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  • The 24th Letter
    ERA
    • Oct 2007
    • 39373

    #1

    Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

    Me and my friend are having a debate over this, and I figured the movies buffs here would know some examples....What are some movies that had a bad trailer, but ended up being a pretty good movie?
  • HotSauce2k3
    MVP
    • Nov 2002
    • 1848

    #2
    Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

    Weather Man... Lucky Number Slevin...

    Off the top of my head.

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    • Cusefan
      Earlwolfx on XBL
      • Oct 2003
      • 9820

      #3
      Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

      spelled trailer wrong


      Two off the top of my head, Grandma's Boy and Forgetting Sarah Marshal. Forgetting Sarah Marshal is really the biggest loser here, their Trailer absolutely destroyed any chance that movie had at making a decent dollar. I would not have seen it if it were not for Howard Stern, I will see just about any movie he recommends, I guess we have similar tastes.
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      • Buckeyes_Doc
        In Dalton I Trust
        • Jan 2009
        • 11918

        #4
        Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

        Scott Pilgrim vs. the world.
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        • Beantown
          #DoYourJob
          • Feb 2005
          • 31523

          #5
          Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

          Originally posted by Cusefan
          Forgetting Sarah Marshal is really the biggest loser here, their Trailer absolutely destroyed any chance that movie had at making a decent dollar. I would not have seen it if it were not for Howard Stern, I will see just about any movie he recommends, I guess we have similar tastes.
          I'd say making 105 million dollars on a 30 million dollar budget is a "decent dollar." It's not stellar or great, or where it should've been for how awesome that movie is, but roughly 70million dollars in profit is definitely "decent."

          But yeah, the trailers definitely sucked for that movie, I'd agree.

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          • The 24th Letter
            ERA
            • Oct 2007
            • 39373

            #6
            Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

            Originally posted by Cusefan
            spelled trailer wrong


            Two off the top of my head, Grandma's Boy and Forgetting Sarah Marshal. Forgetting Sarah Marshal is really the biggest loser here, their Trailer absolutely destroyed any chance that movie had at making a decent dollar. I would not have seen it if it were not for Howard Stern, I will see just about any movie he recommends, I guess we have similar tastes.
            spelled Marshall wrong..........my bad lol

            I actually never saw the preview for that movie, but I enjoyed it...

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            • Bellsprout
              Hard Times.
              • Oct 2009
              • 25652

              #7
              Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

              Marley and Me

              Just a cute puppy movie starring Jennifer Aniston. Nothing sad could happen in this fluff fest.

              *cries*

              Still a good movie, though.
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              • Fresh Tendrils
                Strike Hard and Fade Away
                • Jul 2002
                • 36131

                #8
                Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                Originally posted by Buckeyes_Doc
                Scott Pilgrim vs. the world.
                Yes. The trailers didn't do that movie justice at all.



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                • WazzuRC
                  Go Cougs!
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 5617

                  #9
                  Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                  I thought that Superbad had horrible trailers and I love that movie.

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                  • Gibbz
                    All Star
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 8240

                    #10
                    Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                    It seems like Judd Apatow movies always have bad trailers, but I like all of the movies.

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                    • Cebby
                      Banned
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 22327

                      #11
                      Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                      Zohan

                      It's not an amazing movie but the over-the-top superhero aspect isn't portrayed well at all in the trailers.

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                      • WDOgF0reL1fe
                        MVP
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 3427

                        #12
                        Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                        I guess you can look at this another way though.

                        I hate, hate, HATE trailers that show a lot of the movie or what the main focus is about.

                        Take Click with Adam Sandler, the previews were NOTHING like the movie. I thought the movie was well done and a good surprise.

                        Now take Shutter Island.
                        The previews that intitally came out, pretty much gave away the twist and the whole freakin story.

                        Ill take a trailer that is terrbile and has little to do with the movie anyday and twice on sundays
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                        • BlueNGold
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                          • Aug 2009
                          • 21817

                          #13
                          Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                          IMO Kick-*** was much different than I thought it would be after seeing the trailers for that. Much, much better than I expected.
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                          • Bellsprout
                            Hard Times.
                            • Oct 2009
                            • 25652

                            #14
                            Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                            I don't remember why specifically, but I remember thinking Zombieland looked terrible.

                            I couldn't have been more wrong.
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                            • bvb24
                              MVP
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 1630

                              #15
                              Re: Horrible Trailor, but really good movie?

                              Originally posted by Dayman
                              I don't remember why specifically, but I remember thinking Zombieland looked terrible.

                              I couldn't have been more wrong.
                              I thought it looked awesome and it was even better than I had hoped.
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