Trailers 101: Learn from the Dark Knight - Comments - Suvudu

Comment by Matt Schwartz

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:58:11 -0500

Even the full length trailer looked killer:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p2EBuaPXTJA&feature=related

To this day, I'm disappointed how they butchered one of my favorite books of all time.

- Matt Schwartz

Comment by Matt Schwartz

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:49 -0500

Oh my god -- did you ever nail it. "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson is one of the best novels of all time, and upon seeing the trailer I thought "oh my god -- this may finally be the adaptation I've been waiting for." And then -- it turned out to be one of the biggest steaming piles Hollywood has ever produced. But man -- what a great trailer.

See it at http://youtube.com/watch?v=eCNyzMHyfIw

- Matt Schwartz

Comment by Kyle

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:55:48 -0500

Yeah, it really has gotten to the point where, after seeing a trailer, I usually don't feel as though I need to watch the rest of the movie.

One of the best movie trailers I can remember was one for The Haunting (the one with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Liam Neeson in it). It played an audio track as the camera glided over a cemetary and darkened landscape until the house came into sight. Gradually the house drew closer until you were "pulled" through a window (that looked like an eye) and the screen was black (a later trailer spliced this one with scenes from the film...too bad).

I knew almost nothing about what the movie was going to show me (I had read the book, but adaptations can be, well, you know) and I was jazzed to go see the film. Whoever was responsible for cutting that trailer needs to catch the next train back to Hollywood, and pronto.

- Kyle