The Worst Movie Trailers of 2011

Cutting trailers can be a difficult task: teasing with some of the best moments of a film, without giving away the whole plot.

Well, that job is made even harder for films with no best moments in, or are just so cheesy that they instantly convince millions of people to NEVER see that movie. With all the seasonal talk of “Best of the year lists”, Oscars, Awards and the like, we’d like to remind you of some of the reasons why 2011 sucked. If nothing else, purely to encourage you to check out your local independent filmmakers and movie screenings.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

With tag lines such as “The Inspiring True Story” and audio snippets of “he gives us hope”, you could be forgiven for almost thinking that this is the life of a paralympian or a Political prisoner of the 1960s. Alas, no, it is that of tiny popstar, Justin Bieber. Wait, the life story of a 16 year-old? Yep.

Bucky Larson

Adam Sandler ups the stakes in the ‘people who used to be funny now making incredibly bad movies’ category. If there were any jokes in the movie, they sure kept them out of this trailer.

Breaking Dawn

Remember we just said how cutting a trailer is even harder for films with no strong moments? Yeah, that. Something about a letter, and a wedding, and a contract-stipulated topless scene. However, the worst thing about this, is that there is still another sequel to come.

Happy Feet 2

Penguins go gangsta rap? Selling ‘Sexy Back’ to a pre-teen market? Even if singing animated characters hadn’t already been done 100 times over, here is a classic lesson in how not to do it.

But there is hope…

Not wanting to be too much of a Scrooge, here’s a brilliant example of how to make a dazzling trailer.

The Dark Knight Rises

Take a best-selling comic book and much-loved prequels, add Christopher Nolan’s haunting industrial visuals and a Hans Zimmer soundtrack, and boom. Trailer magic.

by Lee Jarvis.

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