Anyone who loves movies has had at least a grudging love affair with movie trailers.
At their best there is a kind of rough poetry in them. The infamous trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, in which a sea of blood rolls silently out of a set of opening elevator doors, has a kind of chilly elegance.
And even when they’re not at their best, there’s a primal appeal in the way trailers make visual chop suey of a movie’s most memorable images. The Goldfinger trailer is essentially a collection of jagged, vibrant snapshots, including the famous shot of James Bond spotting the reflection of a potential killer in the eye of a steamy seductress.
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We’ve whittled the numerous trailers posted on Hollywood.com in the past month or so down to the top ten. Now it’s your job, dear reader, to vote on which one you think is the most well-crafted trailer of them all.
The nominees are below; feel free to watch them all. If you feel we’ve missed a trailer that’s been posted on Hollywood.com, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Ghost World
Why We Like It:
A rather apt, realistic view of the sad, post high-school world.
Watch It Now:
Real: 56 | 100 | 300
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 |
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Why We Like It:
Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz can really make a tragic war beautiful.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
American Outlaws
Why We Like It:
Jesse James (and Westerns in general) learn to rock ‘n’ roll.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
American Pie 2
Why We Like It:
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here–and in stickier situations than ever.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Ghost of Mars- Advertisement -
Why We Like It:
A high class horror trailer, which is better and scarier than the movie.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Session 9
Why We Like It:
Another horror trailer. This one uses silence to chilling effect.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Spider-Man
Why We Like It:
The first view of the new webslinger in action is just that–pure action.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Why We Like It:
This is Woody distilled down to Woody at his best.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Bandits
Why We Like It:
Bank robbing has never been this lucrative or this much fun.
Watch It Now:
Quicktime: low | high
Real: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Summer Catch
Why We Like It:
Let’s face it: we’re all suckers for a summer baseball movie.
Watch It Now:
Real: 56 | 100 | 300
Windows Media: 56 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Vote for your favorite trailer now!
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