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notoliberals OP t1_ja4cp0m wrote

Reply to comment by wilsonw in Is it just be that found the trailer for "In Bruges" to be deceitful? by notoliberals

Maybe it is, but it is nothing like in the trailer. It is like ordering a big mac and getting a molecular gastronomy dish instead. Clearly not what was promissed...

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wilsonw t1_ja4dtgv wrote

Movie trailers are designed to get butts in seats. They are made by a different company all together usually. The director rarely has any input.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4emne wrote

I mean...it is like whoever was in charge of marketing realized that the real movie would appeal to very few people and instead presented it as a Guy Richie-type comedy that many people would have been glad to watch.

I have made this post mostly because I was furious at getting tricked into wasting 2 hours watching something totally different from what I was promised. For over an hour, I watched the movie waiting for the depressing bit to end and for the fun comedy action to finally start, and never got it.

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wilsonw t1_ja4ftwf wrote

A movie trailer isn't a promise. You haven't been wronged.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4g8je wrote

Than what is it?

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wilsonw t1_ja4i8od wrote

It's advertising. It's like complaining the Big Mac in a commercial doesn't look the same as the one you bought.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4iqlg wrote

That would be a fair complaint as far as I am concerned. Presenting your product in your advertisement in a way it is misrepresentation of it is THE definition of false advertising...

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thewackjob t1_ja4fvtm wrote

Why did you sit through a whole 2 hour movie that you weren’t enjoying?

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4g6ee wrote

Sunk costs fallacy I guess...by the time I fully realized I was cheated by the trailer I was already way past the middle of the movie.... I might as well see how it all ends...

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Much-Ad-7260 t1_ja5u5og wrote

Easy solution for you, don't watch trailers so you don't have false expectations. Going mostly blind into movies is much better.

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