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Post by Beets by Schrute on Jul 14, 2013 14:19:57 GMT -5
That is the most amazing promo ever. "He fights for family and lives for love" is the greatest line of description ever said for a film advertisement. What better person to have that description than Bruce Wayne
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Post by Banecat on Jul 14, 2013 14:45:58 GMT -5
My answer will always be Equilibrium. Great Matrix-like actioner, launched 2 days before Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones. Anyone who launches an opening against Star Wars is an idiot.
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Post by agent817 on Jul 14, 2013 15:41:43 GMT -5
What about WWE Studios' two theatrical releases from this year?
Dead Man Down- The movie's advertisement made it seem like the woman had a grudge against Terrence Howard's character and was using Colin Farrell's character to kill him and made it seem like he wanted vengeance towards Howard. However, the movie ended up having a different subplot in it and the story turned out to be a little different than how the trailer presented it.
The Call- The trailer pretty much gave the plot away, but the movie ended up being more thrilling and much better than most have feared. The ending kind of dragged it down, but the movie was a lot better than a lot of people were saying.
I have not seen No One Lives as it wasn't shown in my area.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 15, 2013 4:19:58 GMT -5
My answer will always be Equilibrium. Great Matrix-like actioner, launched 2 days before Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones. Anyone who launches an opening against Star Wars is an idiot. It wasn't intended to be a blockbuster. According to Wikipedia, it made a profit in international pre-release sales, so to avoid making a loss on the film the studio played it safe and it was only released in 300 or so theatres across the US with next to no advertising which could have potentially swallowed up any profits.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 15, 2013 8:42:41 GMT -5
The Rules of Attraction (while I wouldn't say good, it's not bad). It was advertised as being an American Pie-esque comedy. When I first saw it, having no idea that it was an adaptation of a book, I was caught off guard with how dark and depressing it was.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 15, 2013 9:14:55 GMT -5
The Rules of Attraction (while I wouldn't say good, it's not bad). It was advertised as being an American Pie-esque comedy. When I first saw it, having no idea that it was an adaptation of a book, I was caught off guard with how dark and depressing it was. same for me. I think if I had watched it knowing what kind of film it was going to be I would've enjoyed it more than I did because it wasn't what I was expecting. hell, it was pretty much a giant deconstruction of what I was expecting.
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Post by the2ndevil on Jul 15, 2013 9:51:39 GMT -5
Cry_Wolf.
Marketed as a generic PG-13 rated slasher movie (which was briefly a thing at the time), but the movie was anything but, and for the benefit of the movie, I say.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 15, 2013 14:11:44 GMT -5
Dan in Real life was marketed using damn near every scene where Steve Carrell smiles during the movie and shows almost every joke. That movie is a lot darker than it is made out to be, and a lot better.
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Post by agent817 on Jul 15, 2013 17:23:05 GMT -5
Let's go far back:
The Pallbearer (1996) was marketed as a comedy when it was really more of a comedy drama.
Also, Metro (1997) was an example of this. The poster and some of the trailers made it seem like it would be a comedy with action. The movie itself is more action and was rather dark but there were a few wisecracks from Eddie Murphy in it.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Jul 15, 2013 17:33:33 GMT -5
Let's go far back: The Pallbearer (1996) was marketed as a comedy when it was really more of a comedy drama. Also, Metro (1997) was an example of this. The poster and some of the trailers made it seem like it would be a comedy with action. The movie itself is more action and was rather dark but there were a few wisecracks from Eddie Murphy in it. Suburbia which com out around the same time was marketed as Dazed and Confused 2 but was way more a dramatic comedy then a comedy drama.
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 15, 2013 18:32:50 GMT -5
The year was 1990. Vanilla Ice was topping the charts, a young bart simpson taught us how to laugh, and this trailer came out:
Now if you never saw this film, you'd think it was a comedy right? WRONG. Its actually very very creepy.
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Post by agent817 on Jul 15, 2013 19:28:54 GMT -5
The year was 1990. Vanilla Ice was topping the charts, a young bart simpson taught us how to laugh, and this trailer came out: Now if you never saw this film, you'd think it was a comedy right? WRONG. Its actually very very creepy. The only comedic elements came from John Goodman. He was funny in that movie, but the movie was rather creepy. It didn't help that I was already repulsed by spiders.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Jul 16, 2013 8:11:19 GMT -5
Starship troopers.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 16, 2013 15:40:16 GMT -5
The Star Wars prequels.
They were marketed as a epic love story and a tragic fall from grace with a dramatic, spectacular and meaningful backdrop of war
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