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[ParaSeoul]

Its gotten to the point where I don't watch the whole trailer if I'm actually interested by it,only time I do is when I don't plan on watching it ever. Its mostly the bigger hollywood movies that do,indies tend to have better trailers. So is there a reason they do this? Does the average movie watcher not care?

 

[kruis]

Just saw a trailer of the new Guy Ritchie movie. I must have seen every plot point, joke and action scene in those two minutes.

 

[bitbydeath]

Yeah, I typically watch maybe half a trailer before realising the entire movie is being spoiled.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I avoid trailers, most of the time, but I am alright with Teasers, because of the concern within the OP.

 

[GeekyDad]

My wife won't trailers, read anything or let me tell her anything about a movie she wants to watch. And she (and you) are right. They do kinda give you everything in most trailers these days.

 

[Star-Lord]

Just saw a trailer of the new Guy Ritchie movie. I must have seen every plot point, joke and action scene in those two minutes.

To be fair, Guy Ritchie films aren’t exactly known for their cunning plots and cascading twists and turns, so two minutes is all that is needed to get the whole story done. And funnily enough, two minutes is all I can bear to watch of his films.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Movie originality has gone downhill lately so naturally they have nothing to show in the trailers to make you exicted and thus they resort to showing all the good parts of the movie and when you see it, you're like eh. I only watch teasers or if the movie is something really huge and hype like say The Batman one, then i'll watch it for the music/hype but everything else I dont bother.

 

[EverydayBeast]

You might have a chance of not being spoiled if you stay away from electronics.

 

[GeorgPrime]

Yeah, I typically watch maybe half a trailer before realising the entire movie is being spoiled.

I started to think they believe "Nobody watches movies if they dont know whats in the movie" lol

 

[Stop Motion Pornography]

Movie trailers used to have the narrater literally explain the entire plot of the movie back in like the 50's and 60's. They've actually dialed it back a bit in how much of the story they spell out to audiences.

The bigger issue with modern trailers for action/horror is giving away all of the money shots.

 

[AlphaMale]

I've noticed this for a long time. Trailers are basically a 3-minutes summary of the *entire movie*, so I just don't watch them anymore.
If it's a movie I know I'm gonna watch, then I will avoid all trailers, footage, and reviews. (yes, even if the reviews contain no spoilers)

 

[AlteredForms]

This isn't a new trend, it's been happening for many years. Usually it depends on whether or not the studio hired a competent editor to cut the trailer.

 

[HoodWinked]

When it comes to making money studios are laser focused so this isn't something that happens by chance.

They've probably have internal data that shows this drives more people to watch. Maybe it pushes more discussion before release. Maybe they know the people that are going to watch avoid the trailers so they only need to convince others to watch by getting them invested in the story.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

This has been happening for like 10 years. That’s why I don’t watch trailers.

 

[Stitch]

Watch some old italian or hongkong trailers. They were like 4-5 minutes long and spoiled everything.

 

[Alcibiades]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/wtf-is-up-with-totally-spoiler-commercials-by-movie-studios.7130/

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/wtf-is-up-with-totally-spoiler-commercials-by-movie-studios.7130/

Lol, 17 years ago

Yeah this trend is not new

 

[Amiga]

mostly stopped watching them. didn't even click the new Matrix trailer.

 

[Dr Bass]

Go watch the trailer for Seven Samurai ... unless you haven't seen the movie. One of the worst offenders I've ever seen. A movie released in 1954.

I'll give you a hint. They show the ending of the movie and then basically say, here is what happens to get there.

So yeah, not new.

 

[Javthusiast]

I wouldn't watch them to go fresh into movies, but I am a trailer whore who can't stop watching them and reaction videos to them.