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It looks like a great story: a farmer tries to build a rocket to launch himself into outerspace...with the help of his kids and family. The beginning of the trailer had charm and a premise that was pretty interesting. NASA tries to intervene as people start to wonder...can this farmer joe actually build a rocket?
But then...
Spoiler:
They show a bunch of townfolks staring upwards into the sky right before the police try to stop the launch...which seems to indicate that he did indeed lift off, thus ruining part of the surprise that the movie was building up to.
Not only that...in the TV trailers they ACTUALLY SHOW the rocket taking off from the barn, just in case we had any doubts what people were staring at before. Real nice Warner.
I still want to see it, and it looks like a great movie. Anyone else feel the same way?
Re: The Astronaut Farmer...worst ad campaign ever?
Eh, Spider Man 3's trailer shows ......
Spoiler:
Spider-Man killing the alien symbiot (black costume) with the church bells.
"Did you know that more people are murdered at 92 degrees Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower temperatures, people are easy-going, over 92 and it's too hot to move, but just 92, people get irritable."
Re: The Astronaut Farmer...worst ad campaign ever?
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But then...
Did you know that in those little preview windows you get when you hover over the thread links, it shows the text in the spoiler boxes? Not your fault of course, but ironic.
More to the point, don't you remember that according to "market research", the American viewing public wants to "know what it's getting", so trailer monkeys routinely give away the whole damn movie, to show the most eye-catching scenes.
Re: The Astronaut Farmer...worst ad campaign ever?
I thought the same thing -I downloaded the trailer to my PS3, watched it, was thinking it will be really good, then the end scenes ruined it for me. The best part would have been the build up to "does it actually work?", "will he lift off against NASA/GOV. orders/threats?"
I guess everything works out in the end. Thanks for saving me babysitting $$ and ticket and snacks $$, Warner.
Re: The Astronaut Farmer...worst ad campaign ever?
This has been an ongoing complaint of mine for years. There are movies that I just don't ever go watch because the trailer gives the whole thing away. If there's a movie I want to see, I try to stay away from trailers altogether.
Not your fault of course, but ironic.