For movie enthusiasts looking for some seriously good laughs, I would like to turn your attention to a series of YouTube videos called Honest Trailers. Some very talented people have collaborated to show us a hilarious spin on various films and their flaws. These are the kinds of trailers the studios wouldn’t want you to see, but I’m sure glad someone was funny enough to think of this great idea.
What kind of pictures get the Honest Trailer treatment? Well, for starters, how about every installment of the Twilight franchise? Love how they point out the excessive use of voice-over and the pesky fact that Edward and Bella’s relationship is kind of super creepy if you really think about it.
The Hunger Games is mentioned in the Twilight trailer and it too gets the Honest Trailer treatment.
Some of our most beloved screen heroes are not spared – from James Bond…
to Batman…
to Spider-Man…
to Indiana Jones…
For the ladies, we’ve got some interesting takes on The Notebook…
and Titanic…
There are other laugh inducing trailers for The Avengers, Lord of the Rings, Prometheus, Jurassic Park, Les Miserables, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and more.
So what should we expect the team behind Honest Trailers to spoof in the future? I have a feeling megahit Oz the Great and Powerful could be a candidate. It made a boatload of money, but certainly has its detractors. And there is no doubt this fall’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire will get its Honest Trailer. I’d love to see them take a crack at older titles like Independence Day or The Matrix. And a final request: M. Night Shymalan’s ridiculous The Happening.
I have never been one of those movie buffs who spends much time nitpicking errors or implausibilities. If the story works, a lot of that stuff falls by the wayside. Truth be told, the Honest Trailer folks have figured out a brilliant way to do it. Many of their subjects are solid movies. They even admit it in The Avengers and Dark Knight spots.
My personal fave so far? The Inception Honest Trailer. Great film, but equally great treatment here. It leaves us on a high note… seriously, why didn’t Michael Caine just take Leo DiCaprio’s damn kids overseas?
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