
02-11-2004, 02:10 PM
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Oh, I agree about the whole journey bit  , but there are movies that literally give the entire story away (including the often cliche ending) in the preview. One example that comes to mind is Swimfan. The preview indicated that it was perhaps one of the worst movies, and I happened to catch the 2 minute preview which basically showed me the entire movie. I knew to, (and in retrospect wisely so since it did turn out to be bad), stay away from it. However, from the point of view of the movie makers, they lost a customer by showing so much of it that they killed any hope of suspense. Of course, I probably would have stayed away from that movie in any case by reading critic reviews ;-).
You may also have heard about Bruce Almightly and the fact that people were so disappointed with the movie as all the funny scenes had already been shown in the previews. I can give a lot more examples, but...
Well, I guess I have to concede that the the previews also attract a significant amount of the population, so I am probably in the very small minority. Oh well...
Suhit
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