8 Awesome Trailers for 8 Unspeakably Bad Movies

By Cameron Carpenter /

4. Alexander

I'm no Oliver Stone fan, but I'll defend both Colin Farrell and Val Kilmer until the day I die. Except in Alexander. The movie, which trailer promises to be more Braveheart and less a homeless man's vomit, is a petrifying-ly long snooze fest of incoherent battle scenes, rampant, awkward, and violent sex, and accents mumbled through or all-together forgotten by the time the credits roll. Simply put: it's not great. The trailer, however, goes with the ever-easy "less is more" take. It's by no means showy and in-your-face, but rather relaxed and smartly keeping the protagonist as the main focus. None of the stars are fighting for the spotlight here, and it works in its favor. And who can resist a voice-over from master class actor Anthony Hopkins?