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Good movie! Terrible trailer!

posted 5 years ago by telmarine (405)
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My personal opinion is that this is an excellent movie so I’m not really posting to debate the merits of whether it’s a good movie or not.

My issue with this movie are the trailers that were released in anticipation of the movie. The trailers are horrible. They basically give away the entire film. Anyone who hasn’t seen the movie should NOT watch the trailers. Spoilers below....

The first time I watch this movie was at an advance screening and I had never seen the trailer before or heard of the movie before. When I found out that there was no island, to me, this was a huge reveal scene, and turned the movie upside down. It was a huge twist. And I decided to watch the trailer recently and it pretty much gave the whole movie away.

How could they do this??

[–] Truthtalker (1971) 5 years ago

Terrible title. an action packed movie like this should have a more accurate title

[–] telmarine (405) 5 years ago

I’m thinking the reason for the title of the film was to not reveal the twist in the movie. But your right. The title didnt reflect how action packed the movie was.