Making movie trailers is a very fine art, I understand this. The editor who is tasked with making a movie trailer has to play a very fine balancing act. Their job is to make the viewer want to drop $10+ see a film by only showing them a minute or so of clips from it. How does one go about doing that? You can't show the best scenes in the film. That would give away too much and would make the viewer annoyed after the film. You can't show too much of the plot, or the viewer will have no reason to see the film if they feel that they've seen the whole thing already.
So then, the editor's job is to make someone want to see a film while at the same time not over explaining the plot, and not showing off the best parts of the film. It's a tough task, to be certain. When it is done well, it's brilliant. When it's done badly, it can ruin a film's financial chances.
After seeing this fan made trailer though for the new Conan reboot movie, I have only one thing to say. Someone hire the guy who made this to make every other movie trailer from here on out!!!
I'm not joking, this is the best damn movie trailer I've seen in a long time. Whoever made this is a genius. I didn't really want to go see the new Conan movie before this, but now I'm dying to see it. The person who made this trailer fully knows how to push the selling points of this film.
- Big muscley guys with swords? Check!
- Blood and gore beyond belief? Check!
- Hot, scantily clad women everywhere? Check!
- Cheesy yet awesome rock guitar solos? Check!
- Gratuitous sex? Check!
- Conan decapitating dudes and otherwise maiming them in horrible ways? Check!
The first 30 seconds of the trailer is a nice build up too. Just hold onto your hats though folks. After that 30 seconds, it's nothing but 100% pure bonafide bad ass for the next minute straight!
P.S. I may even break my personal boycott of 3D to go see this movie in that format simply because this trailer advertises it as, "IN 3 . . . FUCKIN . . . D!"
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