Great Trailer, Rubbish Movie

05 June 2009

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Trailers have become big business in the movie industry they give audiences a sneak peak at what is going to be gracing the big screen over the coming months as well as notching up excitement over a particular release.

If you like me then there is nothing worse than missing the trailers during a trip to the cinema and everyone makes a mental note of they will go and see and what they will avoid like the plague.

However on the odd occasion the trailer can be ever so slightly misleading and we find ourselves sat watching movies that are totally rubbish.

So FemaleFirst takes a look at some of the trailers that promised a great movie experienced only to let us down and, in a couple of instances, produce total garbage.

1. Miami Vice

Michael Mann was the filmmaker behind the classic cop movie Heat, yes you all remember the classic scene where De Niro and Pacino come face to face in the coffee shop.

So when it was announced that he would be behind the big screen adaptation of cult TV show Miami Vice, a show he was executive producer on I might add, there was a ripple of excitement that went around Hollywood.

Everyone expected a dark, brooding movie with a great onscreen relationship between the two leads Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, who were taking on the roles of Crockett and Tubbs.

And when the trailer was released it looked like we were going to get exactly that a slick police drama that would turn into a successful franchise.
 
But how wrong we all were to say the least this movie was well below par with no chemistry between the two lead actors which was a major disappointment.

Miami Vice Trailer

2. Tropic Thunder

When Tropic Thunder released it's cast list of Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black the spoof war movie looked set to be one of the funniest films of 2008.

But unfortunately we got more laughs from the trailer than we actually got for the movie, but hats off to Robert Downey Jr what a total legend!

From the middle of the film onwards the story does start to unravel and Stiller reverts to big set pieces rather than let the comedy and his talented cast carry the story.

and despite not being a fan of the actor at all Tom Cruise's appearance as the overweight and foul mouthed film producer Les Grossman is one of the best cameos of all time.

Despite this Tropic Thunder didn't deliver on its promise and it was one of the most disappointing movies of last year.

Tropic Thunder Trailer

3. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Sixteen years after Return of the Jedi filmmaker George Lucas brought the fourth instalment of the Star Wars franchise to the big screen with The Phantom Menace.

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