How sad is it that week after week, people from all over the world get tricked by money by Hollywood? Let's face it, the highest paid people in your organization should not be actors and it should not be directors, should simply the men and women, as most of us have never heard of. They are those that edit movie trailers together. They are the ones that give us a glimpse of their new movie has to offer, and they are those who deceive us the most. This holds true for any genre, but in particular in the case of a horror/suspense and comedy. They trick you often shows you the funniest or scariest scenes in the movie and do you think that the whole movie will be filled with the same.
How many times have you seen a movie trailer and trøde that even "wow that movie looks amazing, I can't wait to see it". You then go see the movie, and it is nothing like what the trailer made it seem to be? Months before the movie is released you get bombarded with PR for the film, from posters, trailers and even pop up ads on the Internet, and you get so full of hope for these high budget, and often times low talent films that you can't help but expect them to be great. So now you have wasted nearly $ 10 dollars for movie ticket, and while I try to avoid over prices, while satisfying snack line, most people want to go and spend at least another $ 10 there.You have now spent almost $ 20 for a very boring, sometimes with vex 2 hours of your life, as you will never get back. it would be bad enough, but the worst part about it is that you probably want to go and do it again next weekend as well.
So how can you avoid being lured by the studios, and how can you avoid wasting money after seeing these mini movie called trailers? Truth is good there is no way to be 100% sure that you see the movie will be good, but here are a few things you can do to increase the chances to lose less money by watching the better movies out there.
1. See trailers-although often deceive us, trailers, they are still necessary to get an idea of what the movie might be about.
2. read many reviews-is the key to reading reviews not only read one and then go on to what the author had to say ... many and most important, try and find reviews from people who seem to have similar tastes as yourself. Most of us go see the movie with some friends, because they usually have similar tastes as us and want to enjoy the same things. The same goes for movie reviews. Find reviewers who seems to have similar tastes as you, and that will help you in picking your next movie.
3. Actors/Directors-if the main actor is a person you don't usually like, so it's a good chance that you don't want to like this movie either.The same applies to the Director. a lot of times the average person doesn't even know who is directing the film before they see it. If you would just check this in advance they can find out that this person has been involved in many movies, that they did or did not like. Movies in this sense, much like reading a book. Would you go buy a book that was written by the author that you hate?Try using the same logic with film-makers.
4. how many times have you seen the movie trailer?I have recently come to the conclusion that if I see the movie trailer on TV more than 5 times in the week before the film will be released, so I have no desire to see this movie anymore, or at least on opening weekend.This is more a general rule for me who do not hold I always true to it.For example, I could see the trailer for Spider-Man 3 100 times in the week before it comes out, and I will still see the open day. They have done enough for me in the first two movies to convince me that third party will be equally good. This has caused me some disappointment in the past (The Matrix movies), but generally when seeing continuations and trilogies it is ok to see the 2nd or 3rd If you liked first.
5. Wait until the opening weekend is over. There are so many movies sites out there now to find out what the public has thought of a movie. If you do not trust the professional movie reviews, then wait a week or two after the movie has been released, and find out what others think about it. This will in turn help you filter out some of the bad movies out there.
I understand again that there is no full proof plan to avoid seeing a bad film, but my advice to them is to put a little more thought and research in the movies you watch, before you go, and then hopefully your parent movie experience will improve.
Michael forwarded is at the head film critic to onifc.com-Online interactive Film Community site.
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