Previews That Don't Depict What the Movie Actually Is (Use Spoilers Tags)

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Similar to "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", from which we might not have realized that the story was actually a Law & Order-style trial drama, and that there may not have been any supernatural elements, as all the flashy horror shots in the trailer may or may not have been from the character's schizo-delusional POV.

+1..... i really dont know how people say that movie was scary at all... sooo booorrriiiing

[Meeklo]

(This is not to start any religious conversations)

The Invention of Lying

The whole movie was about Ricky Gervais' character saying there was an afterlife and having religious debates with people and making it look like all of what he was saying was a lie. None of which was portrayed in the previews. Their marketing people were smart because if that was in the preview, nobody would have gone to see it.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Meeklo

(This is not to start any religious conversations)

The Invention of Lying

The whole movie was about Ricky Gervais' character saying there was an afterlife and having religious debates with people and making it look like all of what he was saying was a lie. None of which was portrayed in the previews. Their marketing people were smart because if that was in the preview, nobody would have gone to see it.

I don't think that many people did, it opened up in the number 3 spot!

[snowball_iv]

Sherlock Holmes, it made it look, all explosions and hollywood, but in the movie it wasn't which was a pleasant surprise.

And Taking Woodstock, i thought it would be more about the music and more like Almost Famous but it was not lol.

[Secretagentnumber6]

Dark Blue - the Kurt Russell movie based in LA during the riots where he was a cop.

The trailers made it just look plain awful, but it ended up being a terrific movie and one of Russell's better performances ever in my opinion.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

So my question to you is: has this ever happened to you with any films? and has it made you think less of said film when it turned out to not be what you thought it was about?

Without a doubt..."Rocky V"...still the most disappointing film I've ever seen in my life, especially considering the expectations I had for it after having viewed the awesome trailer (which is linked below). I was so pumped for the movie, only to get to the theater to find that the overall story was much different than what the trailer sold me on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE7ydsKckYI

[Beast]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

Then by that rationale, Batman isn't a super hero either, nor is Ghost Rider (and since the Watchmen had no super powers either, this whole discussion is kinda moot).

They're superheroes. But not the traditional sort. And Punisher is more of an anti-hero.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Well everyone say's Batman is truly a Superhero, I haven't seen Ghost Rider, and Watchmen are not superhero's either, except Dr Manhatten!

The Watchmen are indeed superheroes. It doesn't require powers to be a superhero.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Beast

The Watchmen are indeed superheroes. It doesn't require powers to be a superhero.

Well that's just hero, super means you have powers, your special!

Bet you can't guess what that kind of misdrifts off!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by MDJ

i'm not sure what the trailer was like but this poster to me is hilarious. it's so cheesy and makes it look like The Family Stone or something when the movie was a character study and actually pretty depressing

The Family Stone wasnt exacty all giggles either. I thought it was very good though.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Beast

The Watchmen are indeed superheroes. It doesn't require powers to be a superhero.

I must disagree 100%.

[Chaotic]

Unbreakable.

[Show spoiler]
I had no idea he was a Superhero before i saw it.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I must disagree 100%.

Iron Man is a Superhero. So is War Machine. Batman. Black Widow. Hawkeye. Etc. They doesn't have powers.

Superheroes come in a variety of flavors. Including powerless. To think so ignores 75+ Years of facts.

[Septimus Prime]

Public Enemies

[Show spoiler]I thought it would be a match of wits between Johnny Depp and Christian Bale's characters, but nope. They have not even a single scene together, and it looks like they mailed in their performances. The plot also drags along at a snail's pace, and the PQ is garbage, since they shot half the movie with a Handicam or something.

I thought it would be a good movie from the trailers. Turns out it was awful.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

Public Enemies

[Show spoiler]I thought it would be a match of wits between Johnny Depp and Christian Bale's characters, but nope. They have not even a single scene together, and it looks like they mailed in their performances. The plot also drags along at a snail's pace, and the PQ is garbage, since they shot half the movie with a Handicam or something.

I thought it would be a good movie from the trailers. Turns out it was awful.

Um, Bale talks to Depp when he's in jail

[Septimus Prime]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Um, Bale talks to Depp when he's in jail

No, he doesn't. He talks to the back of someone else's head.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Beast

Iron Man is a Superhero. So is War Machine. Batman. Black Widow. Hawkeye. Etc. They doesn't have powers.

Superheroes come in a variety of flavors. Including powerless. To think so ignores 75+ Years of facts.

Batman is a caped crusader. A vigilante.

Superman has superhuman powers, and therefore a superhero.

The ones with special powers are "Super". The others are just humans in special suits using special gadgets.

To think otherwise ignores logic.

[GreenScar]

It would be a wonderful idea to start a thread in general chat about Superheros - Powers Vs Abilities or something like that, but here, let's keep it on topic.

Thanks guys

[Fighter]

Fight Club

[OrlandoEastwood]

Babylon A.D.

The trailer made it seem as if the girl had a virus that could wipe out mankind. However in the movie,

[Show spoiler]she was just knocked up

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