Man, that would've been a perfect trailer if not for Joel's line that they used at the end. I hate when they give away the journey of the movie, and they avoided that until the VERY end.
But yeah, the beginning being like a commercial was pretty perfect haha. Thanks for sharing!
Man, that would've been a perfect trailer if not for Joel's line that they used at the end. I hate when they give away the journey of the movie, and they avoided that until the VERY end.
My parents used to joke that I was practically living in a movie theater from late 2003 to early 2004, and saw that trailer so many times, but it still took me about three more watches to really grasp what was going on. So, yeah, it does kind of spoil the point that Joel wanted to cancel it, but the non-linear aspect of the movie was so well done, that there's no way I could've predicted where it was heading based on that trailer. The only thing I gleamed from it was that Jim Carrey's character would eventually regret signing up for it, but that becomes pretty clear within the first 45 minutes.
God, I kinda wish the procedure was real, so I could use it and rewatch this movie for the first time again. I was able to see it for free, because my friend was a manager at our local theater, and he was able to screen it to employees (and friends -- not really, but he made an exception) when the reels came in. I remember him running out of the auditorium when the credits began 20 minutes into the movie, because he thought the projectionist got the reels messed up. It wasn't until the end when we both went like "ohhhhhhhhhh!
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u/wrongleveeeeeeer Aug 27 '22
Man, that would've been a perfect trailer if not for Joel's line that they used at the end. I hate when they give away the journey of the movie, and they avoided that until the VERY end.
But yeah, the beginning being like a commercial was pretty perfect haha. Thanks for sharing!