10 Awesome Trailers That Tricked Us Into Seeing Awful Movies

The trailer for Indiana Jones' fourth adventure could literally have consisted of Harrison Ford taking a dump and we'd all still have gone to see the movie.

However, it did not, and instead, the marketing team smartly chose to build their trailer around the fact that this was the long-awaited return of one of the most beloved movie characters of all time.

It's light on plot and new information, but that's okay. It sends you on a trip down memory lane by showing you clips from the first three movies, the nostalgia ratcheting up before you finally catch a glimpse of Indy, complete with his signature brown hat.

Then, that iconic score kicks in as Indy pulls out his whip, rattles off a one-liner and punches a bad guy in the face, the trailer teasing a rollicking, globe-trotting adventure that made it seem like Indy hadn't aged a day since we last saw him.

Everyone had their fingers crossed for Crystal Skull, but painfully, it was a total disappointment.

Filled with too many eye-rolling moments to count (the fridge scene and the monkey-swinging scene were so stupid that it's hard to believe they were included) and an alien-centric story that felt wrong considering the franchise's usual focus on history and myth, Indy's fourth outing was not worth the long wait we'd endured to get it.

Thankfully, Harrison Ford is set to return to the role for one last go-around, and we can only hope that he's been listening to audiences and fans in the nine years since this monstrosity hit cinemas.