Posted by deering24 on 01/11/43 11:35

moviePig wrote:
>
> What's a bitch is that, e.g., the *trailer* (iirc) gives away who the
> villain is. Sure, so does the movie within 5 minutes... but it does at
> first pay a little lip-service to some low-level misdirection. I figure
> the studio said, "We want clips. Screw the plot." Typical, to be
> sure... but that means that few screenwriters should ever consider using
> an early far-reaching surprise.

But the misdirection is terrific, because for a good part of the
trailer, you think the movie is going to be your typical unbearable
"meet cute" romantic comedy. What was misleading was how it ended on a
close-up of Murphy's eye--which, given the title, made me think it was a
vampire movie or something.

C.
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