iFilm Tagged Articles at Cinematical

In the interest of equal time, I also wanted to bring to your attention another list from the folks over at iFilm. As I already told you before, they picked their worst trailers of the year and posted them for your viewing dis-pleasure. Now, they've also listed their picks for the best trailers of the year -- again according to iFilms' users and editors.

It's pretty amazing the differences between the two lists. On the best list you can really tell from the trailers that the movies are going to be good -- or at least better than most. Sure, trailer cutting is an art form all its own and I know several people who make a very good living just putting trailers together. But still, its as if the guys who were cutting the trailers on the worst list knew the movies they were working with sucked. Really, how could they not know? They did watch the footage while doing their jobs. Maybe the lack of quality had a negative effect on their work? Who knows.

Anyway, some of the movies that made the best list include potential Oscar winner The Departed, the exceptional documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the kick-ass Casino Royale and the highly anticipated 300. One thing I can tell you for sure about 300, watching the trailer at the iFilm site or most anywhere online doesn't really do the film justice. Seeing it in HD after downloading it from XBox Live really shows how fantastic the look of the film is going to be. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I can't wait for that one to hit theaters. Stay tuned for Cinematical's Best Trailers of 2006 post coming up later this month.

If you read this site very often (and my stuff in particular) you know I don't like going out to the movie multiplex as much as I used to. When I do venture out, I'm usually at some sort of screening and so I'm not exposed to one of the things I actually miss about going to the movie multiplex -- trailers.

A good trailer can make you excited to see a film just like a bad one can make you wonder how something like that ever got made in the first place. Maybe somebody lost a bet or something? Sadly, we'll probably never know. Good or bad, interesting or ridiculous, trailers are still one of the most effective ways to market a film and build awareness of it out there with the public.

Without trailers, the public would have to rely on word of mouth or the press to help them decide which movies to see. Believe me, no studio wants that -- so instead, we get trailers. Over at iFilm they've listed their top-ten worst trailers of the year -- at least according to iFilm users. Some of the cinematic gems represented by this list include Employee of the Month, Zoom and the superbly bad Codename: The Cleaner. Hey, how did that movie get made? Did someone lose a bet or something? Enjoy.