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wilsonw t1_ja4cdxo wrote

I wouldn't call it a mess. It's a great film.

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notoliberals OP t1_ja4cp0m wrote

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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