10 Movie Trailers That Don't Spoil ANYTHING
These movie trailers didn't give the audience a clue what lied in store...
A trailer isn't just a preview for a movie - it's a pitch. A trailer's job is to condense an entire film for potential viewers in two or three minutes. To make it look as exciting as possible, most trailers are filled to the brim with the hilarious one-liners, the funniest moments, and epic action sequences.
Sadly, these promos are so desperate to highlight the best moments that they give away too much. The teaser for Terminator 2 spoiled the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing the hero. TV spots for Fast & Furious 9 revealed Han isn't dead. The trailer for Amazing Spider-Man 2 showed the last frame of the movie.
As frustrating as this is, it's easy to understand why it happens. Trailers HAVE to be exciting to get butts in seats. Could you imagine a movie trailer that didn't spoil a thing?
But there are a handful of teasers that have done just that. Not only are there trailers that refuse to spoil anything, some of them display intentionally misleading scenes so the audience will expect a far different film than the one they receive...
10. Godzilla (2014)
Judging by the trailer of the 2014 Godzilla reboot, it was assumed that Bryan Cranston's character, Joe, would be going head-to-head with the King of Monsters. Anyone who saw the movie was surprised to learn that Joe never interacts with Godzilla at any point.
Instead, he and several other scientists attempt to stop a wave of destruction caused by a chrysalis that harbours a bat-like kaiju called MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism). When the Muto awakens, it destroys the facility that Joe resides in, killing him.
Seeing Muto for the first time threw off viewers since the trailer gave no indication that there were any monsters in the film save for the titular character. The final shot in the teaser is of a battle between the two kaiju but the Muto was removed so audience members would be none the wiser.
The audience was also shocked to see the film pull a Psycho and kill off the main star so early in the film. Although it was disappointing that Bryan Cranston didn't appear more, his death was all the more effective since the audience genuinely believed he would survive until the end.