Most Spoilerific Movie Trailer?

[Shellhead]

I just saw the trailer for an obscure horror movie (Anacondas: the Search for the Blood Orchid or somesuch) that went so far as to show how and in what order the first few characters die in the movie. So I don't see much point in ever watching that one, aside from the dubious quality of the production. But I suspect that there have been other movie trailers that more extensively spoiled the movie for those who watched the trailer.

What movie trailer have you seen that really spoiled a movie for you?

And what movie trailer told you the *least* about the movie you wanted to see?

[BigJayStudd]

Duce Bigalow: Male Jiggalo. The trailer showed EVERY woman he had to deal with. There was no surprises.

[Loren]

The first one that comes to mind was the trailer for "The Negotiator," with Sam Jackson and Kevin Spacey. The trailer ended with a quick scene of both actors in an enclosed space (lit red, IIRC), with one of them on a walkie-talkie saying "Now you have to deal with both of us."

What made this worse was that not only did this quick scene give away the "team-up" surprise near the end, but the scene doesn't actually appear in the movie. Instead, they seemed to have shot a spoilerific scene just for the purpose of putting it in the trailer.

[Buzz Dixon]

THE SIXTH SENSE. People who saw the movie said, "You've got to see it, you'll never guess the twist ending!"

I'd say: "You mean there's a twist beyond the fact that Bruce Willis is dead?"

Looooooong pause. "Have you seen the movie?"

"No, it's just really obvious from the trailer."

[Cotton]

Double Jeopardy

In the previews, it shows Ashley Judd pointing a Gun at her ex-husband which is the climax of the movie.

[Legato]

THE SIXTH SENSE. People who saw the movie said, "You've got to see it, you'll never guess the twist ending!"

I'd say: "You mean there's a twist beyond the fact that Bruce Willis is dead?"

Looooooong pause. "Have you seen the movie?"

"No, it's just really obvious from the trailer."

I hate those type of trailers. If I want to see a film with a surprise ending I dont want it ruined by saying is will have a surprise ending.

[sgt.candy]

what lies beneath, i remember seeing it as a trailer when watching x-men in 2000 and they pretty much gave the movie away

and to think that junk beat out x-men

[kalorama]

"The Shape of Things (Rachel Weisz, Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol). The trailer very plainly gave away what was supposed to be a twist/shock ending..

[Glaucon]

Cast Away with Tom Hanks. The trailer gave away that he survives. I know the film was also about him trying to figures his life out after the island, but I wish they would've only shown him on the island.

[Sandoz]

The Evil Dead trailer deserves a nod for featuring the very last shot of the film.

[nervmeister]

The TV trailers for Spider-man 2.

[Jared]

The Matrix. Morpheous tellsNeo that when he's ready, he won't have to dodge bullets. Ok, fine. But then we also see this proven be true, and it's from the damn climax.

[Leslie Lee III]

Double Jeopardy

In the previews, it shows Ashley Judd pointing a Gun at her ex-husband which is the climax of the movie.

I don't really think that's a spoiler. No more so than showing Luke Skywalker facing off with the Emperor. Climax, sure, but it's also the entire point of the film.

[smartalek]

The TV trailers for Spider-man 2.
I agree, I thinking about this trailer. Showed him giving up his mask, and coming back. Plus showing him being unmasked by Osborn. Gives the whole damn movie away.

[reddkryten]

The Matrix Revolutions. About two days before it was released, the official site posted a new trailer, which showed the exploding Smiths.

[malephoenix]

I don't really think that's a spoiler. No more so than showing Luke Skywalker facing off with the Emperor. Climax, sure, but it's also the entire point of the film.

*shrug*

We all know that Luke and the Emperor will face off. But the problem with a scene like this one in Double Jeopardy is that we know from the trailer that she has this intense scene with her husband. Then, watching, we see the entire movie and still don't see this part. By the time it reaches the end, we know that we still haven't seen it, so it's coming, and knowing that it is coming pretty much gives away the ultimate question of the movie, which is "Did he or did he not commit the murder?"

I know that for some, it doesn't spoil the film, but those are arguably mostly fact-based people. Intuitive people just need to stay away from previews and such, b/c it doesn't take much in some cases. (I mean, Buzz Dixon figured out The Sixth Sense from a TRAILER. I deduced the ending midway through the film, but from the stinkin' trailer????)

(There's nothing wrong about being more fact-based or more intuitive. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. But then again, if you're one of the people who don't believe in the Myers-Briggs test, then you don't care about me saying any of that, anyway.)

[Nate Grey]

The twist was supposed to be this psychic was actually killing serial killers that the police couldn't prosecute, but they gave that away in the trailer. I guess the movie producers thought the better question was "do the police go after him or not?"

[BoosterBronze]

The trailer for "Speed" showed the bus driving into the side of the plane.

also

who can forget the trailer that asked "who can guess the deadly ingredient of Soylent Green!!?" as images of corpses in body bags are shown.

[Black Atom]

THE SIXTH SENSE. People who saw the movie said, "You've got to see it, you'll never guess the twist ending!"

I'd say: "You mean there's a twist beyond the fact that Bruce Willis is dead?"

Looooooong pause. "Have you seen the movie?"

"No, it's just really obvious from the trailer."

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

[Buzz Dixon]

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
Don't feel bad if you missed it.

[malephoenix]

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

Seriously. We looked at this in one of my classes recently. It's uncanny what some people can piece together.

[Leslie Lee III]

We all know that Luke and the Emperor will face off.

And we knew here she and her husband would face off from the very premise. I don't see how one could call themselves "intuitive" and not sort that one out immediately. I mean, what else could possibly happen in a Hollywood movie about a women trying to find someone who put her in prison for 10 years? Kill Bill wasn't spoiled when they showed scenes of Beatrix and Bill in the trailer, it was the obvious conclusion to the premise of the story.

[kalorama]

THE SIXTH SENSE. People who saw the movie said, "You've got to see it, you'll never guess the twist ending!"

I'd say: "You mean there's a twist beyond the fact that Bruce Willis is dead?"

Looooooong pause. "Have you seen the movie?"

"No, it's just really obvious from the trailer."

I don't even recall seeing trailers for The Sixth Sense, but I pretty easily figured out Willis was dead well before the end of the movie. I did see the trailers for "The Village" however, and having see Shymalan's other by-the-numbers button pushers, I had no trouble figuring out the big "twist" at the end of that movie (which I've never seen).

[Black Atom]

Don't feel bad if you missed it.

I don't feel bad at all. I doubt it would've been as enjoyable had I known what was going to happen.

Seriously. We looked at this in one of my classes recently. It's uncanny what some people can piece together.

"Recently" as in years after the movie was released. Forgive me for being skeptical. It's another thing if you're actively looking for clues or are expecting a twist (which is why Shyamalan will never make another successful film, unfortunately). But kudos to those who were able to figure it out during the opening credits sequence on opening night. 8 bucks saved.

[LordEd1976]

Hide and Seek. the Movie shows in the trailer the truth behind Dakota Fanning's imaginary friend.

[Nate Grey]

Hide and Seek. the Movie shows in the trailer the truth behind Dakota Fanning's imaginary friend.

Not the trailers *I* saw, or else I would have avoided it (I hated the plot twist/who her imaginary friend was at the end).

[malephoenix]

And we knew here she and her husband would face off from the very premise. I don't see how one could call themselves "intuitive" and not sort that one out immediately. I mean, what else could possibly happen in a Hollywood movie about a women trying to find someone who put her in prison for 10 years? Kill Bill wasn't spoiled when they showed scenes of Beatrix and Bill in the trailer, it was the obvious conclusion to the premise of the story.


SPOILERS in this post for Double Jeopardy:




The problem was that we knew the scene was going to happen, and before watching the movie, a viewer didn't know *where* in the movie it was going to happen. But once we get almost all the way through the flick and we haven't seen it, it's pretty obvious the way things are gonna go down.

[atorifan]

i pick hostel, since it's the only movie i've seen since batman begins. talk about a spoiler, i'm sure we'll see batman 2by dec, at least teasers and posters. but in hostel, it seemed the trailer showed the 'goriest' parts, and wasn't damned gory enough anyway..

i was too dumb to realize bruce willis was dead til after i saw the movie end :((

[Buzz Dixon]

I don't feel bad at all. I doubt it would've been as enjoyable had I known what was going to happen.
That's a problem I have having worked so long as a writer and editor in TV and related media: I can see the little plot wheels turning from the git go. 90% of most movies and TV shows I see, I can predict the outcome of the episode by the five minute mark.

The older I get, the less I'm interested in plots and plot twists, the more I'm interested in characterization.

[Ryan K]

A recent one that comes to mind is V for Vendetta.

Did the producers expect us to have any kind of suspense as to whether or not Parliament will get blown up at the end of the movie? Cause they show it in EVERY trailer and TV promo.

I knew what was going to happen anyway and when I saw the trailers it didn't bother me because I didn't realize the producers had set that act up as the conclusion.

[Huh?]

Does anyone know whether they showed the explosion at the end of Jaws in the trailer?

I seem to remember seeing a trailer that showed Roy Scheider saying his famous line "Fire you son of a-" BANG. Did they show the explosion at all?

If so, that was a big spoiler.

[kalorama]

A recent one that comes to mind is V for Vendetta.

Did the producers expect us to have any kind of suspense as to whether or not Parliament will get blown up at the end of the movie? Cause they show it in EVERY trailer and TV promo.

I knew what was going to happen anyway and when I saw the trailers it didn't bother me because I didn't realize the producers had set that act up as the conclusion.

I don't see that as being espcially spoilerish because, within the context of the movie, I don't think there was ever any real question that V would achieve his goal.

[Black Atom]

That's a problem I have having worked so long as a writer and editor in TV and related media: I can see the little plot wheels turning from the git go. 90% of most movies and TV shows I see, I can predict the outcome of the episode by the five minute mark.

The older I get, the less I'm interested in plots and plot twists, the more I'm interested in characterization.

Good point. Any thriller you go to nowadays becomes a game of "Guess the Twist!" I remember talking to someone who just saw "Hide and Seek" and they asked if I could guess the twist, which was rather easy, knowing it could only be a few things without being completely illogical.

[Legato]

Lets say if I hadn't seen the original Kong Film, before Jackson's version came out, I still would have figured out that Kong was gonna die when the trailer showed Kong fighting the airplanes on top of the Empire State Building.

Of course the only twist in the film was that the woman, whom Kong captured, was attracted to Kong.

[SAMAS]

Lets say if I hadn't seen the original Kong Film, before Jackson's version came out, I still would have figured out that Kong was gonna die when the trailer showed Kong fighting the airplanes on top of the Empire State Building.

I believe the movie was working under the assumption that everyone knew more or less what was going to happen. That's kinda like complaining that the trailers to Titanic showed that the ship was going to sink.

[Jared]

TV commercials for The Score gave away that Ed Norton's character was going to betray DeNiro during the heist. Worse yet, they made it seem as if the movie was going to be largley built around this, with a cat and mouse game ensuing between the two of them, when in fact it's just a standard caper movie that's resolved within minutes of the heist being complete.

[Sheldon]

Castaway had a really spoilerific trailer, showing Hanks all skinny and shaven come to Helen Hunt's door.

[kalorama]

TV commercials for The Score gave away that Ed Norton's character was going to betray DeNiro during the heist. Worse yet, they made it seem as if the movie was going to be largley built around this, with a cat and mouse game ensuing between the two of them, when in fact it's just a standard caper movie that's resolved within minutes of the heist being complete.

I don't recall any such spoilers in the Score trailer (a great underrated caper flick). Besides, don't most people go into a heist flick expecting there to be some kind of double-cross before it's all over? Most of the ones I can recall seeing had one. And in the context of the movie, it was hardly a surprise that Norton double-crossed DeNiro. The movie went to great pains to tell us that Norton's character was a cocky, untrustworthy punk from the second he showed up on screen. The real twist was what happened after the double cross.

[lonewolf23k]

I believe the movie was working under the assumption that everyone knew more or less what was going to happen. That's kinda like complaining that the trailers to Titanic showed that the ship was going to sink.

Penny Arcade did a joke with that: "Have you seen the Passion? Here's a Spoiler for you: Jesus dies." (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05)

[Buzz Dixon]

Penny Arcade did a joke with that: "Have you seen the Passion? Here's a Spoiler for you: Jesus dies." (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05)
That's not the spoiler. ;) Here it is: He gets better.

[Michael P]

I view trailers that spoil the movie as a public service from the studios. Since these movies almost always suck (as a cursory scan of this thread will reveal), I get the general gist of the whole plot without having to pay money for it. It's like a little short before the main feature.