed to hide most of the absolutely ridiculous lines.
Elektra
I won’t lie. Very cool trailer.
Daredevil
Again, cool trailer. Lots of potential here but boy did this movie blow.
Ghost Rider
This was a debatable trailer. I kind of thought to myself “eh, this movie might suck but I’m going to watch it anyway.” Point is, even though I wasn’t anticipating a great movie, I still saw it. And that means the trailer did its job.
Spiderman 3
The black costume? That was so badass in the trailer. Movie was way under expectations.
Watchmen
Enough Said. Damnet I was disappointed.
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I liked Watchmen. Maybe cause I didn’t read the book.
You should make one for horror movies. I’m sure there’s plenty of good trailers - bad movies.
For horrors there are all bad movies :). Totally agree with the list I didn’t watch watchmen so that one is pending. And the one that hurt the most was the ghost rider , director said that comic was too dark and he decided to put humor in … what an idiot!
Nice article, but you should do one of trailers that kept people away from good movies, like Super Troopers and such.
super troopers was hilarious!
watchmen trailer made me read the comic…and then id have watched the film no matter what.
and thought the film was a work of genius - off to watch it again tomorrow
Batman and Robin, ugh!
I would have to say that the Watchmen trailer was one of the best trailers I have ever seen for any movie. The emotions, music, and combination of footage was pure magic. However, it was extremely misleading as the movie was not what it was made to look like.