I don’t know if I’m just wearing rose tinted glasses here but I’m sure film trailers are getting worse.
In the past couple of weeks we’ve had two trailers running for three minutes each, Fall Guy and Madame Web. What’s worse is that each of these trailers feel like I’m watching an abridged version of the film. They’ll be no surprises left. Netflix seem to be very good at this as well.
I mentioned the time because the rough average was around 2 to 2½ minutes long. It’s slowly creeping up.
All I want is enough footage to get me excited with a hint of plot.
The Force Awakens and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning teaser trailers were fantastic for grabbing my interest without revealing what was going on.
Yes, I know I could just avoid trailers altogether but I’m weak willed, I like a sneak peek.
What do you think?
It isn’t new.
I swore off trailers after watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the theater. The scene where Han tries to convince Kylo Ren to turn away from the dark side was ruined for me because I knew there was a scene in the show where Rey and Kylo were having a duel.
Ever since then if there’s a movie I even slightly care about then I’ll completely avoid the trailer.
Another thing that pisses me off is when something is labeled a ‘teaser’ but it’s 1:30+ minutes long. That’s not a teaser, that’s a trailer.