Do NOT watch the trailer for Death at a Funeral (Chris Rock) - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

clavus · 01-10-2010, 08:39 PM

If you see a movie trailer and it starts with Chris Rock at a funeral, close your eyes, cover your ears, turn off the TV, run out of the room, do whatever you can to NOT SEE THE TRAILER. It is for the remake of Death at a Funeral and it gives away some of the funniest parts of the whole damn movie. Better yet, just rent the original. It's only a couple years old and it is funny as Hell. I bet the remake will be funny too, but only about half as funny to the people who had all the good parts ruined by the trailer.

Why do they do that anyway? If I had not already seen the original, and then I saw the remake, I'd be pissed.

Shauk · 01-11-2010, 04:41 AM

I generally try to avoid trailers because of that reason, they lessen the movie experience.

LoganSnake · 01-11-2010, 07:12 AM

If they call it a comedy and the trailer isn't chock full of funny parts, nobody would show up.

inBOIL · 01-11-2010, 08:01 PM

Death at a Funeral doesn't seem to be Chris Rock's style. I can't imagine him doing the original justice.

spindles · 01-11-2010, 08:03 PM

why oh why would they make another version of this? As clavus said it isn't even that old...

Baraka_Guru · 01-11-2010, 08:45 PM

Okay, I watched it. I watched the trailers to both movies.

I'm thinking it might actually work. (Mind you, I didn't see the original.) It seems different enough in that it's been "transposed" comedically (from "British" humour to "American" humour).

We saw a similar thing happen with The Office. I thought it was dumb that they did an American version, but look how that turned out.

I kinda want to see both films to see how they differ. I remember seeing the original trailer back before its release and wanting to see it, but I never got around to it.

ObieX · 01-14-2010, 08:55 AM

Should avoid the Iron Man 2 trailer as well. It's pretty much the entire movie.

01-10-2010, 08:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Do NOT watch the trailer for Death at a Funeral (Chris Rock) If you see a movie trailer and it starts with Chris Rock at a funeral, close your eyes, cover your ears, turn off the TV, run out of the room, do whatever you can to NOT SEE THE TRAILER. It is for the remake of Death at a Funeral and it gives away some of the funniest parts of the whole damn movie. Better yet, just rent the original. It's only a couple years old and it is funny as Hell. I bet the remake will be funny too, but only about half as funny to the people who had all the good parts ruined by the trailer. Why do they do that anyway? If I had not already seen the original, and then I saw the remake, I'd be pissed. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

01-11-2010, 07:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	If they call it a comedy and the trailer isn't chock full of funny parts, nobody would show up. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

01-11-2010, 08:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	Death at a Funeral doesn't seem to be Chris Rock's style. I can't imagine him doing the original justice. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

01-11-2010, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	why oh why would they make another version of this? As clavus said it isn't even that old... __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

01-11-2010, 08:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Okay, I watched it. I watched the trailers to both movies. I'm thinking it might actually work. (Mind you, I didn't see the original.) It seems different enough in that it's been "transposed" comedically (from "British" humour to "American" humour). We saw a similar thing happen with The Office. I thought it was dumb that they did an American version, but look how that turned out. I kinda want to see both films to see how they differ. I remember seeing the original trailer back before its release and wanting to see it, but I never got around to it. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

01-11-2010, 04:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	I generally try to avoid trailers because of that reason, they lessen the movie experience.

01-14-2010, 08:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
ObieX Pickles Location: Shirt and Pants (NJ)	Should avoid the Iron Man 2 trailer as well. It's pretty much the entire movie. __________________ We Must Dissent.