Best movie trailer ever?

[Sly]

I don't know if they have awards for trailer creators, but whoever did the trailer for the new Superman should win an award. I'm not into Superman at all, but every time I see that trailer I want to go watch the movie. It's exciting and epic.

What other trailers have made you want to see a movie you otherwise would not want to see?

[scuba steve]

agreed, wasn't into superman at all until the first trailer came out, now can't wait for this weekend

[Some Guy]

I couldn't agree more. I've never been a Superman fan but after I started seeing trailers for this movie I thought, "wow, I must see this." Reviews of early screenings have all said the movie is absolutely fantastic. IGN.com just gave it a 9/10 which is pretty damn impressive.

[dyna mo]

i'm superexcitedman!

[bronco67]

It's my favorite trailer ever also.

[docputer]

I am looking forward to seeing it.

[Scott McD]

First i've seen that and yeah looks good. Wouldn't normally bother with anything to do with Superman.

Trying to think of some other trailers which have had the same effect. All i keep thinking of is comedies though...

[Some Guy]

I remember the trailer for District 9 being pretty awesome. Awesome enough to get me to go see it at the theater, anyway.

[Si]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

First i've seen that and yeah looks good. Wouldn't normally bother with anything to do with Superman.

Trying to think of some other trailers which have had the same effect. All i keep thinking of is comedies though...

Christopher Nolan taking a "comic" and making his own movies, seems to be a good formula, so I'm going to watch my first ever Superman movie when this comes out.

I was never a fan of the old Batman movies, I thought they were idiotic. But Nolan's trilogy was bloody good! If he keeps doing these sort of films, I'll keep watching them.

[AllAboutCams]

Looks shit

[dyna mo]

what do y'all think of the europa report trailer? it
gave me goosebumps when i watched it a while back

[MrBottomTooth]

[mineistaken]

I do not get it, trailer like every trailer, whats so exciting?

[AllAboutCams]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

what do y'all think of the europa report trailer? it
gave me goosebumps when i watched it a while back

This is a troll right?

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by AllAboutCams

This is a troll right?

what do you mean?

[Profits of Doom]

Originally Posted by Sly

I don't know if they have awards for trailer creators, but whoever did the trailer for the new Superman should win an award. I'm not into Superman at all, but every time I see that trailer I want to go watch the movie. It's exciting and epic.

What other trailers have made you want to see a movie you otherwise would not want to see?

One of the interesting things that Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan did with this reboot of Superman is to have Hans Zimmer completely re score the soundtrack and not just reuse the John Williams score from the original films. Everyone loves and recognizes the iconic Superman music from the originals, but the new score definitely gives this movie a fresh sound and feel. That took some balls to do...

[newB]

Originally Posted by Profits of Doom

One of the interesting things that Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan did with this reboot of Superman is to have Hans Zimmer completely re score the soundtrack and not just reuse the John Williams score from the original films. Everyone loves and recognizes the iconic Superman music from the originals, but the new score definitely gives this movie a fresh sound and feel. That took some balls to do...

Alternatively, the monologue given by Jor-El (Russel Crowe) to his infant son is very similar if not identical to that given by Marlon Brando from the 1978 movie that was also reused in the Superman Returns film.

I also think it's interesting that this idea of crystals containing information and the ability to create structures was introduced in the '78 movie but entirely unsupported by the actual comics, yet has continued to play a role in the subsequent movies.

Yes, I'm a geek.

[DWB]

The new Superman trailers are the best I've ever seen.

Side note, Redshoe worked on that movie. The effects company he works for made the Superman suit.

[candyflip]

These Superman trailers will be wholly responsible, should this movie break records as it looks like it might.

I had no interest and had written this one off until seeing these last trailers and like everyone else, can't fucking wait.

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by DWB

The new Superman trailers are the best I've ever seen.

Side note, Redshoe worked on that movie. The effects company he works for made the Superman suit.

That's awesome.

I just did two weeks on Spiderman 2 and a week on the new Captain America.

Do you know if he was involved with either of those?

[Evil Chris]

Happy Birthday Sly ;)

[helterskelter808]

The trailer for Alien is often/usually considered to be the best trailer ever. I don't disagree, and it's possibly my favorite movie. I never look forward or get excited about upcoming movies, but I did with Prometheus, largely on the basis of its excellent trailer which suggested it would be as good as, or even superior to, Alien. Oh well.



Very creepy and atmospheric. Shows everything in the movie, but doesn't spoil it, and without a single word of dialogue. I think it would have scared the shit out of me if I'd seen it in a cinema in 1979.



If only whoever put that together ^^^^^ had made the full movie.

Every other trailer looks and sounds the same to me.

Originally Posted by AllAboutCams

Looks shit

Ha. I love it when people get straight to the point like that. Doesn't look anything special to me, the movie or the trailer. Superman is also by far the most boring superhero. His super-power is that he can do anything and is indestructible. Yawn.

[dyna mo]

haha, i had the alien trailer queued up for this thread too, i was ~16 when i saw that in the theaters and it was fantastic.

promthesues trailer was so good i just up and went and bought the movie the day it came out on amazon, i should have rented it. lol

[2MuchMark]

On Superman:
I agree this trailer looks amazing but so did the other 2. I love Zack Snider's style of movie making (Watchman - wow!) and Superman looks spectacular. I am also a big fan of the 1979 version. Even though some of the fx are bad by today's standards, some of them are great especially for the era.

Europa Report:
WOW!!!!!!!!! Holy shit that looks great! Finally a Science-Fiction movie with maybe, possibly, some actual SCIENCE in it! For those who don't know, Europa is one of Jupiters moons and is probably has the best chance in the solar system to have life. According to scientists, it has a high chance of having liquid water under all that nice thanks to tidal forces of Jupiter. Woo!

Zombie Ass:
I um... sigh.


ALIEN:
Good trailer, good movie, BUT : Don't waste your time on the directors cut. It sucks. .

PROMETHEUS:
What a piece of shit. TERRIBLE movie. Just freakin' awful from start to finish. Oh and the freaking trailer SHOWS THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE. Dumbasses.

Ridley scott made 2 good movies : Alien, Bladerunner, and Thelma and Louise. All his other work stinks.

[freecartoonporn]

this looks normal to me.

[Si]

Originally Posted by **********

Ridley scott made 2 good movies : Alien, Bladerunner, and Thelma and Louise. All his other work stinks.

Wouldn't that be 3?

I quite liked Prometheus, it wasn't "great" or anything.

Jack Reacher is one of the best movies I've watched recently, and I didn't really enjoy the trailer which happens sometimes.

[Screwed Up]

Didn't like that Superman trailer at all!!

The Alien and Prometheus ones looked very good though.

I hadn't watched a trailer in over a year. Because I feel they always contain spoilers. I even remember where some trailers already seemed to contain all the action present in a movie. When I saw the movie and realized I'd already seen it all in the trailer, I was pissed.

Back to not watching trailers.

[dyna mo]

speakingof movie films oz is out today, should i go ahead and buy it or just do a 48 hour rental?

[Sly]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

speakingof movie films oz is out today, should i go ahead and buy it or just do a 48 hour rental?

Rent. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't amazing. Something fun.

[NaughtyRob]

Dark and gritty like The Dark Night makes it better than the old hoaky ones.

[dyna mo]

thanks Sly!

[Sly]

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

The trailer for Alien is often/usually considered to be the best trailer ever. I don't disagree, and it's possibly my favorite movie. I never look forward or get excited about upcoming movies, but I did with Prometheus, largely on the basis of its excellent trailer which suggested it would be as good as, or even superior to, Alien. Oh well.



Very creepy and atmospheric. Shows everything in the movie, but doesn't spoil it, and without a single word of dialogue. I think it would have scared the shit out of me if I'd seen it in a cinema in 1979.



If only whoever put that together ^^^^^ had made the full movie.

Every other trailer looks and sounds the same to me.



Ha. I love it when people get straight to the point like that. Doesn't look anything special to me, the movie or the trailer. Superman is also by far the most boring superhero. His super-power is that he can do anything and is indestructible. Yawn.

Agreed. Prometheus was a killer trailer as well.

[Lester Burnham]

I like the latest Man of Steel trailer with lots of Zodd in it better.

Nolan backed movies always have great trailers. The Batman Reboot trailers were all awesome. I also went insane on the Abrams Star Trek 2009 reboot trailer; that was bad ass ("Fire everything!!!!!")

[helterskelter808]

Originally Posted by **********

Europa Report:
WOW!!!!!!!!! Holy shit that looks great! Finally a Science-Fiction movie with maybe, possibly, some actual SCIENCE in it! For those who don't know, Europa is one of Jupiters moons and is probably has the best chance in the solar system to have life. According to scientists, it has a high chance of having liquid water under all that nice thanks to tidal forces of Jupiter. Woo!

Looked like 100 other movies to me (including Prometheus). And what is it with some character going somewhere, saying "Are you guys getting this", being ominously told to return, ignoring it (cos they're top scientists on an expensive mission so they have to behave recklessly) and sticking their face/hand/cock into whatever alien life form they find, followed by *scream*. Maybe it's just edited like that though.

Sunshine is a good, intelligent science fiction movie, at least for about the first hour or so, before it unfortunately descends into a boring 'alien'-on-board-picking-people-off kinda thing.

PROMETHEUS:
What a piece of shit. TERRIBLE movie. Just freakin' awful from start to finish. Oh and the freaking trailer SHOWS THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE. Dumbasses.

The trailer didn't spoil the movie, the movie the spoiled the trailer.

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

speakingof movie films oz is out today, should i go ahead and buy it or just do a 48 hour rental?

I bought the Bluray 3D version and it's awesome.

[PornoStar69]

300 : Rise Of An Empire (looks shit hot)

[ReggieDurango]

Originally Posted by PornoStar69

300 : Rise Of An Empire (looks shit hot)

The Original 300 trailer WAS, in fact, The Best Movie Trailer Ever, which coincidentally-ish is the topic of this thread!!!!!

Too bad the original 300 movie was not that good of a movie.

[L-Pink]

I thought he was a mild mannered newspaper reporter.

[adult-help]

fuck critics,man of steel will be fantastic!

the trailers for man of stell keep getting better and better, really fantastic job.
the nokia trailer is also fantastic but be warned, it show a lot of new footage.



also Hans zimmer has outdone himself on this soundtrack!

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Si

Christopher Nolan taking a "comic" and making his own movies, seems to be a good formula, so I'm going to watch my first ever Superman movie when this comes out.

I was never a fan of the old Batman movies, I thought they were idiotic. But Nolan's trilogy was bloody good! If he keeps doing these sort of films, I'll keep watching them.

Him and his brother are the most talented writer/director in the industry IMO

Also really looking forward to his latest film Interstellar (2014)

I'd love to see them create a HBO TV Series!

[Paul]

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Sunshine is a good, intelligent science fiction movie, at least for about the first hour or so, before it unfortunately descends into a boring 'alien'-on-board-picking-people-off kinda thing.

It's very hard to get a very good science fiction movie these days

We're lucky if we get one good one every year, I think the last one that I really enjoyed was District 9. Can't believe that was nearly 4 years ago!

I'm hoping Wally Pfister's Debut Film Transcendence (2014) is gonna be good, for those who don't know he is Chrisopher Nolans long-term cinematographer.

Originally Posted by DWB

Side note, Redshoe worked on that movie. The effects company he works for made the Superman suit.

Very cool!

[Si]

Originally Posted by Paul

Him and his brother are the most talented writer/director in the industry IMO

Also really looking forward to his latest film Interstellar (2014)

I'd love to see them create a HBO TV Series!

That sounds interesting aswell

[helterskelter808]

Originally Posted by Paul

Him and his brother are the most talented writer/director in the industry IMO

Also really looking forward to his latest film Interstellar (2014)

I'd love to see them create a HBO TV Series!

Well, Jonathan Nolan did Person Of Interest (not HBO and not really SF). I watched a few episodes but found it kinda boring. I'm not so much of a fan of theirs as other people though, so your mileage may vary, although I like The Prestige and Batman Begins.

Originally Posted by Paul

It's very hard to get a very good science fiction movie these days

We're lucky if we get one good one every year, I think the last one that I really enjoyed was District 9. Can't believe that was nearly 4 years ago!

I'm hoping Wally Pfister's Debut Film Transcendence (2014) is gonna be good, for those who don't know he is Chrisopher Nolans long-term cinematographer.

District 9 was great and benefited from being relatively low budget and having an original/different setting. Oh, does Dredd count as science-fiction? I think it was also made in South Africa, and for a low budget, and very enjoyable. I haven't read the comics but the fact that Judge Dredd gave us Robocop is reason enough for him to be my favorite comic-book character.

I thought Oblivion looked promising, but while it looked nice and had some good aspects it was too monotonous, and lost its way I think when other characters, the "scavs" or whatever, showed up.

Prometheus had the potential to be a truly great movie, and it's ridiculous just how badly they blew it with such abysmal writing and 'plotting'.

Moon is rated insanely highly by apparently everyone, but I personally found it tedious and unimaginative (sounds like I think that about everything ), and the most absurdly over-rated movie ever, until Drive, a movie that took monotony and tedium to previously unimaginable levels.

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Drive, a movie that took monotony and tedium to previously unimaginable levels.

Drive is one of my favorite movies. Especially from the last few years. Most mostly from a visual aspect. I also really dig the sound track.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Well, Jonathan Nolan did Person Of Interest (not HBO and not really SF). I watched a few episodes but found it kinda boring. I'm not so much of a fan of theirs as other people though, so your mileage may vary, although I like The Prestige and Batman Begins.

Interesting, I haven't watched Person Of Interest. Yeah I think people have different tastes which is to be respected, what I respect about the Nolan brothers is their consistency when it comes to producing really good movies.

Yeah The Prestige & Batman Begins are great.

Personally I loved Inception & Memento as well, Memento was another low budget production

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

District 9 was great and benefited from being relatively low budget and having an original/different setting.

That film blew me away, last time I was that impressed by Sci-Fi was probably in 99 when The Matrix came out!

FYI Neill Blomkamp's new Sci Fi film is coming out in August Elysium (2013)

Looks pretty good I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with a bigger budget!

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Oh, does Dredd count as science-fiction? I think it was also made in South Africa, and for a low budget, and very enjoyable. I haven't read the comics but the fact that Judge Dredd gave us Robocop is reason enough for him to be my favorite comic-book character.

Comic book genre I guess

I didn't see it Which I regret now because apparently in 3D it looked fantastic!

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

I thought Oblivion looked promising, but while it looked nice and had some good aspects it was too monotonous, and lost its way I think when other characters, the "scavs" or whatever, showed up.

I've not seen that yet either, your review of it sounds like a 7/10. If films are rated 7/10 or below in IMDB I usually give them a miss, love watching great films & TV Shows but I can't stand watching anything now that's just ok. I don't like watching things that are just average

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Prometheus had the potential to be a truly great movie, and it's ridiculous just how badly they blew it with such abysmal writing and 'plotting'.

I won't even start on how bad that film was, totally agree!

I'd honestly put it up there with Terminator 3 for how lazy and retarded the plot was! When I pay good money and see crap like that in the theatre I understand why a lot of people download films for free.

I see James Cameron is Directing/Writing Terminator 5 or as I will strictly refer to it, Terminator 3!

He better not fuck it up

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

Moon is rated insanely highly by apparently everyone, but I personally found it tedious and unimaginative

Well I gave it an 8/10 but I understand where you're coming from. I originally gave it a 7/10 but when I considered it's $5 million budget and the fact that it's really more of a drama than Sci-fi I thought it was pretty good, plus Sam Rockwell is one of my favourite and IMO one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood.

I think another reason why people gave it a higher rating is because Duncan Jones is David Bowie's son. It shouldn't have any weight whatsoever but I think sometimes if critics gave films a good review (like they did with Moon) then people already have a positive opinion in their heads before seeing the film themselves.

His second film Source Code (2011) I thought was a better film personally

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

(sounds like I think that about everything )

LOL Nah just sounds like you have high standards!

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

and the most absurdly over-rated movie ever, until Drive, a movie that took monotony and tedium to previously unimaginable levels.

I cannot put into words how I feel about that film and I trusted IMDB with it's great rating when I watched that 90 minute music video. I think this image describes how I felt after watching Drive!

[Paul]

Originally Posted by candyflip

Drive is one of my favorite movies. Especially from the last few years. Most mostly from a visual aspect. I also really dig the sound track.

Interesting, what else did you enjoy about it?

I'd rather just ask what people enjoyed about it instead of going on a rant about what I hated about it

[Sly]

LOL. Matt Damon in yet another movie where he is a gun wielding hero.

What a hypocritical jackass.

[Si]

Source code was brilliant! That trailer for Elysium looks interesting, but Jodie Foster? I hope she doesn't get much screen time, can't stand her.

I'm not even going to start on Drive, the people who rated it so highly on IMDB must have watch a totally film. It was fucking poor in nearly all apsects.

[stephane76]

Originally Posted by Sly

I don't know if they have awards for trailer creators, but whoever did the trailer for the new Superman should win an award. I'm not into Superman at all, but every time I see that trailer I want to go watch the movie. It's exciting and epic.

What other trailers have made you want to see a movie you otherwise would not want to see?

Michael Shannon plays a good Villain, was awesome in Boardwalk Empire

That's probably one of the few movies I will go see at the Theater this year

[VamosNicholas]

Anyone else like Metalocalypse?