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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 14, 2024 9:45:20 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure F13 Part 8 made it look like Jason really did take Manhattan, when it was of course mostly Jason On A Boat.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 14, 2024 10:28:08 GMT -5
I don't thank that they have ultimately won their case yet based on the timing of these articles, but I can't find any follow up on it. This was an early motion to dismiss, so it is likely either still going on, or settled. Yeah, it's not actually gone to the courts yet, and I have my doubts it'll ever get there. They'll probably settle for a four-figure sum, as there's little chance they'll get a penny if it actually gets to the courts. I suppose it's worth updating:
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 14, 2024 10:28:17 GMT -5
That Pauly Shore Jury Duty movie was made to look like a spoof of the OJ Simpson trial, when the film has nothing to do with it aside from one joke where Pauly's character mistakes someone offscreen for OJ.
EDIT: Speaking of that Yesterday film trailer, it heavily implies that the main character's scheme (a blackout suddenly causes the music of the Beatles, among other things, to not exist, so the character decides to make the songs his) gets found out on a tv talk show. That doesnt happen.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jan 14, 2024 12:58:03 GMT -5
Thread reminds me of the time Sony/Columbia Pictures settled a class action lawsuit for using a phony reviewer ("David Manning") for positive 'quotes' in their advertising for movies like "Hollow Man", Rob Schneider's "The Animal", "A Knight's Tale", and Mel Gibson's "The Patriot".
Sony/Columbia also was caught using Columbia employees as 'moviegoers leaving the theater giving good reviews' in TV commercials.
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Post by mystermystery on Jan 14, 2024 20:38:19 GMT -5
Watch the trailer and then please click the Spoiler. {Spoiler}{SPOILER}The Serial Killer is a Crocodile.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jan 14, 2024 20:46:58 GMT -5
Drive always comes to mind for this, good movie but most people thought it would be some fast and furious type movie lmao.
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Post by BRV on Jan 15, 2024 1:04:20 GMT -5
Watch the trailer and then please click the Spoiler. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER}The Serial Killer is a Crocodile. I remember there being a line in the TV spots for “Primeval” that said something to the effect of “his victims are human but he is not.” It was just enough plausible deniability for anyone who would argue the trailers were misleading.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 15, 2024 1:11:52 GMT -5
I'm in the cult of people who like this movie but, man, I had no idea going in that Halloween Ends would largely revolve around some dude named Corey.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 15, 2024 1:30:03 GMT -5
Bumping this thread after people are quite upset after finding out that the new "Mean Girls" movie is a musical, despite the trailers not even hinting that it is. Ah yes, the new trend of movies not telling people they're musicals because apparently "Hollywood says musicals draw less of a crowd so they have to lie about it"... and all that does is make people even angrier Wonka and Mean Girls original trailers and presentations did not hint one iota either of them were musicals, and I don't even get why they hid that fact about Wonka especially when the original could very easily be considered a musical... Everyone already hated Mean Girls getting a reboot because idk why the f*** you'd even try and modernize that film... let alone the one thing that makes it different, YOU DON'T ADVERTISE lol
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 15, 2024 11:39:26 GMT -5
Bumping this thread after people are quite upset after finding out that the new "Mean Girls" movie is a musical, despite the trailers not even hinting that it is. Unrelated, but when I saw the Final Fantasy X-2 commercials, I thought that game was going to be a musical.
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Post by Andew9001 on Jan 15, 2024 18:47:21 GMT -5
The 2006 remake of Black Christmas had scenes shot just for the trailer that have nothing to do with the actual movie. They apparently did it behind the director's back, too. The trailer for Case 39 similarly is comprised largely of scenes cut from the final version (although as far as I'm aware, at least they weren't shot specifically for the trailer) when it was going to be a very different film. It also claims the film is about "the church" (presumably meaning the Vatican) investigating supernatural events when the plot has exactly bugger all to do with that. The trailer for Hereditary became infamous at the time for making it look like it's a movie about a creepy little girl when the film is nothing like that. It's really weird too considering the actual film has a much more interesting premis IMO. Deadpool 2 did the same thing with its trailer for the X-Force characters though i think most appreciated the joke.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 15, 2024 18:59:05 GMT -5
The one that springs to my mind is Mother!. marketed as a horror movie when it really wasn't. Just because somethign is weird and disturbing doesn't make it horror. It also wasn't very good so oh, well. I guess he has more trouble when he isn't blatantly stealing from Satoshi Kon.
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Jan 16, 2024 9:56:54 GMT -5
I remember seeing Adam Sandler's Click in theaters and expecting the typical screwball comedy. It's way more dark and existential than the trailers set up.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jan 16, 2024 13:44:45 GMT -5
Jarhead is not a comedy, as the trailer made me think.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 16, 2024 14:09:00 GMT -5
I remember seeing Adam Sandler's Click in theaters and expecting the typical screwball comedy. It's way more dark and existential than the trailers set up. It definitely does have some screwball comedy within, but holy f*** does that movie punch you right in the gut on several occasions.
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 16, 2024 14:44:17 GMT -5
I remember seeing Adam Sandler's Click in theaters and expecting the typical screwball comedy. It's way more dark and existential than the trailers set up. It definitely does have some screwball comedy within, but holy f*** does that movie punch you right in the gut on several occasions. The part where the frail elderly Sandler leaves the hospital to try and chase after his kids gets me every time.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 16, 2024 14:47:18 GMT -5
It definitely does have some screwball comedy within, but holy f*** does that movie punch you right in the gut on several occasions. The part where the frail elderly Sandler leaves the hospital to try and chase after his kids gets me every time. The scene where he goes back and sees his father for the last time is brutal.
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Post by Talent Name on Jan 16, 2024 16:10:18 GMT -5
Jennifer's Body comes to mind as I watched the movie recently and the trailer was definitely geared towards a male audience
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