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Trailer Tuesday, letdown edition: the best trailers to the worst movies

Luca Fontana
31.3.2020
Translation: Eva Francis

Last week, I showed you some of the best trailers ever. What I’m presenting you with today is even better: not just the best trailers, but the best trailers to the worst movies.

The cinemas remain closed. This also means cinema releases are postponed and new trailers are few and far between. That’s why I’ve decided to give you the best trailers to the worst movies in this weeks edition of Trailer Tuesday.

Pearl Harbor

What a trailer. I remember downloading it as a QuickTime video. At that time, I was thinking to myself: omg, this video quality, wow – just wow! And today? Oh dear... I guess I’ve been spoiled by UHD and HDR.

But the trailer was a big deal in 2001 for other reasons.

But more than amazement didn’t follow.

Cinema release: 25 May 2001

Clash of the Titans

This one is from my colleague Dominik.

Lousy movie, but the trailer with System of a Down and the picture that’s cut to the song in the middle is great.

Cinema release: 31 May 2010

Battle: Los Angeles

The trailer to «Battle: Los Angeles»? Brilliant. It starts like a 1940s documentary: with black and white photos. The off-screen speaker has a deep, threatening voice. Something has been spotted over Los Angeles. Nobody knows what. Until today: invaders from outer space.

The action scenes follow. Short snippets of film. All nice and oppressive and – somehow – scary. The movie looks like it's trying to be a «realistic» version of «Independence Day». The «Deep Impact» to «Armageddon».

Great expectations – but they remain unsatisfied. Because the result is an alien film that couldn’t be more average. Honestly, have you even seen this movie? If you did, do you remember what happened? Well, I don’t.

Cinema release: 9 March 2011

Suicide Squad

This list wouldn’t be complete without the famous «Suicide Squad» trailer with Queen’s «Bohemian Rhapsody». The trailer is just too good – and the movie too bad. But it’s not the story that messed it up.

Cinema release: 5 August 2016

Sausage Party

This one’s from our reader orange71113nero.

There are several trailers to this movie, but this one’s special. The music, the voices, the atmosphere, the variety, I can watch it again and again and it never gets boring.

I imagine reader orange71113nero saying: «Hey kids, there's a new cartoon coming out soon. It's like Toy Story, but with food. You'll love it!»

He’s secretly smiling.

Cinema release: 11 August 2016

Next week, we’ll do the opposite: I’ll show you the worst trailers to the best movies. Know a good example? Let me know by commenting below. I’ll add it to my list.

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Luca Fontana
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Luca.Fontana@digitecgalaxus.ch

I write about technology as if it were cinema, and about films as if they were real life. Between bits and blockbusters, I’m after stories that move people, not just generate clicks. And yes – sometimes I listen to film scores louder than I probably should.

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