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The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time
From "Watchmen" to "The Minus Man," we count down the greatest trailers out there.
You don’t need to see the movie it’s promoting to know when a trailer is great. Case in point: the gorgeous preview for Spike Jonze’s long-awaited “Where the Wild Things Are.” The film doesn’t open for another four months, but the trailer has been repeatedly setting our mouths agape since it debuted in March. After the months and even years of reported battles between Jonze and Warner Bros. over the film, our first look at some of the finished product made it become instantly clear that whether or not you cared about Maurice Sendak’s original book, the movie was going to be something to see.
The trailer not only gives us a good look at the Wild Things, but also the wilderness around them: Jonze told Entertainment Weekly he shot in real Australian locations to give the film a “naturalistic feel,” and in even in fleeting glimpses there’s something magical about the sight of these enormous, otherworldly creatures romping in an environment free of green screen chicanery. And whether Jonze’s movie is good or bad, masterpiece or mess or something in between, the trailer is pretty much perfect: just over two minutes of beautiful visuals, quirky hand-lettered title cards and a soaring rendition of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” that, according to MTV.com, was “re-recorded specifically for the film.” No matter how well it fits into the movie, it couldn’t be any better suited to the trailer. –Matt Singer
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