Best movie trailer you have seen?

[Legato]

Personally, I thought the trailer to Superman Returns was a pretty good one (though a lot of the credit is given to the music and Marlon Brando's voice). What are some other trailers that really grabbed you?

[StoneGold]

Teasers are often the best. They get to play with your expectations, often with only the slightest of visuals, but the best ones, and because they are so slight, they are that much more important.


Still, the best one for me has to be the original Terminator 2 teaser trailer, where they show the building of a Terminator.

[Dr. Banner]

Go download the trailer to "Shining".

Best trailer ever. I'm hoping to find someone who hasn't seen the original movie, show them this trailer and hear their reactions after they see the movie. False advertizing at its best!

[Dennis K]

The one I saw for the upcoming Superman movie was pretty good, the first one for the Goblet of Fire was excellent as well.

[Taltos]

I watched the Punisher one ALOT.

[Blueferret]

Personally, I thought the trailer to Superman Returns was a pretty good one (though a lot of the credit is given to the music and Marlon Brando's voice). What are some other trailers that really grabbed you?


If you didn't know that was Brando's voice would you still have found it good? Personally, I found the trailer for the first Superman movie in almost 20 years to be a bit underwhelming. They showed very little action, and IIRC, no Luthor.

[David O Burcham]

The "Circle of Life" trailer for The Lion King on the big screen was breathtaking.

[Chintzy Beatnik]

The trailer for The Phantom Menace. It was pretty much the first new Star Wars images in 16 years (minus the "new" stuff in the Special Editions) and there was a lot packed into the 2 minutes. And the John Williams music and the epic words scrolling across the screen "Every journey has a first step, every saga has a beginning..." I just wish the film had lived up the expectations that the trailer gave me.

[venom029]

I loved the Sim City trailers, the music was perfect for the atmosphere

[tangentman]

The trailer for the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake surpasses the actual film. By NO MEANS the best trailer I've ever seen; the LoTR trailers certainly rank up there, though.

[The Fury]

Trailers that make the hair on the back of head stand on end becuase of the excitement all get a mention.

Most recent, X-men 3.

[Buzz Dixon]

The trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's documentary, COMEDIAN (I'm told it's a not-so-hot movie; haven't seen it) had no scenes from the film at all. Instead, we finally got to see the face of the guy who narrates all those action-adventure/fantasy trailers. He enters a sound booth and the director tells him he will be reading the narration for a new documentary, COMEDIAN.

The narrator nods and begins intoning: "In a world where..."

Director: "Cut! It's not that kind of a movie."

"Oh! Gotcha. =ahem= In a time when -- "

"It's not that kind of a movie, either."

"In a land torn by -- "

"No!"

And on and on and on until finally the exasperated director screams, "You're fired! Get out of the booth!"

[pause] "No. I like my booth."

[Cyke]

The trailers for Independence Day and Star Trek: First Contact.

ID4's trailers are essentially what paved the way for today's action trailers and set the standard for trailers shown during the Super Bowl. Nobody had ever expected to see the White House get blown apart, and yet when it did, people cheered.

First Contact's trailers made Trek look like it had turned a new leaf and become something exciting. Which First Contact was.

[BoosterBronze]

The Minus Man.
This couple leave a theater, talking about Minus Man, and talk all night about it. Suddenly the girl realized the time and runs off, arriving late at her job as a lifeguard to find two dead bodies in the pool. The announcer says "Minus Man, you'll keep talking about it all night."
It said NOTHING about the actual movie, but I simply HAD to go see it after that.

[BoosterBronze]

The trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's documentary, COMEDIAN (I'm told it's a not-so-hot movie; haven't seen it) had no scenes from the film at all. Instead, we finally got to see the face of the guy who narrates all those action-adventure/fantasy trailers. He enters a sound booth and the director tells him he will be reading the narration for a new documentary, COMEDIAN.

The narrator nods and begins intoning: "In a world where..."

Director: "Cut! It's not that kind of a movie."

"Oh! Gotcha. =ahem= In a time when -- "

"It's not that kind of a movie, either."

"In a land torn by -- "

"No!"

And on and on and on until finally the exasperated director screams, "You're fired! Get out of the booth!"

[pause] "No. I like my booth."

That one made me laugh like mad.

GUY: "A renegade cop!"
DIRECTOR: "No."
GUY: "A renegade ROBOT cop!"

The movie is good, but a letdown after that trailer.

[StoneGold]

The trailers for Independence Day
Totally. I remember how apeshit the audience went when the White House went kablooie.

[Karl J. Barnes]

The trailer for Hong Kong Hustle made me want to see the movie then and there! Haven't seen any trailers lately that have made me feel that way, except the King Kong trailer.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Totally. I remember how apeshit the audience went when the White House went kablooie.

Why do movie goers hate America??

[cactusmaac]

Definitley Independence Day.

I liked the Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy one narrated by Stephen Fry also.

[SPAfreak]

Whichever Resident Evil movie had the commercial for the Umbrella Corporation. It was a great concept carried out beautifully. It was just too bad about the movie.

[Michael P]

Go download the trailer to "Shining".

Best trailer ever. I'm hoping to find someone who hasn't seen the original movie, show them this trailer and hear their reactions after they see the movie. False advertizing at its best!
Wait, you mean it's *not* the feel-good family comedy of the year?

[StoneGold]

Austin Powers II, the fake Star Wars one. It came out around the same time as the Phantom Menace trailers, had this whole Star Wars-esque opening, but when the Emperor's chair spins around, it's Dr. Evil going "Expecting someone else? Moohahahaha!!!!"

Come to think of it, the first time they might have done a false trailer like that was for the Brady Bunch movie, making you think it was for Independence Day. But somehow, the Austin Powers one was better. The gag has been done since, but never to the same effect.

[Davideaux]

The Titanic and LOTR trailers were excellent.

[The Batman]

the Phantom Menace teaser trailer was great as was the "Breathing" trailer for Episode II.

the first Terminator 2 trailer, the one showing the construction of a Terminator was also pretty cool and Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian has a hilarious trailer.

The Superman Returns teaser is good, probably the best comic movie trailer i've seen since the Spider-Man movies.

[Grant]

The last really good one I saw was the one for Spider-man 2 where you had Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst have a talk over coffee and suddenly Doc Ock chucks a car through the window.

[TitoJones]

I liked the Scooby Doo trailer in which they made it seemed like a trailer to a new Batman movie, before showing Scooby.

[Green Goblin]

I argee with on the scooby doo one but I liked the phantom mence one , the spiderman ones

[Dan Apodaca]

This trailor is currently scaring the crap out of me.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/

[ultimatespyder20]

Spider-man 3 for sure. I almost wet my pants watching this one.

Alec

[Buzz Dixon]

This trailor is currently scaring the crap out of me.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/
Would that it scared the Hell out of you...:p

[Subotai]

Heat - two legends collide

[Ryan K]

The trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's documentary, COMEDIAN (I'm told it's a not-so-hot movie; haven't seen it) had no scenes from the film at all. Instead, we finally got to see the face of the guy who narrates all those action-adventure/fantasy trailers. He enters a sound booth and the director tells him he will be reading the narration for a new documentary, COMEDIAN.

The narrator nods and begins intoning: "In a world where..."

Director: "Cut! It's not that kind of a movie."

"Oh! Gotcha. =ahem= In a time when -- "

"It's not that kind of a movie, either."

"In a land torn by -- "

"No!"

And on and on and on until finally the exasperated director screams, "You're fired! Get out of the booth!"

[pause] "No. I like my booth."

I worked at a Blockbuster when that movie came out on DVD, and the trailer would play on a loop on the TVs in the store. Whenever it would come on we'd all stop what we were doing to watch it. Hilarious.

Anybody seen the trailer of Something Blue (an edited Blue Velvet trailer)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-Gn0bXPCc

[nervmeister]

The Mortal Kombat trailer was pretty damn exciting (Iwas young then).

So was the trailer for Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Spider-man 3 had me jumping up and down when the trailer showed the first hints of the symbiote.

The Kill Bill trailer was memorable for that badass song "Battle Without Honor or Humanity.".

[Hush Little Batman]

Saving Private Ryan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=javtjkPmT8o

Bram Stocker's Dracula
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw2-ZMhxTUs

Kill Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=830_xpFhNow

Batman & Robin (the trailer is 100 times better than the film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNSstnq4sg

Pearl Harbor (a great trailer to a horrendous movie)

The Others (w/Nicole Kidman)

Star Wars: TPM

Star Wars: ROTS

Alien 3 ("The bitch...is back." - great trailer and tagline; poor movie)

Spiderman 1 and 2

[Motormouse]

Not necessarily the best, the the most memorable was for the film that never was staring Benicio Del Toro called "Lucky Star" It was actually an ad for Mercedes Benz. Damn i wanted to see this movie.

Here it is:
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/videos/mercedes-promo-film-starring-benicio-del-toro/

[Subotai]

That ad was directed by Michael Mann.

[The Foreigner]

Go download the trailer to "Shining".

Best trailer ever. I'm hoping to find someone who hasn't seen the original movie, show them this trailer and hear their reactions after they see the movie. False advertizing at its best!

I assume you realize that it's not an actual trailer?

[LtMarvel]

Little Miss Sunshine's extended trailer had the audience roaring with laughter.

[hoffmandu]

I always thought Pulp Fiction had a an intriguing trailer.

[wheresmycape]

spiderman 3 teaser was amazing, ahd to watch it over and over. also loved Star Wars ep III was cool. also got to love jackass 2 trailer, have'nt seen the film yet but the trailer made me laugh like a b*stard!

[Frankie Dennis]

The Spiderman 3 teaser was phenomenal. I think I've watched it about 45 times.

[oddieson]

Go download the trailer to "Shining".

Best trailer ever. I'm hoping to find someone who hasn't seen the original movie, show them this trailer and hear their reactions after they see the movie. False advertizing at its best!
are you thinking of the comedy spoof? I am old enough to have seen trailers for the shining. & yes i do fart dust as a matter of fact.