I don’t know if I’m just wearing rose tinted glasses here but I’m sure film trailers are getting worse.

In the past couple of weeks we’ve had two trailers running for three minutes each, Fall Guy and Madame Web. What’s worse is that each of these trailers feel like I’m watching an abridged version of the film. They’ll be no surprises left. Netflix seem to be very good at this as well.

I mentioned the time because the rough average was around 2 to 2½ minutes long. It’s slowly creeping up.

All I want is enough footage to get me excited with a hint of plot.

The Force Awakens and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning teaser trailers were fantastic for grabbing my interest without revealing what was going on.

Yes, I know I could just avoid trailers altogether but I’m weak willed, I like a sneak peek.

What do you think?

  • UKFilmNerdOPEnglish
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    8 months ago

    That’s a video that’s been formatted for YouTube. The quick bit at the front is designed to sit in the ad space of a video you can’t skip. So the idea is to keep you watching when you’d normally skip it.