10 Movie Trailer Cliches Everyone Is Tired Of

3. Scenes That Aren't In The Movie

Infinity War Heroes
Marvel Studios

While on one hand an unpredictable trailer can throw off audience expectations in a pleasant way, isn't it also super annoying when an awesome-looking shot, one-liner or entire sequence from a trailer doesn't make it into the final film?

Obviously filmmaking is a collaborative and variable process where just about everything can be altered in post-production, the phrase "kill your darlings" doesn't quite apply when it comes to incredible trailer money shots.

Examples: Rogue One's marketing featured a number of alternate takes and sequences (most presumably cut to extensive re-shoots), Spider-Man: Homecoming missed out that incredible shot of Spidey (Tom Holland) and Iron Man flying through the air, and Avengers: Infinity War elided the epic hero shot of The Avengers running towards the screen (which may or may not end up in Endgame).

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