10 Incredibly Strange Movie Trailers

Utterly mentalist promo spots that confuse and amuse...

Apr 22nd 2009

9. The Godfather (1972)

Initial reaction: Sweet Jesus - it should be technically impossible to make such a brilliant film look boring. And yet...and yet...

Somehow, against all known laws of cinema, probability, space-time and magic, the marketing genius behind this excruciatingly lengthy ‘teaser’ has managed to made The Godfather – The Godfather! – look more epically, spirit-sappingly, skull-crushingly tedious than a nine-hour Open University special on medieval rake handles.

Key oddities: Why is it almost entirely composed of uninteresting stills? Why does it steal an entire minute of our precious, dwindling lives before even hinting that we’re in for anything more than a tortuous family slideshow?

WHY IS IT NEARLY A WEEK LONG!?!

10. Godmonster Of Indian Flats (1973)

Initial reaction: Is that the worst monster in the history of cinema? Yes. Yes it is.

Tell you what, why not try to give the impression of the film being at least a bit scary by keeping the monster OUT of the trail-...oh. You want it onscreen pretty much constantly. I see...

Key oddity: Maybe that’s why the kid on the left during the initial picnic scene – yep, the girl facing directly towards that lumbering sack of crap the entire time – flatly refuses to notice the monster for a full 20 seconds.

It’s just too lame; she can’t physically see it. Like the rubbish-monster equivalent of a dog whistle, or something.

Mark Powell

 

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    • Buried At Sea

      Apr 23rd 2009, 21:19

      christ that godfather one was painful, it made me hate the movie a tiny bit!

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    • whateverman

      Apr 23rd 2009, 23:29

      I did not hit her I did NAART

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    • Goodland

      Apr 24th 2009, 12:42

      Good God. After watching those ads, I would prefer to watch Troll 2 than Godfather. The guy who made that advert is truly the Ed Wood of trailer-makers. I actually hate him. I am sitting here hating the guy who made that trailer. What was he thinking? Let's show, in stills, the entire movie - including major characters getting killed. I know I need to lay off the caffeine but this has actually ruined my day - maybe even the whole week. This is literally the worst thing to have ever happened in my life. And you should see my life. I'm angry.

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    • ReelAuteur

      Apr 24th 2009, 14:23

      surely you've used the wrong cloverfield trailer there! this one screams im a movie doesn't it? i think you meant to use the one that appeared beofre transformers right? were theres no title? just an observation

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    • Goodland

      Apr 24th 2009, 21:14

      I came back, thinking that it couldn't have been that bad. I watched it again and my eyes have been soiled. Literally. God, I'm angry. I haven't been so angry since the time I was flicking channels and came across "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" and my bloody sister made me watch it. Sure I could have got up and gone and done some work but then she woul have won. I think you'll all agree that I made the right choice. Send a signal. God, I'm angry.

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    • AlonseR

      Oct 12th 2009, 23:12

      Isn't 'The Room' that cult film that's soooo bad that it's good and loads of celebs have parties with plastic cutlery? 2003 must have been a slow year if that was the best movie of the year.

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    • littlebocuk

      Jan 8th 2010, 23:14

      What's up with the Godfather trailer??

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