I know tons of brilliant films which have uninteresting and even misleading trailers - and also absolutely disappointing films which had enticed me with fantastic trailers.
Yes, trailers were and still are my main source for attracting interest - but basically, it’s about the story and the director, the actors, the writers and cinematographers for me.
The last two Bond films fall squarely in this category.
Trailers, while an important piece of the lead up to a film, are nothing more than a marketing tool designed in a lab to get as broad of an audience as possible into the theater, often at the expense of selling the actual film as opposed to selling a version of the film that the marketing department of the studio thinks people want to see, even if that particular version of the film doesn’t actually exist. Take Halloween Ends, for example. If that film had been accurately marketed in the trailers, nobody would have gone to see it.
Absolutely agreed on the principle, not on the conclusion regarding those movies.
Different times…no new films on TV, no streaming, no internet so I guess they thought it was good enough. But this one has Bette Davis on top of the craft and a script with dialogue from Mankiewicz and Music by Alfred Newman, Franz Liszt and Anton Bruckner…you don´t need a trailer at all
That is not sustainable. Why are those theatres so expensive to run?
Received the 4K The New Avengers box this evening. Very exciting!
And I got a lower price from 150 pounds to 100 pounds.
Look forward to your review.
Good deal!
Disney+ just sent me a mail that I have to agree paying 60 Euros more than before per year if I want to keep my subscription.
I am sure this is only due to the high standards of its content.
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/09/24/disney-begins-annual-round-of-price-increases/