Know Your Movies
It’s the trailer that gets us into the theaters. The better the preview the more likely we are to slap down our hard-earned money for a movie ticket.
Ya know what I, an avid movie watcher, can’t stand? Misleading trailers. You think you’re paying for one thing, only to find out you were duped. Tricked by studio heads just to get your ass in the theater.
Remember how cool Where The Wild Things looked in the previews. Come to find out it was frikin awful. One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Ditto for Alice In Wonderland.
I mean, did we know from the previews that Wild Things was not really based on our beloved childrens book but was in fact a story about dysfunctional jewish monsters tryiing to decide whether to eat a 9 year old boy? And who knew from the trailers that Alice And Wonderland should have been called Alice In Wonderland: 10 Years Later.
Or how about when a comedy trailer looks absolutely hilarious. Only to realize later that the funniest parts were in the previews and the rest of the movie shits. Love Guru? Dukes of Hazzard?
So below I have a little quiz. I’m pretty sure you’ve seen trailers for the below Summer Movies. I bet, based on those previews you think you know what the film is about.
Thinking ONLY about the trailers you’ve seen, can you match these actual plot summaries with the titles below them? Betchya can;t
A: Man tries to come to grips with his wife’s suicide that he feels responsible for.
B: Alcoholic business man tries to live up to his dead father’s expectations.
C: Group of friends attempt to escape from a prison run by an evil dictator.
D: Young record executive tries to help aging rocker overcome his heroin addiction
E: A pack of loners must set aside their differences and depend on one another if they want to survive.
F. A stressed out family man has but one day to realize everything he’s ever wanted in life is right in front of his face.
G: Brainwashed orphans are turned into assassins by evil Russians.
H: Pack of serial killers set their sights on a peaceful family.
I: As he embarks on the crime of the century the life of a world-class criminal is turned upside down by three homeless girls.
J: The death of a former mentor causes a group of friends to examine their own mortality.
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1. IRONMAN 2
2. SHREK 4
3. TOY STORY 3
4. TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
5. GROWN UPS
6. PREDATORS
7. DISPICABLE ME
8. SALT
9. GET HIM TO THE GREEK
10. INCEPTION
