Went to a movie theater and saw a trailer for a movie where I was interested in the first 30 seconds of it, but the trailer then showed what looked like something probably from the last 10 minutes and spoiled the entire movie, so lost all interest.

So what movies come to mind as having done really good, where it makes you interested and gives you an idea of the movie, but doesn’t ruin any big reveals?

  • Pendulum@lemmy.world
    522·
    10 months ago

    Probably more of a bait and switch tactic, but Deadpool 2’s trailer focused on setting up X-Force with some fantastic casting - then killing them off almost immediately in the film

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      9·
      10 months ago

      Just rewatched the offical trailer, and you’re totally right! All you really know is that Deadpool is trying to protect some kid and forms the xforce. It doesn’t spoil anything with why Cabal is there, any other villain’s that show up, or the character arc of the kid.

      Great example!

      • Hardeehar@lemmy.world
        1114·
        10 months ago

        It’s been years since it was released. If you haven’t seen it at this point then saying *spoilers! * can only be seen as sarcastic.

        You might wanna use a /s

        • massive_bereavement@kbin.social
          1315·
          10 months ago

          So everyone oughta see it right away or they don’t deserve to see the thing were praising here?

          What about those too young to see it when it was released?

          Empathy is what I’m asking for here.

          • TheFriar@lemm.ee
            143·
            10 months ago

            I mean, I sorta get where you’re coming from, but it’s also unrealistic. So no movies can ever be discussed on the internet without spoiler tags? What would the cutoff be? Ten years? In my experience after like a year, people who care about spoilers have seen it already. Everyone else maybe would get around to seeing it, but expecting the rest of the world to cater to that is unreasonable.

            • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
              43·
              10 months ago

              For one, tons of people learn about “well known” movies for the first time literally every day. The world isn’t some static thing were everyone knows everything all the time. Furthermore, what’s so hard about just typing “spoiler warning about [x movie]” before talking about critical plot elements? Just a quick heads up to people that are being cautious about it. It’s such a minor thing to do just to be thoughtful, and people always freak out about the suggestion as if it’s some monumental task.

              • TheFriar@lemm.ee
                2·
                9 months ago

                I mean, I get it, it’s a nice thing to do. People who do it care about others. But the flip side of that isn’t “these people don’t care about others.” It’s just that it’s not expected after a while. See what I’m saying?

                You’re right, it’s a nice thing to do. But it’s not really something we can get up in arms over after a certain point.

                • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
                  13·
                  9 months ago

                  You might wanna use spoilers tag

                  Wow, yeah. That really is just unhinged. How dare they have said something like that? 🙄

                  • TheFriar@lemm.ee
                    2·
                    9 months ago

                    …it’s a nice thing to do. People who do it care about others…It’s just that it’s not expected after a while

                    Um…did you read what I said?