Is it just me.....?

Trailers I like to see once, give a general feel for what the movie is like... for movies that I'm really excited to see, I don't even watch the trailers, because I'm afraid they'll be giving away too much of the plot. A good example of that is a trailer I've seen on TV recently. It's for something like the "High School Musical Dance" movies. It's starts with 2 boys arriving at a school that has loads of cheerleaders, and say something like, "I'm glad the bus stopped working! We're in heaven!". Ok, so we know how they get there. It introduces the majority of main characters, with ways to tell you what they're like, some are intense, some are quiet and cute, etc etc. You even see the gang of cheerleaders they're going against, who just say "Rawwrrr" to the main characters. So, the leader of the bad cheer leading group says to everyone, "They're not better then us, we can beat them!" We're into the 2nd act of the movie. A few main characters comment on the situation, showing who they are even more. Then it goes to cut aways of their training, then the big event, act 3. Then, at the end of the trailer, it shows the main group you've been following win the challenge, and the extra attractive girl leaps into the arms of the leader guy while everyone is so excited. Conclusion. Thats what I hate in a trailer... when it shows parts of the plot, because then theres absolutly no surprise when you go into the movie. My favorite trailers are ones like M. Night Shyamalan's. Unbreakable had a great trailer, because all it shows is Bruce Willis in the hospital, talking with the doctor. The doctor keeps questioning him about what happened, and Bruce doesn't know... it seems so crazy to the Doctor, and then he says, "You were the sole survivor of 142 people in a train wreck, and you don't even have a scratch on you..." Now that catches my interest! It gives away hardly anything from the story, but enough to make you ask questions, "Whats going on? How did that happen? Who is this character?". In the direction of trailers being able to show anything, it's true, the trailer is only 1 minute of an approx 100 minute movie... You could have the wildest action movie, and make a trailer of only 1 tiny scene, and call it a romance. If you're having those kinds of problems, then just check out the movie on IMDb. From there, you can read all sorts of people's responses to the movie, find out exactly what genre it is, see how people who really know movies rated it, and see if you really want to watch it, too. Don't just rely on the trailers... even better is to get away from them completely. A movie you know nothing about when you walk into the theatre, can easily be better then a movie you're expecting so much out of, and turns out to be crap.

It's really infuriating!! Or there will be some fantastic action sequences, that never make it into the movie itself. I hate watching trailers anymore. It never lets you know what's really going on and misleads a lot. Or the opposite. The trailer will stink, but the movie is actually quite good. It would be a rare gift to be able to pick parts out of a movie that would give a true feel for it, without giving anything away. Too bad there aren't many with that gift making the trailers....

I think so many movie trailers are getting to where they try to kind of just be flashy and not really give you any idea of what the movie is really about. I also hate when they show all the funny parts in the trailers. That's not really new, I can kind of remember that happening even when I was a kid. I just think it's a disappointment then when you get to the theater and you already know the best jokes.