Darren Aronofsky is nothing if not polarise . Whether it ’s a mind - bend stumble down a drug - fuel rabbit hole in " Requiem for a aspiration , " or a dark peek at erotism on the professional ballet circuit in " Black Swan , " the honour - winning author / theatre director ’s film run to elicit strong tone .
Aronofsky ’s musical composition " female parent ! " is garnering a novel variety of feedback from moviegoers . As with many Aronofsky flicks , many looker seem to be go away the theatersconfusedabout what it actually is that they just watch . Per common , the moving picture has alsodividedcritics . But a outspoken group of movie watchers are also miff because they say the terminal intersection on the big screen door looks very little like the trailer advance the film that they determine on TV or online . ( Those expecting a straightforward - up psychological thriller , per the trailer , were treated to an extremely bizarre allegorical horror show . )
The team behind " Mother ! " is n’t the only one to be accused of using photographic film trailers and othermovie selling toolsto sell moviegoers a bill of goods . Here are seven films that did n’t on the button line up with their trailer .
1. “Sweeney Todd,” 2007
The combining of Tim Burton , Johnny Depp and the story of a murderous Samuel Barber out for revenge in Victorian London is something akin to a holy trinity in some cinephile circle . It was certainly enough to get many kinfolk out to the theatre when the cinema drop in 2007 . The only problem is that Dreamworks left out one crucial detail in the film’strailer : " Sweeney Todd " is a musical . Johnny Depp sings . The entire time . So do most of the characters . Sure , Broadway veterans for sure understood going in that the movie was based on Sondheim ditty . The eternal sleep of the crowd was a picayune surprised .
2. “Drive,” 2011
Nicolas Winding Refn ’s 2011 noir criminal offense spell is a nuanced pic about a hombre who drives really well , and does n’t do much else . It won critical extolment and jabber reviews from consultation , but it also offered some filmgoers a little less than what they bargained for at the box office . Just about all of the action that takes blank space over the course of 100 bit of film was also jammed into two and a half minute of movietrailer . The good news is action - craving crowd still get to see a guy get his head stomped in like a Citrullus vulgaris ; the bad newsworthiness for those same the great unwashed is the film was more meditative and esthetic than they ’d gestate .
3. “The Tree of Life,” 2011
If Aronofsky has a kindred spirit behind the camera , it ’s fellow fine art - list director Terrence Malick . The man who delivered the Pacific World War II fever ambition that is " The sparse Red Line " in 1998 followed it up with " The Tree of Life " 13 years later . The film – which star Brad Pitt , Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain — tells the tarradiddle of a Texas family , the father ’s computer storage of his own bringing up , and how it all connect back to the creation of the universe . In other words , it ’s long and sometimes baffling to keep abreast , but it ’s also a attractively shot piece of film .
If you watch thetrailer , you ’re not likely to walk away with any idea of what the film is about other than a family and some discord . Then again , some moviegoer had the same experience after walk out of the theater of operations ; some celluloid even posteda no - refunds policyfor the film , warn motion-picture fan ahead of time they were in for a untraditional drive .
4. “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” 2007
Nic Cage may be astrangehuman being , but he is also a cinematic treasure . For all of the schlock that he churns out , it can be easy to forget that the actor who first plow heads in " Raising Arizona " every once in a while still has a delightfullyover the topperformance ortwoleft in the tank . alas , " National Treasure " is not one of those films . It is not good . So not good that the movie ’s marketing squad load up its trailer with tantrum that arenot actually in the picture .
5. “Scream,” 1996
If you were a teenager in mid-’90s and remember proceed to see " Scream " on the self-aggrandising screen , you probably also remember expect Drew Barrymore to bet a star office in the repugnance flick . She was featured heavy in movie posters and advertising . She also did much of the mechanical press tours in advance of the photographic film . Turns out Drew ’s turn in front of the photographic camera for Wes Craven survive about as long as the previews .
The misdirection was probably by conception . " Scream " is a film about repugnance film , and the figure that often have heavily in them . Wes Craven wanted us to think that Barrymore would roleplay the demoiselle in distress protagonist role , and he desire us to be shocked when she get together her very former demise .
6. “Lost in Translation,” 2003
Sofia Coppola and the team behind " recede in Translation " were robbed . for sure , everyone have a go at it going into the 2003 Oscars that " The Lord of the Rings " was conk home with the best pictorial matter award , but that does n’t mean it was the best picture . The Coppola moving-picture show is a ironic , sorry funniness about loneliness and Japanese whiskey . It is not the lighthearted amorous comedy that it was made out to be in thistrailer .
7. “The Rules of Attraction,” 2002
" The Rules of Attraction " is a move about college star James Van der Beek and Jessica Biel . What folks who are not Brett Easton Ellis disciples may not have known going into the photographic film is that it ’s found on a account book written by the bozo who penned " American Psycho . " This is no simple " Animal House , " despite thetrailer’sfocus on sex , drug and rock ' n ' drum roll on campus . It ’s a expedition over to the dark side of the dormitory .
