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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 12, 2013 23:00:59 GMT -5
I was just watching Observe and Report for the third time or so and it got be thinking about this. Observe and Report was a funny dark comedy that I'm glad I took a chance on and bothered to watch. However, it's poster was nearly identical to the much different Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Even worse I think Observe and Report came out AFTER Paul Blart: Mall Cop so that anyone who hated that movie wouldn't even give Observe and Report a chance.
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Post by Vampiro138 on Jul 12, 2013 23:07:07 GMT -5
Detroit Rock City....it was marketed as "hey its KISS! everybody loves KISS! come see the new KISS movie starring KISS!!!" when in truth they were only in the very end of the film had no dialog, it was a great coming of age type of movie, very very funny and very well written. going to the kiss concert was just part of the plot, far from being a kiss movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 23:11:09 GMT -5
I was just watching Observe and Report for the third time or so and it got be thinking about this. Observe and Report was a funny dark comedy that I'm glad I took a chance on and bothered to watch. However, it's poster was nearly identical to the much different Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Even worse I think Observe and Report came out AFTER Paul Blart: Mall Cop so that anyone who hated that movie wouldn't even give Observe and Report a chance. Which is a shame since it was a masterpiece and making Taxi Driver into a comedy is just genius. Plus Jody Hill might be the most underrated directors and screenwriters in Hollywood |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 23:13:07 GMT -5
Detroit Rock City....it was marketed as "hey its KISS! everybody loves KISS! come see the new KISS movie starring KISS!!!" when in truth they were only in the very end of the film had no dialog, it was a great coming of age type of movie, very very funny and very well written. going to the kiss concert was just part of the plot, far from being a kiss movie. But if you were a KISS fan, it fell into the "bad movies marketed very well" category. |
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Jul 12, 2013 23:15:52 GMT -5
I was just watching Observe and Report for the third time or so and it got be thinking about this. Observe and Report was a funny dark comedy that I'm glad I took a chance on and bothered to watch. However, it's poster was nearly identical to the much different Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Even worse I think Observe and Report came out AFTER Paul Blart: Mall Cop so that anyone who hated that movie wouldn't even give Observe and Report a chance. I definitely have to agree, Observe and Report is a tragically underrated movie. Very, very funny. Seth Rogen excellent in it. |
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Post by W?Y on Jul 12, 2013 23:15:56 GMT -5
The fact that Fight Club was marketed during WWF programming as a movie about fighting is my go-to example for bad movie marketing.
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Post by bob on Jul 12, 2013 23:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 12, 2013 23:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 23:39:18 GMT -5
The Wrestler marketed as a feel good underdog sports film
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 12, 2013 23:42:14 GMT -5
Titan AE. A unique and fun, but rather adult oriented animated feature that was marketed to families for whatever reason.
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Post by Cela on Jul 12, 2013 23:55:06 GMT -5
John Carter was not a good movie by any means, but it had a truly terrible ad campaign.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 13, 2013 0:19:14 GMT -5
Josie and the Pussycats, it was a movie ripping late 90's early 2k's to shreds, and they marketed it directly to the people they made fun of and not to the non-mainstream music fans. Every punk rocker I have known has loved that movie.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 13, 2013 1:15:16 GMT -5
Bucky Larson.
I've heard that the movie was god awful but holy shit, the annoying advertising didn't even let me give the movie a chance.
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Post by celticjobber on Jul 13, 2013 1:27:13 GMT -5
Josie and the Pussycats, it was a movie ripping late 90's early 2k's to shreds, and they marketed it directly to the people they made fun of and not to the non-mainstream music fans. Every punk rocker I have known has loved that movie. Seriously? I always wrote "Josie" off as some lame teeny bopper movie, so I've never watched it. |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 13, 2013 1:38:11 GMT -5
Josie and the Pussycats, it was a movie ripping late 90's early 2k's to shreds, and they marketed it directly to the people they made fun of and not to the non-mainstream music fans. Every punk rocker I have known has loved that movie. Seriously? I always wrote "Josie" off as some lame teeny bopper movie, so I've never watched it. It isn't what it looks like. It is all tongue in cheek and making fun of the music industry. DuJour alone is brilliant. Also, Rachael Leigh Cook in cat ears is pretty much my fetish. |
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Jul 13, 2013 1:44:37 GMT -5
Not really what you're talking about but still... This is flat out fantastic. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 13, 2013 3:15:53 GMT -5
Big Trouble in Little China. Marketing campaign was so poor even Kurt Russell's family had no idea when the movie was out in theatres, also not helped by the fact that producers didn't understand the concept of the film - the protagonist was a bumbling goof and the sidekick was the real hero of the story.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jul 13, 2013 4:17:37 GMT -5
Didn't The Cabin in the Woods intentionally do that? I heard they had the trailers look like a generic horror flick about dumb teens going to party, do drugs and have sex only to end up killed by zombies in order to make the numerous twists and subversions that much more surprising.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jul 13, 2013 5:41:32 GMT -5
Not really what you're talking about but still... That is the most amazing promo ever. |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 13, 2013 6:51:25 GMT -5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. could've done great but they released it the same weekend as Expendables.
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