In the UK Thelma And Louise was trailed as a female buddy comedy - let's sue...
Woman sues over 'misleading' trailer for "Drive"
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That's pretty hilarious.
I do see her point. False advertising is borderlining criminal. I think outside entertainment it's even illegal.
This is probably what she really thought.
And this probably is what her lawyer added.
I do see her point. False advertising is borderlining criminal. I think outside entertainment it's even illegal.
It won't go anywhere.
Sometimes things at Best Buy are, in fact, NOT the "best" buy. Sometimes Target or Amazon is cheaper. Anyone want to join me in a class action?
How can things on sale at Victoria's Secret be secret?
Sort-of what I'm thinking. I've been to several movies over my lifetime where the trailer advertised something very different than the film itself. But I was either disappointed or surprised.
And, really, I wouldn't be upset if film companies were required to be a touch more "truthful" in the selling of a movie I can certainly see a need for maybe film companies to inform a viewer if there's a large use of epithets and pejoratives in a movie. I mean what was this woman supposed to go on if the movie had a large number of anti-semitic comments in it?
Now, I think going to the extreme of a lawsuit is a bit silly. Especially if she's only wanting her ticket cost back.
But, yeah, a touch more honesty on the content of a movie would be sort of nice and I could see "a need" for telling viewers about racist/hateful themes being a movie if it's not otherwise clear from its title or the trailer itself.
At the same time people need to suck-it-up and deal with some "mean words" and not get butt-hurt over it.
And why aren't we all still watching The Neverending Story?
That was a gag from an early season of the Simpsons:[Homer has been thrown out of an all-you-can-eat restaurant for eating too much]
Lionel Hutz: This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.
Homer: So, do you think I have a case?
Lionel Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I don't use the word 'hero' lightly, but you are the greatest hero in American history.
Homer: Woohoo!
Lionel Hutz: This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.
Homer: So, do you think I have a case?
Lionel Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I don't use the word 'hero' lightly, but you are the greatest hero in American history.
Homer: Woohoo!
Right after I posted about this lawsuit I happened watch the extras on my "Inglorious Basterds" DVD, including the different trailers for different markets. It's interesting how the producers used different trailers and each made the film look like a different movie:
- The American trailer made the film appear to be a John Wayne-style WW2 film with Brad Pittt in every scene.
- The European ("international") trailer played up the German, French and British actors in the film and made it look almost like an "Ocean's 11" style heist film set in WWII.
- The Japanese version was "Kill Bill in WWII" flick about a woman who was out to avenge her murdered family.
I thought it was fairly common knowledge that movie trailers are somewhat misleading. Showing at times all the best bits from the film. If this is about the most recent film called "Drive" about a get away driver. Isn't one of the cliches about getaway drivers is that the other criminals get into the car after robbing a back and say something like "Drive, Drive"?
This woman is an idiot and must not watch many movie trailers. There were PLENTY of hints that this wasn't a typical summer action movie-- from the quiet moments with the kid and girl, to the music and cinematography, to the unconventional actors, to the freakin Cannes Film Festival logo.
Those Fast and Furious trailers are wall-to-wall car stunts and explosions and rap music. The Drive trailer wasn't even remotely like that.
Those Fast and Furious trailers are wall-to-wall car stunts and explosions and rap music. The Drive trailer wasn't even remotely like that.
And there wasn't a pink panther in The Pink Panther! It wasn't even a nature film!
Well, there was a cartoon one in the opening titles.
And The Stripper (1963) had no stripping in it! Shoot, I thought I was gonna see me some nekkid ladies.
I actually was very mislead by the Basterds trailer. I thought it was a WWII action movie starring Brad Pitt. I didn't expect a series of dialogue scenes with Pitt only in a fifth or so of the movie. I appreciate it more now, but when I first saw it I was like WTF is this? I thought Tarentino was making a WAR movie, not a Tarentino movie!
127 Hours was so much shorter than was advertised. It was only like, two hours. And I had geared up for that long haul, too! I'm gonna sue.
I guess it's a good thing we have trailers like Office Space, Arlington Road, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, The Double, Snake Eyes and Double Jeopardy that give everything away.
Hell, The Negotiator trailer had a scene that revealed which side one of the characters was on (and thus spoiled what that character was doing in the third act) and it wasn't even in the final cut.
Hell, The Negotiator trailer had a scene that revealed which side one of the characters was on (and thus spoiled what that character was doing in the third act) and it wasn't even in the final cut.
^ Trailers don't have to spoil a movie to be accurate. Take the trailers for Inception or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, for instance. They clearly present what the movie's about (without getting into too much detail) but avoid spoiling everything. (On the other hand, the Dark of the Moon trailers were always a little vague about exactly what was supposed to be going on.)
It is, but it shouldn't be. Why are entertainment ads allowed to mislead in ways that others aren't?
It is, but it shouldn't be. Why are entertainment ads allowed to mislead in ways that others aren't?