1. The Entire Freakin' Movie - Mother's Day (Trailer 1)
The trailer for Mother's Day, the follow-up to other romantic comedy travesties like New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day, is almost like a parody of a trailer you'd find in South Park or something ("Sandy is a single mom...'). It reeks of 2001, and looks like it was pieced together in about twenty-five minutes on a home computer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BPr217zLps As with all the other Garry Marshall films made in this vein, Mother's Day is an ensemble piece, and the trailer essentially outlines every single beat of every character's story, one by one, to the point where you know exactly what's going to happen to all of them (even if it wasn't a super-predictable exercise already). After we're introduced to Sandy (Jennifer Aniston), Bradley (Jason Sudeikis), Jesse (Kate Hudson) and Kristin (Britt Robertson) in 30 second segments and their individual plights have been established, the trailer tells us how they're all going to be resolved in a series of super obvious shots: Sandy and Bradley, two middle-aged singletons looking for love, hook up; Jesse, who has drifted from her mother, rekindles her relationship... you get the idea. How anybody was permitted to put together a trailer like this one is beyond belief, even if it is a movie aimed at the sort of people who don't like movies. Like this article? Are you annoyed that these trailers have spoiled the associated movies? Let us know all your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
