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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

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4ldde wrote

I sure have. What is the good way though?

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BeardMilk t1_ja4psck wrote

Find a reviewer/critic that you generally agree with and then read their reviews.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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