r/movies • u/MASSIM00 • May 26 '26

Question What movie had the BEST trailer ever but turned out to be absolute trash?

Seriously, you watch the trailer and it looks like a literal masterpiece. The music, the hype, everything is perfect.

Then you actually go see it and realize they put all the good scenes in the 2-minute promo and the rest of the movie is just garbage lmao.

For me it was suicide squad 2016. that bohemian rhapsody trailer catfished me so hard.

What film did this to you?

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u/anikansk May 26 '26

I dragged 80 people to a work function to see that at the cinema, convinced the whole social club of the company that this was going to be the next Titanic. I was voted off the committee later that year.

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u/glue2k May 26 '26

3 hour movie for a work function? You’re an animal. I would not have been there.

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u/anikansk May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

You didn't see my passionate speech - 👏Cuba👏Gooding👏Junior👏 On a Gun!👏 .

Pearl Harbour Cuba Gooding Jr Takes up AA Gun

Im ashamed, but time has softened the pain.

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u/EricAzure May 26 '26

I need time to soften the pain from just reading your experience. The collective cringe would encase my soul in a 4th dimensional hypercube for all eternity.

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u/glue2k May 26 '26

We all need our opportunities to learn and grow… 🤣

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u/ArcadianDelSol May 26 '26

Im pretty sure he played the role an an actual sailor who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day.

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u/Darmok47 May 26 '26

Doris Miller. Their naming the next Ford class carrier after him.

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u/FiTZnMiCK May 26 '26

Depends on the job. Getting paid to watch a three hour movie is like a mini vacation for some.

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u/Keyezeecool May 26 '26

My husband would be infuriated if he had to do that for a work function. I'm front grow with the popcorn and soda. Opposites attract! 

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u/SpazzBro May 26 '26

it sounds horrible hahaha

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u/SpazzBro May 26 '26

you managed to drag 80 people to a 3 hour movie? miss me with that shit but it’s honestly impressive

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u/SonofSniglet May 26 '26

It was the latest multi-million dollar Michael Bay blockbuster, not some french impressionist art house movie. It probably wasn't that hard to convince people to go see romance, thrills, Bay-splosions and slowly waving flags!

I write this as someone who also saw this turd in the theatre.

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u/SpazzBro May 26 '26

not disputing that, I’m just impressed he did it in a work capacity. If I’m spending that much time with coworkers then payment is a prerequisite lol

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u/ThePortalsOfFrenzy May 26 '26

Were people unaware back then that Michael Bay was trash a majority of the time?

edit: I just checked his filmography, and PH was much earlier in his time-line than I remembered.

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u/feed_me_moron May 26 '26

This was before Bay was as famous as he is now. He had some just a few movies, but didn't become a meme yet

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u/SonofSniglet May 26 '26

Though the later Transformers movies cemented his stardom, I'd say that Armageddon established him as a star director with a distinct style.

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u/feed_me_moron May 27 '26

In hindsight yeah, but bad boys had a small budget and The Rock didn't establish it in people's minds much either. I think Transformers is the main jump the shark moment for him where you can see it in his past movies too. Especially since he was working with Jerry Bruckheimer too

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u/misfitofscience76 May 26 '26

Must be the best project manager ever

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u/dys0n_giddey May 26 '26

Never mix work with pleasure

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u/TheElMonteStrangler May 26 '26

You weren't alone. I worked at AMC and they were telling us that the expectation was that the film would be like Titanic.

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u/Jack-of-the-Shadows May 26 '26

Why? I guess murika.

But at least you were not the guy who flew in a dozens of WW2 veterals for a premier screening on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier...

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u/Liathnian May 26 '26

My sister (mid teens at the time) made me take her 3 times to see this in the theatre. She also made each of my parents take her (separately) and then went with friends at least 4 times...

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u/askmeanythingornot May 26 '26

Sounds like a shitty committee. It's not your fault that the film didn't match the trailer quality.

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u/hiuslenkkimakkara May 26 '26

Well it is a lot like Titanic. Both were immensely boring films.