May 27, 2005

The Island European trailer

TheIsland1.jpgI don't often understand why there are different trailers for the different markets, oh I know the reasoning, but I don't understand the rationale. It labels groups of countries as intelligent, biased against foreign actors, dumb, etc, etc. It's only until I compare this trailer with the previous US release trailer that I realised the obvious differences. This European version has:

  • More of the British actors on screen and voiceover
  • Less action
  • More suspense building
  • Closer scrutiny on the story and the explanation
  • More psychological play on the Big Brother and Corporate evil theme

Whereas the first trailer was all action. I get why the first trailer would create a success, and why this one would too, but for very different reasons. It's also interesting to think that they both portray different movies to a degree, and I think the US trailer will turn out to be the real content of the movie. What are your thoughts after you've checked it out? I saw it courtesy of Coming Soon.


Posted by at May 27, 2005 03:05 AM


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i am so so so so excited for this movie!

Posted by: Marla Singer at May 27, 2005 01:40 PM