Trailer 3: Audience Reaction

[Jon1701]

I have a couple of friends like that and I always try to give them false time for when the movie begins.
If it starts at 8 I tell them it starts at 7:30

That worked for a while. He's wise to it now. He factors in my factored in time for him being late.

I would have opened a can of whoop-ass had I missed the Star Trek trailer, but my girlfriend assured me it was not.

Your girlfriend is wise. What you don't know won't hurt you.

Nah, It wasn't on. I ran out in the middle of "The Boat that Rocked" and came back in the middle of "Terminator Salvation". Not that much time had passed.

I think she would have told me. I was rabidly telling her about the new trailer on Friday afternoon. Her rolly-eyed girlfriend response was:

"Why do they keep bringing Trailers out? Can't they just bring the film out instead?"

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The Trek trailer as well as the one for the Wolverine movie and for "Terminator Salvation" were shown. There was no noticable audience reaction to any of them.

Same here. Although we got the first Star Trek trailer again, not the third one.

Looking back, the best audience reaction to a trailer that I've ever seen was the trailer for Terminator 2, follwed by (oddly enough), the trailer for The Fly 2.

Actually, the best audience reaction I ever saw to a trailer was to "Best Defense:" it consisted of silence followed after a couple of beats by one guy at the back of the theater saying "guess we can give that a miss," followed by thunderous general applause for the remark.

 

[pookha]

if people dont laugh out loud at the wrong stuff then it is doing better then nemsis.

 

[JuanBolio]

Mild reaction down in Key west last night. Mostly quiet, with a couple people exclaiming "Oh!" when they realized what it was. I heard some scattered murmurs of anticipation when it came to an end.

Watchmen was amazing, btw. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

 

[trekkerguy]

Watchmen was amazing, btw. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Agreed.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I thought Watchmen was great, too.

 

[Vektor]

I'm trying to figure out what it was you expected...

I loved it, "happy-golucky-rainbow-funtimes" rarely addresses any serious issues.
And I don't find, essentialy, world peace to be depressing. The point is there
are stark realities to getting to those points. It saddens me to see people
squeemish at anything that doesn't take place in a fairy tale land.

Whoah! Back the horse cart up a sec here. I already said I wasn't expecting a feel-good movie, certainly not a "happy-golucky-rainbow-funtimes fairy tale land." Kindly keep your words in your own mouth.

I heard a lot of things about the graphic novel, mostly involving words like "dark" and "brooding" and "gritty" but also "profound" and "thought-provoking." I went to see it hoping the latter would outweight the former, but mostly I just found it to be depressing and morose and the ending was more preposterous than profound. What exactly was the message? Go kill a few million people, blame it on a contrived common enemy and suddenly there is nothing but peace, love and harmony throughout the world? Yeah, okay, whatever.

If you loved it, great, glad you did. It just wasn't my thing, and I suspect it will not go over well with a lot of other people either, especially the ones who weren't already fans of the graphic novel. As I said, I expect it to make a ton of money the first weekend and then drop like a rock. If it had been released a couple of years ago in happier times, I think it would have done better, but I just don't think it's the kind of movie most people are going to want to see right now. Then again, it could set a new box office record for all I know; I'm just going with my gut reaction here.

And just so this post isn't totally off-topic, I think Star Trek will benefit from the exact opposite effect. If it truly does play on an optimistic vision of the future then it couldn't be released at a better time. Even the relatively short delay from last December to this coming May could prove to have been highly fortuitous.

 

[trekkerguy]

Kindly keep your words in your own mouth.

Um, how bout no?

Thank you very much and Jolan Tru.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

And just so this post isn't totally off-topic, I think Star Trek will benefit from the exact opposite effect. If it truly does play on an optimistic vision of the future then it couldn't be released at a better time.

As long as it's an exciting ride, yeah. Star Trek's traditional "optimism" isn't something that I think many folks are going to buy into or get excited about again - ever. It's dated, and it's corny because it's so naively earnest.

What makes for "feel good" movies isn't optimism, it's some combination of humor, sentimentality and excitement. If Abrams knows what he's doing in that regard the movie might benefit from those things.

 

[M'Sharak]

Kindly keep your words in your own mouth.

Um, how bout no?

How about yes? You misrepresented what he said and he called you on it. Taken too far, that sort of tactic can be called trolling. I'd prefer not to see it at all.

Frankly, this habit you've got of going after someone who holds a different opinion than yours using what essentially boils down to "Oh, Yeah? Well, too bad!" is getting a bit worn out. It isn't necessary for you to challenge people for expressing an opinion, when all you're doing is telling them they're wrong. Just let it be, okay? We've got room for all sorts of different opinions here.

And speaking of worn out:

Thank you very much and Jolan Tru.

...that little 'Jolan Tru' trick is worn out. You can stop it any time.

 

[shapeshifter]

Well, sadly, my audience didn't get too emotional at all for the trailer. I heard a few mumblings around the auditorium but could not make out if they were positive or not.

Response to Terminator and the new Tarentino film, (Inglorious Bastards remake) was the same. Most enthusiastic response was for Observe and Report.


I am so happy I saw the new trailer before going to this film. That gave me time to get past the height of excitement about it. Had the first time been today at the movie I do not believe I could have paid any attention to Watchmen, for being distracted by the new footage.

Finally, Watchmen was pretty darn good, (I never read the book) very engaging story. 3-1/2 of 5 stars.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I'm glad to hear that someone unfamiliar with the book could get enough out of Watchmen to enjoy it - that's been a source of some debate, as you can imagine.

Oh, I just finished rereading the novel - haven't looked at it in many years - and I don't see any cynicism at the heart of either the book or the movie. A couple of the characters are pretty cynical, it's true...

 

[Jeyl]

I think the trailer is great, but it misses the element that I liked about the series as a whole. The rest of the CREW!

I myself prefer the UK version of the trailer with Uhura telling Kirk that she hopes he knows what he's doing. I mean, he just sat on 'the' chair while everyone is just standing there!

 

[Vektor]

As long as it's an exciting ride, yeah. Star Trek's traditional "optimism" isn't something that I think many folks are going to buy into or get excited about again - ever. It's dated, and it's corny because it's so naively earnest.

What makes for "feel good" movies isn't optimism, it's some combination of humor, sentimentality and excitement. If Abrams knows what he's doing in that regard the movie might benefit from those things.

I really wasn't talking about Trek's traditional sense of optimism. Trek hasn't really given us a believable vision of the future in years. I think this is something that Abrams and company understand. Define "feel good" however you like as long as the people who come to see it walk out of the theater feeling better than when they went in.

 

[datas_cat_spot]

It was mostly quiet for all of the trailers shown. Trek did have the audience "buzzing" so to speak. It's that kind of collective tension and exhalation at the end of it. Watchmen was brilliant.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Define "feel good" however you like as long as the people who come to see it walk out of the theater feeling better than when they went in.

That would make Watchmen a "feel good" movie for me, but I'm perverse.

 

[Vektor]

Define "feel good" however you like as long as the people who come to see it walk out of the theater feeling better than when they went in.

That would make Watchmen a "feel good" movie for me, but I'm perverse.

Fair enough.

 

[Brent]

Just saw Watchmen, no Star Trek trailer in our theater sadly (Boone, NC)

There was the latest Terminator Salvation preview (with NIN music) though which rocked.

 

[Michael Chris]

That is one trailer that I wanted to see more than the Trek trailer on the big screen, and they didn't have it. Ah well.

 

[Saul]

It was generally quiet in my theatre, but I did hear one woman say "Not another one?" She might have been talking about something else, but it was just as the trailer ended...

That woman obviously didn't get the point of the Trailer.

I dare say a lot of Women won't. They aren't really into the big action Sci-fi movies, I dare say they'll be quite a few Women saying "Not another one". Present company accepted of course.