8 Awesome Trailers for 8 Unspeakably Bad Movies

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?
 
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Cameron Carpenter is an aspiring screenwriter, current film and journalism student, and self-diagnosed cinephile, which only sounds bad in certain circles. Devoted fan of comics, movies, theater, Jesus Christ, Sidney Lumet, and Peter O'Toole, he sometimes spends too much time on his Scribd and comicbookmovie.com, but doesn't think you're one to judge, devoted reader. You can follow him on Twitter to watch him talk to people you didn't know exist. Oh, and Daredevil is quite the big deal around here (my head).