June 25, 2004

"What are Movie-List Classics? Some trailers which are no longer (or never have been) available on the 'net, have been Re-encoded, in high resolution picture and sound, and made available for Movie-List users. These are Movie-List Classics, and new ones are added each week." Kiss Friday productivity goodbye. You're welcome.
posted by forksclovetofu 20 years ago
  • Seven... Alien... Airplane!... Gosh Forks, if only you weren't... oh, what the heck... *SMACK*
  • If anything, this is a great study in how far the art (science?) of making movie trailers has come. Compare the Manchurian Candidate of 1962 to the one for 2004.
  • how far the art (science?) of making movie trailers has come. Then compare the films and tell me how far we've come.
  • Heh. I will try to do that. (Never seen the '62 version). Don't know if I can stomach Sinatra, but then I really don't like Cher, but thought she was wonderful in Moonstruck (for which she won the Best Actress Oscar). One can certainly argue that trailers today give too much of the movie away or, in some cases, show the only GOOD (or funny, etc.) parts to the entire film. But if their job is to make you want to see the movie, I think they are much better at that than ever before. Not saying that the movie will live up to your expectations but... As previously discussed I think that the trailer for "Garden State" is the best I have ever seen. I have watched it a couple dozen times and marvel at how well it is crafted. I can only hope that the actual movie holds a candle to the trailer.
  • *is very very glad he doesn't have quicktime*
  • Evil Angela Lansbury is one reason to watch it.
  • Well, it's a reason to watch it in general, although I did mean TMC.
  • Simple recipe for hollywood action movie trailer: In a world... [insert description of movie's ambience, or just 'gone mad'] where... [insert list of main characters' normal activity] [bogeyman du jour] and... [female protagonist here, colorful description of her mood] [hero's family, dog, pictures, kitties] there is one... [hero flaunting disregard for laws, social conventions, higyene, laws of gravity] [hero showing pecs] [money shots: action, bloody buddy dying on hero's arms, heroine kissing hero in the shower, hero's superiors/handlers looking with contempt, villain sneering at bound heroine, villain killing kittens, CGI, explosion, CGI, lens flares, sidekick's goofy grin and sound bite, CGI] This summer, [insert witty wordplay based on title] Seen any like that?
  • Wow, Flagpole. Sell that to Hollywood. I think you've got a winner on your hands.
  • I could kiss you for posting this. Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.
  • Yo, forks -- hugs & kisses from me, too. Great find.
  • Um, Speed 2 is a "classic?" I'm going to have to write a letter about this.
  • The trailer for Citizen Kane is really interesting. You don't learn anything about the movie but it still manages to make you want to see it (even if you never see Orson Welles in the trailer).
  • Fantastic link. Thank you! As trailers go, L.I.E. is possibly my favorite. Can't say the same about the film.
  • Actually Flag, the trailer for comedian totally spoofs that formula to great effect.