January 1st, 2004, 05:39 PM
I don't get over here much, but I thought this would be the best place to post this topic. Forgive me if it's been done already.
Has anyone noticed how long previews have gotten? I am forever sitting there in the theater thinking, "Well, I don't need to go see that one since I've already seen the whole thing." They give away the entire plot half the time.
Most recently when I went to see RoTR I saw a preview for "Hidalgo," that went on forever and told you not only the background of the main character but where he goes and what he does and what a loner he is and how he gets into this big race even though his horse is just a mutt and how he might hit you if you call his horse a mutt and a huge storm in the desert during the race and even how he gets away from the big storm (or earthquake or whatever). And there was another movie, "The Butterfly Effect," which had an equally long preview.
These things are exhausting to watch. Sometimes I forget what I've come to see during the previews. I honestly feel like I've seen five or six movies before the show starts. And I end up not wanting to see any of them for real. Does anyone else feel this is a self-defeating move on the part of the marketing department, or has it been shown to bring more people to the theater?
An opposite example was the trailer for "Pirates of the Caribbean." Nicely done - if you didn't know it was based on a Disney attraction you honestly wouldn't know.
Has anyone noticed how long previews have gotten? I am forever sitting there in the theater thinking, "Well, I don't need to go see that one since I've already seen the whole thing." They give away the entire plot half the time.
Most recently when I went to see RoTR I saw a preview for "Hidalgo," that went on forever and told you not only the background of the main character but where he goes and what he does and what a loner he is and how he gets into this big race even though his horse is just a mutt and how he might hit you if you call his horse a mutt and a huge storm in the desert during the race and even how he gets away from the big storm (or earthquake or whatever). And there was another movie, "The Butterfly Effect," which had an equally long preview.
These things are exhausting to watch. Sometimes I forget what I've come to see during the previews. I honestly feel like I've seen five or six movies before the show starts. And I end up not wanting to see any of them for real. Does anyone else feel this is a self-defeating move on the part of the marketing department, or has it been shown to bring more people to the theater?
An opposite example was the trailer for "Pirates of the Caribbean." Nicely done - if you didn't know it was based on a Disney attraction you honestly wouldn't know.
