Favorite Movie Trailers?

Jcomp · Sep 24, 2008

Does anyone else have a soft spot for certain trailers?

I've always wished I could've been in theaters in 1980 to see the original teaser for The Shining. I can only imagine that people were thinking, "What the hell was that?"

I'm forever fond of the Sin City trailer. The music, the mood, I watched this forever when it first came out.

And I also liked the original trailer for this indie flick The Signal. I was obsessed with watching this for a while. Who would've thought Perfect Day would work well in a preview for a horror movie about maniacal, murderous rampage? The whole vibe of the trailer still gives me goosebumps.

Any trailers you're particularly fond of? Share...

OneTeam OneDream · Sep 24, 2008

Medellin
http://www.medellinthefilm.com/

Yeah, I know it wasn't a real movie, but the trailer kicked ass!!

ChaosTitan · Sep 24, 2008

The Green Mile. The music and the voice-over nearly made me cry.

Pearl Harbor. The music and the President's "day of infamy" voice-over did make me tear up.

I'm still lovin' on The Dark Knight's trailer. Just wow.

williemeikle · Sep 24, 2008

"In space, no one can hear you scream"

Jcomp · Sep 24, 2008

ChaosTitan said:
The Green Mile. The music and the voice-over nearly made me cry.

Pearl Harbor. The music and the President's "day of infamy" voice-over did make me tear up.

I'm still lovin' on The Dark Knight's trailer. Just wow.

I can't believe I forgot to mention the TDK "Joker trailer." I had it saved to my jump drive for a while.

And yeah, the Pearl Harbor trailer is cool too...

kuwisdelu · Sep 24, 2008

The Dark Knight

X-Files

Watchmen

The last one especially, as it's the only one that hasn't come out yet!

childeroland · Sep 24, 2008

The Dark Knight trailers.

The Phantom Menace.

Christine Jeffs's Rain (lovely songs by Betchadupa)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

DeleyanLee · Sep 24, 2008

The only trailer that ever made me WANT to see a movie that I normally wouldn't see--and I actually DID see the movie on opening weekend--was Disney's "Eight Below" about the sled dogs abandoned in the South Pole.

And it was a good movie to boot, even if it's not my usual cuppa.

jst5150 · Sep 24, 2008

It's recent, but the 'Indiana Jones Meets Speilberg's UFO Fetish' trailer was pretty good.

Also, the trailer for 'Fanboys' is outstanding (with various dipping sauces).

Finally, the Red band 'Zack and Miri' Trailer is hialrious.

underthecity · Sep 24, 2008

<straightens up from walker>

I remember back in 1983 the trailer for Star Trek III, The Search for Spock, and thinking how cool the movie looked. After all these years, I still remember Kirk saying in the trailer, "Good shooting Mr. Scott."

katiemac · Sep 24, 2008

I thought the last Pirates trailer was awesome. The edge of the earth, the maelstrom and all that great sword fighting on top of the ship's mast.

maestrowork · Sep 24, 2008

Zach and Miri is adorable.

The Atonement trailer was what got me interested in the film/book.

The opening sequence of TDK was the bomb.

The Prestige and the Illusionist both had excellent trailers.

Jcomp · Sep 24, 2008

williemeikle said:
"In space, no one can hear you scream"

The Alien 3 teaser is fairly infamous for putting a spin on that phrase that promised something the movie didn't come close to delivering...

dgiharris · Sep 24, 2008

I can't do this thread. The desire to see these movies is way too strong, now i'm gonna have to watch Sin City and TDK.

The trailer for the Phantom Menace was pretty good. Too bad the movie couldn't live up to the expectations.

Mel...

maxmordon · Sep 24, 2008

Terry Gilliam's Brazil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtUI4XfhMM

A Clockwork Orange

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHrm2fBMLZY

Dr. Strangelove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8dUqlxm3_o

KC Sunshine · Sep 24, 2008

Jcomp said:
Does anyone else have a soft spot for certain trailers?

I've always wished I could've been in theaters in 1980 to see the original teaser for The Shining. I can only imagine that people were thinking, "What the hell was that?"

.

The Shining teaser is my favorite trailer of all time- sometimes I think it just maay be better than the movie!

I loved the Eyes Wide Shut trailer even though the movie was terrible. Kidman. Cruise. Kubrick. Isaak.

maestrowork · Sep 24, 2008

This Shining trailer.

This Mary Poppins trailer.

And Brokeback Fighters.

JimmyB27 · Sep 25, 2008

The teaser trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy film was amazing. Can't find it online though.
The main trailer was pretty good too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I

Pity the film was so bad.

Fox The Cave · Sep 25, 2008

The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight.

I have it downloaded.

Oh yeah, and Burn After Reading. Pretty awesome too.

Cato · Oct 4, 2008

The Watchmen trailer is probably the only trailer that has made me immediately hit replay on youtube after watching it. I was excited for TDK, but not this excited. I've seen the Watchmen trailer at least twenty times. Just the whole mood, the images, the fitting music, everything! /fanboigasm

ManyAk · Oct 5, 2008

You simply cannot beat this (yes you can, but it's still damn awesome) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qCSahatkbk

Zoombie · Oct 5, 2008

I still love this Trailer...even though I never saw it in theaters, I DID see it on the DVD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTi7KJPx_E

This is like, the only Star Trek movie that made...Star Trek actually...*serious* in my mind. As in, I actually took it seriously. Also, its just cool!

DreamWeaver · Oct 5, 2008

Ancient history, and not a trailer, but it might as well have been...

About a week before Top Gun opened, MTV started playing the music video for the theme song Danger Zone. That music video had to be the reason Top Gun was playing to packed houses right from the start. It was amazing.

Zoombie · Oct 5, 2008

Ohoh!

The trailer from Buckaroo Banazi and the trailer for Terminator.

Linkes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gNJ1z-ulB4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPG-tKLAJuE

underthecity · Oct 7, 2008

My all-time favorite trailer is:

Grayson

Check it out. I found out about it two years ago and have since watched it a hundred times, at least.

allen

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