Great Trailer, Rubbish Movie - page 2

5 months ago 05th Jun 14:09

It was one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year as the Star Wars fans came out in force to watch the movie.

The trailer promised excitement as we once again returned to Lucas' universe. And while the movie did deliver at the box office, grossing almost $924 million at the global box office, but it was not the critical hit that was expected.

While the lightsaber duel between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul is one of the movie's highlights it failed to live up to everyone's expectations and while it was a good addition to the franchise it failed to come close to the movies that had gone before it.

Phantom Menace Trailer

4. Hancock

Everything that Will Smith has touched in the last few years has turned to box office gold so his new superhero movie Hancock looked set to be one of the big events of last summer.

The trailer promised a fast paced action movie, with Smith once again in great form, that would dominate the box office last summer.

However director Berg really did put all the best bits into the trailer as the movie was a massive disappointment.

For the opening half hour or so it looks promising an anti comic book movie where it's leading man is an alcoholic superhero living like a hobo and you are more likely to see him watching daytime telly than saving the world. But then the whole think implodes in spectacular fashion.

Peter Berg tries to be clever by looking at a superhero from another angle, which does work at the beginning, but he can't sustain this for the whole film reverting back to the traditional comic book show down, but all this happens too late in the day cramming the climax of the film into very little time making it appear cramped and rushed.

Hancock Trailer

5. Ghost Rider

Superheroes have been big business at the box office in recent years with the likes of X-Men, Spiderman, Batman and Iron Man all making bucket loads of cash.

And in 2007 it was the turn of one of the lesser known characters Ghost Rider, with Oscar winner Nicolas Cage in the lead role.

Well I have to admit it was a movie that I was excited about seeing the last marvel character on the big screen. But it proved to be a massive disappointment with a really weak story, that painfully dragged, not to mention that god awful special effects. What a let down!

Ghost Rider Trailer

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw