10 Awesome Trailers That Tricked Us Into Seeing Awful Movies
7. Sucker Punch
After his stylish, eye-catching work on 300, Watchmen and Legend Of The Guardians, Zack Snyder's next project was anticipated by many.
That project was Sucker Punch, which was marketed as a thoughtful, character-driven drama coated in slick production values and that cool visual flavour that Snyder is known for.
Sucker Punch's main trailer brought the explosions, stunts and impressive action, but it also looked like it was attempting to rectify the one major complaint people had about Snyder's movies; not enough focus on the story.
But while those steampunk-infused shootouts and that dark narrative looked like a perfect mix in the trailer, the film itself was a total mess.
Snyder had again delivered a style-over-substance flick. The action scenes were the story, but they were excessive, and the constantly-blaring song choices made Sucker Punch feel like an extended music video, the drama slowly being drowned out by samurai giants, robots and fire-breathing dragons.
These elements looked cool in the trailer because we were being shown smaller snippets, so the concept of the movie seemed intriguing - but in reality, it was stupid and repetitive.
On the whole, Sucker Punch was a colossal disappointment. What should have been a tale about a young prisoner finding her inner strength was actually just an excuse to dress a group of attractive women in skimpy outfits and make them shoot stuff. Yay.