Your Personal Picks for Best Film Trailers of 2014!

[spiderfan1985]

I don't know if there is a thread for this, but I have not seen one. I think this could be a good little thread. The movie trailer. That bastion of film advertising that runs before every movie in the theater that you watch and plays continually online via any website you can name. Trailers play a huge role in the moviegoing experience. They can titillate and excite us, or they can make us want to bury our heads in shame, or just leave us dumbfounded with nothing to say (good or bad). Or they can make us want to run screaming out of the theater. I have not done that yet even for the worst trailers. To clarify, the trailer doesn't have to have been released this year, it just has to pertain to a film that was or is still to come this year. You can rank your favorites or just list them as best you can. This is a subjective thing. Any trailer for any movie in 2014 that you deem worth it is fair game. I'll start by listing 5 of my favorites from this year.

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer 3- Good gracious alive. I may be a bit biased with this, but this was still an amazing trailer. It had everything it needed to get my butt in the seat and I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

2. Big Hero 6 Trailer 3- This was the one. I had enjoyed the trailers up to this point, but this was it. The big one. The one that sealed the deal for me and this film and told me I would love it. I did.

3. Interstellar Trailer 2- This is the one that finally got me hooked to the point that I knew I would have to see the movie. It has the emotion, the wonder, the thrill of discovery, really all that it should have to excite interest.

4. Godzilla Trailer 2 - Without a doubt one of the finest film trailers we have seen in quite some time. So good in fact that it set the bar high enough that many people left the actual movie underwhelmed. Awesome music in it too.

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Full Trailer- This trailer rocked the house. Intense, emotional, chilling, chill-bump inducing. All of the above.

And it looks like all blockbusters. Then again, it seems blockbusters do get some of the best trailers.

Edit. It was Interstellar Trailer 2 that had the Michael Cane reading "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" over the last stretch wasn't it? Because that one really was the clincher for me. All of the Interstellar trailers were great, but that one really stands out to me.

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

[L.J.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLl...ature=youtu.be
Not sure if this counts since the movie dosen't come out till 2015. Mad Max Fury Road trailer I get excited every time I watch it. Godzilla was one too.

[L.J.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SlIL...ature=youtu.be
Captain America The Winter Soldier was another one.

[Astro Zombie]

Top 10:

01) Guardians of the Galaxy (Trailer 2) -

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02) Interstellar (Trailer 2) -

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03) Inherent Vice (Trailer 1) -

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04) Godzilla (Main Trailer) -

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05) Gone Girl (Trailer 2) -

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06) The Raid 2 (Trailer 1) -

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07) The Expendables 3 (Trailer 1) -

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08) John Wick (Trailer 1) -

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09) Foxcatcher (Teaser 2) -

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10) American Sniper (Trailer 1) -

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[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Hands down, best trailer of '14: Zombiebeavers

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ZOMBEAVERS (USA: 2014) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by CHEЯNOБLY!

Hands down, best trailer of '14: Zombiebeavers

[Show spoiler]ZOMBEAVERS (USA: 2014) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

We have our winner.

[L-Rouge]

I'd like to nominate Interstellar, those 3 trailers hint at a potentially generic concept, but HIDE so much,

[Show spoiler]Woah Matt Damon is in this?.

i was afraid of what the film could have been but relieved with what we were delivered. Kept me interested but kept expectations reasonable.

Very successful marketing ploy!.

The Hobbit - Battle of Five Armies. Pippins overture gave me goosebumps, a haunting tune!.

[GorillaGuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHMC...ature=youtu.be

[DanTheMan]

This one for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes gives me chills every time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHMCRaS3ao

Not the best, but I would certainly nominate the redband trailer for Nightcrawler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdHmB-EH9o

[SilentDawn]

Any Interstellar trailer, especially the teaser.

[spiderfan1985]

Originally Posted by L.J.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SlIL...ature=youtu.be
Captain America The Winter Soldier was another one.

Yes Cap was a good one. And I'll add…

Into the Woods-- Teaser

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7UBcEGfH0Y

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies-- Teaser

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzeFFsKEt4

Exodus: Gods and Kings-- Teaser

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4iSzHXOUEE

All three of these are fine examples of how to do a Teaser.

[lolwut]

Nightcrawler (Teaser):

http://youtu.be/1lEdwqwOttg

Gone Girl (Trailer 2)

The Rover:

http://youtu.be/ChM2icbWo9w

Blue Ruin

http://youtu.be/gJo1qrr_8Hc

Inherent Vice (Trailer 1)

Interstellar (Trailer 3):

http://youtu.be/0vxOhd4qlnA

Mad Max: Fury Road

Visitors (most people hated this but I find it hypnotic):

http://youtu.be/-DieLfWWf0w

[TunaKaan]

For me, the absolute best was Hobbit main trailer.

[Foggy]

Teaser for Nightcrawler

First trailer for Interstellar

First trailer for Inherent Vice

Teaser for The Rover

Teaser for The Raid 2

Trailer for Gone Girl

Teaser for American Sniper

[recS-12]

"The Signal"

[SymbioticFunction]

Mad Max: Fury Road

[GLaDOS]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Trailer #1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHMCRaS3ao

Godzilla - Trailer #1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIu85WQTPRc

Gone Girl - Trailer #1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGn-xKFZdU

Gone Girl - Trailer #2

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3LB0lOJ0o

Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer #2

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crIaEzXgqto

Interstellar - Official Trailer #1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWdZVtXT7E

[lolwut]

Mad Max: Fury Road (Trailer 2)

[Scarriere]

[quote=Astro Zombie;10028241]Top 10:



04) Godzilla (Main Trailer) -

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That Godzilla trailer is epic! I just watched that movie a couple of nights ago and that trailer makes me want to put it on again!

[Adam_ME]

Off the top of my head, I remember digging the following trailers:

Interstellar Trailer #1 - The one with the V For Vendetta score. Hinted at what the movie was about without giving anything away. The film itself was a letdown, but it had a great marketing campaign.

Godzilla Trailer #1 - Like Interstellar, great trailer, great use of music(the monolith bit from 2001), gave away almost nothing....and the film itself was a letdown.

Gone Girl Teaser & Trailer - I wondered after reading the book how they'd market the movie without spoiling anything, but damn if Fincher and Fox didn't pull it off. The teaser was a lot of fun with the use of the song "She".

American Sniper Trailer - You don't see a lot of trailers like this where an extended clip from the movie runs almost entirely uninterrupted instead of the usual 100 rapid shots from the flick compressed into 2 1/2 minutes. It worked brilliantly. If the rest of the film is that tense, this will be a must-see this Christmas.