Movie trailers are more or less important. They give a glimpse into a movie we are or maybe aren't thinking of seeing. Sometimes it can motivate us to see that movie and other times it scares us away. However, there are times a movie looks good because of the trailer, but doesn't live up to the hype. It may not necessarily be a bad movie, it could be that it gave us a different idea what it was about. Here are some movie trailers that hurt my feelings, simply because they lied to me.
Forbidden Kingdom:
Here's the thing. This movie is.....okay. The back story of Jet Li's and Jackie Chan's characters could be two different movies in their own right. My issue is that the trailer led you to believe that they were rival clans forced to work together to take on the greater evil. However, its not even close to what it was about. The movie wasn't horrible, it had some really good fight scenes and.....that's about it.
Reign of Fire:
See I have a thing about man vs great creatures of legend. Whether its Moby Dick, or Andre the Giant. I like seeing man take on legendary/mythological creatures. That's why I was excited about this movie. Modern day characters taking the fight to the wyrms, dragons, tarragons, either way, I thought it looked to be cool. It was not sadly. There wasn't much throw down with the dragons. And this movie made the "Dragon Slayers" look like a bunch of chumps. And Matthew's Master Roshi look was cool. However, the movie portrayed him as being a crazy guy who pulled Gorilla in the Mist with the Dragons. He was completely useless in the film as the rest of the supposed slayers. The death of the drake looked cool, but that was about it. And we're not even going to touch on Dragon Wars, ugh, I think I blorched in my mouth.
Dungeons and Dragons:
Speaking of blorching, this movie. By the name, this did not live up to the hype......at all. I have nothing against Marlon Wayans, he's a decent actor. However, at this time of his life he was type cast as the token black guy with funny one-liners. It hurt my face watching this movie. Remember that scene in The Last Dragon when everyone in the theater was acting a fool while watching a Bruce Lee movie? That was pretty what it was like watching this movie in the theater. No one cared to pay attention to this movie. It was a joke. The sequel proved to be much better even though it was a straight to DVD movie. I had hopes for this movie based on the trailer, However, it should have been a clip of a guy getting kicked in the face by a horse. That's how I felt after this movie.
X-Men: The Last Stand
Now this movie has some really cool parts to it. However, the hype that was built and the concept many believed was to happen came from the trailer. Not only did it include three different arcs it, showed no connection with some of the characters. I mean Cain and Charles looked at each other with no acknowledgement whatsoever, what! Brett Ratner showed his inexperience with this genre of movies by putting in pointless characters and not enough substance. Still loved Hank McCoy though, thank you Beast for being.....Beast.
The Wolverine:
I liked this movie for many different reasons. However, like Origins, the trailer gave us a different idea how the movie was going to happen. And we were pretty much disappointed. Most fans were expecting a lot from the sequel as was I. While it was better than Origins, it didn't 100% live up to the hype the trailer gave us.
The Dark Knight Rises:
I'm not saying this movie is horrible. I just don't think this movie is as epic as people and especially how the trailer made it to be. The trailer made the movie to be Knightfall/No Man's Land/Dark Knight Returns. Instead we got lot of random stuff and a lot of fluff. Anne Hathaway looked great in the catsuit though. Even if she has no booty.
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