Submitted by notoliberals t3_11cprcx in movies
Insane_Overload t1_ja4l6cc wrote
Trailers are not a good way to gauge what a movie will be like as they are designed to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. Hopefully you have learned a lesson for the future
notoliberals OP t1_ja4ldde wrote
I sure have. What is the good way though?
BeardMilk t1_ja4psck wrote
Find a reviewer/critic that you generally agree with and then read their reviews.
notoliberals OP t1_ja4r7is wrote
Hmm...that is a good idea.
BeardMilk t1_ja4rnri wrote
Yes, its worked for about 100 years now.
Insane_Overload t1_ja4mg3n wrote
I think it depends how much information you are looking for going into the movie. Rotten tomatoes tends to be what I use.
notoliberals OP t1_ja4onfo wrote
I looked at rotten tomatoes and saw very high reviews. I naively thought that it means that the movie is all the trailer promised it to be. Alas, I was deeply mistaken.
ThePancakeFell t1_ja4p6x6 wrote
You're mistaken about a lot of things
notoliberals OP t1_ja4po9j wrote
Care to elaborate?
Insane_Overload t1_ja4tf4z wrote
Yeah I think it is good to check a few summaries from there to get a feel what it will be like. Im not sure what dark comedies you have seen in the past but in my experience, there often is a sadder element to them too
notoliberals OP t1_ja4tv9t wrote
I consider movies like "Snatch" and "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" to be dark comedies. The trailer seemed to suggest that "In Bruges" would of the the same genre. I see a lot of people disagree with me on this.
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