Which trailers were actually better than the movie?
Trailer culture has never been more important to the movie business.
Late-night TV shows battle for first-play exclusives on superhero sequels.
Major media companies compete with Internet citizens to craft the perfect in-summation trailer GIF.
The fortunes of megafranchises can be made or broken in 150 seconds or less.
But which trailers stood out from the pack in 2015?
Which trailers made you want to see the movie?
Or, perhaps the more interesting question: Which trailers were actuallybetterthan the movie?
10.American Ultra, red-band version
The movie is a confused mixture of sloppy ultraviolence andJunovian hipster romcom.
The first 90 seconds ofCreedgrab your attention the old-fashioned way: A brilliant young actor, immediately captivating you.
8.The Big Short
A potentially hard sell a movie about finance!
Show this to your children; tell them about The Millennials.
6.Point Break
I believe that, like me, the people behind these robberies are extreme athletes.
Using their skills to disrupt the international financial markets.
And they dont care who gets killed in the process.
Carry us away, Xtreme Johnny Utah.
(In theaters Dec. 25)
5.The Revenant
Youve heard of Boot Camp workouts?
(In theaters Aug. 5)
3.The Boy
Is it a trailer, or a spoof trailer?
You laugh, at first.
Then you get a bit scared.
Then you laugh again.
Then: Scared again.
Run from the evil doll,Walking DeadMaggie!
But just in case, Marvel adds in freaking Black Panther, too!
But just in case, heres Doomsday, a.k.a.
if youre one of the few billion humans who werent reading comics in the early 90s.
(In theaters March 25)
