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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Maybe do it where half the theatres get a serious court room drama while the other half gets a zany case about the Cattanooga Cats. Make the two versions have the same plot and characters but one is played straight while the other has the usual show style.
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That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:30
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. The Documentary Catfish made it look like a PA style horror movie. It wasn't even close to that. That might still be the worst marketing campaign I've ever seen.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:33
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. Prometheus.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:42
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. The Drive trailer was pretty deceptive. I remember being annoyed that Sweeney Todd was a musical because nothing in the trailer noted such. But to answer your question on lying marketing, that would be Kangaroo Jack.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:43
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The Bridge to Terabithia trailers were really bad because a) they made it seem like the fantasy world was real and that the movie took place in it and b) because it didn't feel the need to indicate that it was soul crushingly depressing  Obviously there would have not really been a good way to do the latter but still...
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Jun 22, 2013 03:48
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Just film children weeping as they file out of the cinema.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:57
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The Grey.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:58
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I wan't to thank whoever posted that Gordon's War poster on here, watched that movie last night and it was bad-rear end! Anyways here are some posters from my all time favorite movie The Abominable Dr. Phibes!    Someone even recreated the concert poster from the movie!  And here a good poster for the extremely ehhh sequel  Well at least that one ends like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlT5jKA9js
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Jun 22, 2013 05:47
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:The Drive trailer was pretty deceptive. I remember being annoyed that Sweeney Todd was a musical because nothing in the trailer noted such. But to answer your question on lying marketing, that would be Kangaroo Jack. Snow Dogs also had ads exclusively about the one dream sequence where the animals talk, rather than the rest of the movie where they don't.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:19
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General Ironicus posted:Snow Dogs also had ads exclusively about the one dream sequence where the animals talk, rather than the rest of the movie where they don't. The same happened with Kangaroo Jack, the ads focusing a lot on the concept of a rapping kangaroo that made it look like a family film focused on children. It's an R-rated movie, let's leave it at that.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:44
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After catching Before Midnight earlier this week, I decided to look at the series' posters: I think that's a great continuation of design. The characters and their postures change with each movie to reflect the moods of the film, while retaining the main duo in a beautiful location. Only downside I can see is that the third one ditches a real tagline and goes with a Peter loving Travers quote, but otherwise it's well done.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:54
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axleblaze posted:The Documentary Catfish made it look like a PA style horror movie. It wasn't even close to that. That might still be the worst marketing campaign I've ever seen. For real, I don't know of any other trailers that actively undermine, belittle, and question the power of the film so much.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:58
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Sheldrake posted:After catching Before Midnight earlier this week, I decided to look at the series' posters: Interesting thing about the Before Midnight poster is that it's a bizarre photoshop, but you can't tell unless you are looking at it really closely. I was staring at it work when I realized that there was an insane amount of pixelization around them, the table, and their chairs. It's like they took them from another shot and placed them on that ledge. I don't know if I should be impressed or not.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. I remember the trailers for Cellular made it seem like a super high-tension thriller when it was in actuality a rather goofy action movie with a lot of comedic moments.
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Cleretic posted:The same happened with Kangaroo Jack, the ads focusing a lot on the concept of a rapping kangaroo that made it look like a family film focused on children. Kangaroo Jack is PG.
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Jun 22, 2013 09:06
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I wouldn't mind living in an alternate reality where Kangaroo Jack was a hard R film.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. The cinematic trailer for In Bruges in Ireland was straight up one of the worst trailers I've ever seen and made the film look like a terribe buddy cop movie. I finally watched the film a few years later after hearing good buzz and couldn't believe how much different it was. TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Interesting thing about the Before Midnight poster is that it's a bizarre photoshop, but you can't tell unless you are looking at it really closely. I was staring at it work when I realized that there was an insane amount of pixelization around them, the table, and their chairs. It's like they took them from another shot and placed them on that ledge. I don't know if I should be impressed or not. Quantum of Phallus fucked around with this message at 09:33 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Jun 22, 2013 09:31
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Erebus posted:Kangaroo Jack is PG. Yeah, my mistake. I just checked, Kangaroo Jack was originally an R-rated movie, but it changed completely into the PG-rated film it turned into because they couldn't really sell it.
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So, this got me curious about From Dusk Till Dawn which is a movie that definitely should have lied in it's trailers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgk_SAbC5_0 Succes! (well, there are a couple glimpses, but it does a good job for the most part). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuIn4T-CLk Failure!
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. A Single Man. The film is about a gay man deciding to kill himself after suffering through grief for months, after the death of his partner of 16 years, and it takes you through what he does and experiences on that final day. The trailer conveniently left out any mention of his partner or his homosexuality, and played up the involvement of his female fag hag friend, and some random girl next door, so it looked like the film was about a single middle-aged man romancing a lady, and having a kid/wanting a kid/wishing he had a kid. The posters also left off his partner, and stuck Julianne Moore's face on there, as if she were his love interest. It was a strange marketing decision, like they were trying to trick homophobes into seeing the movie or something.
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It was probably informed by the same thinking that got in the way of distributing Behind the Candelabra in the US: straight people won't go to see a gay movie. I wish more trailers were utter lies, as I am anti-spoilers.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. I think I remember Inglourious Basterds trailer being completely different in tone than the movie ended up being. Like it seemed really action heavy.
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Mr. Squishy posted:It was probably informed by the same thinking that got in the way of distributing Behind the Candelabra in the US: straight people won't go to see a gay movie. Isn't that a TV mvoie?
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Mister Chief posted:Isn't that a TV mvoie? Yes and no. It aired on HBO since it was made by their film studio but it played in theatres as well. Its 2013, the movie release rules they are a-changin'
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Mister Chief posted:Isn't that a TV mvoie? It's in cinemas in Britain (and the rest of Europe) and distribution has come up in pretty much every bit of promotional material. I don't really know why they thought that would sell the film, but there you go. In fact, Soderbergh mentioned it when talking about Side Effects as a contributing factor to his retirement.
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LordGugs posted:I wan't to thank whoever posted that Gordon's War poster on here, watched that movie last night and it was bad-rear end! I like when previews and posters for old horror movies are like "We're not allowed to show you how spooky this movie is, cuz it's REALLY SPOOKY!" It's quaint.
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Sheldrake posted:Only downside I can see is that the third one ditches a real tagline and goes with a Peter loving Travers quote And What's With the Weird loving Capitalisation?
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Frostwerks posted:I think I remember Inglourious Basterds trailer being completely different in tone than the movie ended up being. Like it seemed really action heavy. It also only focused on the Basterds, leaving out the other half of the cast and movie.
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Mr. Squishy posted:It was probably informed by the same thinking that got in the way of distributing Behind the Candelabra in the US: straight people won't go to see a gay movie. I too usually approve of bait-and-switch film marketing, if only because I can't remember ever being disappointed when a film took a different direction than I thought it'd take going in. Even if it's worse, in a way surprise lameness is more engaging than expected lameness.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:That has me wondering: have there been any films where the marketing has straight up lied about what the film is like? It seems like something that an independent film would have tried before. I've seen things like Red Eye (2005) where the trailer makes you think it's going to be a zany romantic comedy before switching it up, but I don't think I've seen a film where they went all the way with it. Didn't the trailers and ads for Marley and Me treat it as this light hearted comedy about adopting a puppy?
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Mierenneuker posted:So, this got me curious about From Dusk Till Dawn which is a movie that definitely should have lied in it's trailers. I remember having to convincing me ma' to rent Dusk Till Dawn because she's a huge Vampire fan but she just would NOT believe me that it was anything other than a crime thriller until I pointed out Harvey Keitel was making a cross on the cover. It's still one of those movies I'd love to wipe from my memory and watch fresh again.
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Rirse posted:Didn't the trailers and ads for Marley and Me treat it as this light hearted comedy about adopting a puppy? Isn't it that except the dog dies at the end?
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Lasher posted:It's still one of those movies I'd love to wipe from my memory and watch fresh again. See also: Kill List
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This was on the official Facebook for this movie so I'm gonna pretend that this is the actual poster: Here's the less interesting poster:  This movie does in fact rule though.
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axleblaze posted:This was on the official Facebook for this movie so I'm gonna pretend that this is the actual poster: More movies need posters by Johnny Ryan.
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Jun 22, 2013 22:57
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The director's previous movie might have had my favorite movie poster ever:
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Quantum of Phallus posted:See also: Kill List I'd like to wipe Kill List from my memory and not watch it again. It's really not very good.
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Lasher posted:I remember having to convincing me ma' to rent Dusk Till Dawn because she's a huge Vampire fan but she just would NOT believe me that it was anything other than a crime thriller until I pointed out Harvey Keitel was making a cross on the cover. I actually got to show this to a friend for the first time just a little while back. All she knew was that it was one of my favorite movies and Quentin Tarantino was involved. I didn't even realize I hadn't told her about the vampires until we got to the first reanimation scene, the look on her face was glorious.
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Mierenneuker posted:So, this got me curious about From Dusk Till Dawn which is a movie that definitely should have lied in it's trailers. I absolutely love this trailer. No way you'd see something like it today. "From Quentin Tarantino... From Robert Rodriguez... From Dusk Till Dawn" drat that's hot.
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