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33. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
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
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!