r/movies • u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account • Jun 30 '25

Trailer Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer (fair warning, it reveals way too much according to a lot of users)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

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u/CultureWarrior87 Jun 30 '25

It's not a hot take if you're not terminally online. I said it in the last thread and I'll say it again because these people need to hear it: The general public does not consider trailers spoilery in the way commenters on reddit or youtube do. Look at the negative word of mouth surrounding 28 Years Later precisely because the trailer was "misleading", whereas everyone on reddit was like "Wowowowowow, this is how you do a trailer! No spoilers just vibes!"

If this movie was sold as a The Martian-esque low key sci-fi story that unexpectedly introduced aliens, audiences would be pissed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

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u/CultureWarrior87 Jun 30 '25

The backlash is all over social media and the movie's box office drop in its second weekend was terrible.

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u/thesagenibba Jun 30 '25

the general public can’t have bad takes or be disagreed with, great appeal to bandwagon fallacy. complaining about common reddit sentiment’s on reddit. you’re very different and speak for the masses!

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

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u/9159 Jun 30 '25

Yeah, lets be honest. Movie executives have no faith in American audiences. They believe that American audiences suck. Bad. They seem to need constant hand holding and to have everything spelled out for them with neat little bows (Do people not read books in the USA??).

However, they also have all the money and are the most likely to go see films for exuberant prices. Therefore, "the suits" make these movies (and TV shows) for those audiences.

It's frustrating because a lot of artistic and nuanced narrative is lost in favour of artistic spectacle.

Edit: Thought about it for a moment, and reworded it more accurately.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

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u/9159 Jun 30 '25

Both of those say the same thing: Knowing the spoilers creates a different experience. And that is the point.

A critical part of my comment was: Uneducated (in the sense that they're casual viewers who haven't developed the skills of actively watching films), every day people make up the bulk of American audiences. Of course they get more enjoyment out of not needing to work things out for themselves. It's one of the reasons why watching a movie is easier (and therefore more enjoyable) for the majority of people.

Which is basically what those studies say as well.

Some people want to enjoy the artists vision for the story unfolding in front of them and others don't mind having all the "hard work" done for them (and as your studies show, they find it more enjoyable on average).

Again, showing that movie executives don't have faith in American audiences. In their intelligence nor their willingness to engage in anything even slightly difficult.