While moviegoers are long past the days of rushing to the movie theater to make it to their seats before the listed showtime, AMC is now giving a courtesy heads-up that’s hard to miss. Previews and various advertisements have almost always come before movies in theaters, and that aspect won't ...
I don’t mind previews in general, I think it’s a good way to get settled in before the picture. I often see something that I would unlikely run across normally, and while I might not even ever watch it, I like being exposed to what’s out there. Now, can previews be better, as in presenting the movie while not dragging on or revealing too much…absolutely. I’d love to have shorter, less spoiling advertisements, and more of them to get a feel of what’s been made.
Now, ads in general, I’m not a fan of. That’s probably because I’m not used to them since I don’t watch general TV (which, I have no idea how people watch and don’t go insane).
The trailer for Project Hail Mary had me really hopeful that it was going to be a perfect trailer, then at the very end they revealed a huge plot point that would have been better left as a surprise.
I actually thought this was a response to my comments in the trailer thread, lol. Having not read the book, I don’t know where a good cut off would be. Having not suggest an alien at all? Alien contact revealed, but not much more? Some replies say there’s still a lot more, so maybe this isn’t ruined “enough”? If the trailer had only shown him without much of any plot revealed, would it attract enough viewers who knew nothing of the book?
It’s a tough decision, and there will always be upset people. The goal is to get tickets, so whatever marketing research deems will work the best wins.
I think having encountered the alien structure would have been enough after it docked with his ship, with the voiceover of meeting an alien. The actual alien encounter would have been so much better only revealed in the film IMO, but as you said, what I think is best may not sell tickets
Yeah. I get it.
But when I did the book, I went in completely blind. There’s zero indication it’s going to involve extraterrestrial intelligence until suddenly it does. I loved the surprise and feel sad that so many moviegoers are gonna be robbed of that experience.
When I first saw the poster I was extremely excited. Once I saw the trailer though, I was a little worried. I think Ryan Gosling is fantastic, and I generally love him in everything, but I worry I won’t like him in this particular role. I do agree that the trailer should have stopped before revealing as much as it did.
I don’t watch network TV either, but if I had to put up with ads at all, it would be on the device that I watch and not vice versa.
Obligatory not an American, not an AMC customer.
I feel the same as you about the previews. I don’t catch many new releases, so any time I go in the trailers are usually different and it’s a fun way to notify me of upcoming films I may be interested in. The formulaic trailers present a lot better on a big screen with a better sound system than I have at home, so I don’t mind sitting through them. However, I also enjoy the ads at my local cinema because most are from local businesses. Some of them are very cute and/or bad but it’s always interesting to see how other small local businesses are trying to market themselves.