Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoiled

[JBLAKE]

Watched a few movies lately and realized that by watching the trailers I basically knew the movie or most of the movie and the experience was bland to non existent.

My question is do movie trailers now a days show more than they did back in the old days ( 70's 80's ) and if so is that ruining the movie watching experience.

I know it has ruined just about all the movies I have seen recently. What ever happened to holding back the good scenes for the movie experience itself.

Between the talk show interviews-the movie trailers and the spoilers sites everywhere it is not easy to enjoy the full experience of a movie.

I recall with the force awakens a magazine cover of adam driver. When I saw it I immediately saw Han Solo's Face in his a young han solo that is. That plus all the movie plot spoilers out there it really ruined kylo for me. I knew who he was right from the start no matter what they said.

Rey in my opinion they did right she is still a mystery which makes her already cool character even more interesting.

Watched the new star trek and x men and the endings were predictable. Why can't anyone write anymore. Make a new movie instead of bastardizing our beloved originals.
Again I feel I knew a majority of both movies just by the trailers.

Anyone else notice this with movie trailers or has it always been this way. Enjoy hearing others opinion on this.

 

[Dessa]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

There's two tropes at play: Trailers Always Spoil and Never Trust a Trailer. I haven't personally found anything with blatant spoilers recently, other than things I've realized after the fact (which is a whole 'nother trope), but I honestly don't watch a lot of trailers.

 

[firesprite]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

It's hardly a new phenomenon to show cool bits in the trailer. You are, after all, trying to get people to give you their money, and just because you've seen it doesn't mean you have the proper context for how it will play out in the film.

For example:

A lot of the bits in those trailers would be considered "spoilers".

 

[batguy]

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Yeah, I think trailers were pretty near as showy in decades past.

I think the movies themselves have gotten fairly predictable nowadays. At least most of the "big" shows.

 

[JBLAKE]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

Appreciate and enjoy reading your opinions and recollections. I just did not remember in my youth knowing that much about movies before seeing them and enjoyed the experience so much more than now.

I could not put to proper words what it was that was bothering me about this trailer/spoiler thought until batguy cleared the clouded thought for me with his words

" movies themselves have gotten fairly predictable nowadays "

That is what I am feeling and maybe just blaming it on the trailers. I get it the studios want you to come to see their movies. The thing was back then you could show all that and those things shown were still to at least some of us a new idea a new concept. Now a days it is mostly remakes and unoriginal storytelling. Not all that is but most.

 

[dascoyne]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

Let us not forget that the most "spoilery" trailers came out of the 70's and 80's where some literally recited the entire plot. The gold standard example was this 3 minute gem:

 

[firesprite]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

Let us not forget that the most "spoilery" trailers came out of the 70's and 80's where some literally recited the entire plot. The gold standard example was this 3 minute gem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiwduaIGVVE

HA! Thanks for that…

“This time will be the best time of all!” Yeah… not so much.

 

[Solos blaster]

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I do what I can to avoid spoilers outside of the regular theater trailers. I avoid tv spots(not the regular trailers showing on TV), especially if I haven't seen the movie yet because they seem to show more, cast interviews, articles/press photos, and usually BTS pics. Even here, i skip spoiler links or usually stop reading once the trailers come out. I may pop in for follow on trailer view comments, but I stay mindful and quickly pop smoke once the rumors/links/spoiler tags start to show.

I will say some movies are so predictable that it may be easier to read more into the trailer. For me, if I can do that, it means I won't go see it lol. YMMV.

 

[astroboy]

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this is my favorite trailer of all time.

They giver certain things away, but by only using concept art, your imagination goes into high gear. You desire to see the real thing

 

[Riceball]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

The other thing to consider is that you get much more exposure to trailers now a days than you did in the past. Before, you didn't have the internet with links to trailers everywhere and sites like the RPF where you hear about a movie and/or discuss it and here when a new trailer is out, or little tidbits about it which let you piece the plot/story together when you watch the trailer(s). Your age also plays a large factor in it too, back during the '70s & 80's where you were (presumably) a kid you didn't know as much as you know now nor have seen as many movies, or read as many books so everything seemed fresher and less predictable, but now that you're older and (presumably) wiser you know better, you have the experience to recognize the spoilers that you didn't or couldn't recognize back when you were a kid.

 

[Celtic007]

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I think most of the teaser trailers today do a good job showing you whats going on but not what its about. The full trailers obviously show more, but if you just wanna get a taste, the teasers do good at that.

One of my favorite teasers is Batman Begins.

I think Chris Nolan teasers in general do a great job of getting you interested without actually telling you anything about the movie.

 

[astroboy]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

I think most of the teaser trailers today do a good job showing you whats going on but not what its about. The full trailers obviously show more, but if you just wanna get a taste, the teasers do good at that.

One of my favorite teasers is Batman Begins.

I think Chris Nolan teasers in general do a great job of getting you interested without actually telling you anything about the movie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohiQ6cLRsE

That is not the case with the dark Knight rises

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[The Terminator]

Re: Movie trailers-reading spoilers or avoiding them. Have movie trailers always spoi

"Spoilery trailers" are great, they save money. They show the whole film so there is no reason to pay money and go see it.

Save some surprises for the actual film? Nope.

 

[Axlotl]

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The thing with the old Star Wars trailers, though, was that they were just showing moments, randomly, with no context.
We saw some cool stuff that made us say "WOW!", but we had no idea what the story was going to be about.

Compare that with modern trailers, like the one Terminator posted above, and this one:

I have absolutely zero desire to see this film now.
I feel like I've already seen it - and it didn't cost me 10 dollars and two hours.
I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that this film flopped specifically because of this trailer.