Shoot, dammit! Shoot each other in your faces!
August 30, 2017 5:52 AM Subscribe
The Emmy-nominated team at Honest Trailers is back with another hilarious fête, this time for the movie Face/Off. With over 200 titles under their belt, there's something for everyone, from old favorites like Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Feat. Michael Bolton) and The Princess Bride, current hits like Deadpool (Feat. Deadpool) and Fate of the Furious, and even a few TV shows. Keep an eye out for special features like Retro TV Themes! w/ Michael Bolton & Friends and The Oscars (2017). Submit your own sugesstions on Twitter.
If they stretched the honest trailes to about 10 minutes, most of them would be way better than the original movies.
posted by Laotic at 6:52 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Laotic at 6:52 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
One of their best lines is about Mad Max Fury Road, starring "Fast and Furiosa, and Tom Hardly-in-this-movie."
posted by Pyrogenesis at 7:02 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Pyrogenesis at 7:02 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
I generally don't support the rise of snark culture, yet strangely enough I agree with Honest Trailers about movies I don't like.
posted by fairmettle at 7:22 AM on August 30, 2017
posted by fairmettle at 7:22 AM on August 30, 2017
So. Many. Doves.
posted by wabbittwax at 7:24 AM on August 30, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 7:24 AM on August 30, 2017 [3 favorites]
> I generally don't support the rise of snark culture, yet strangely enough I agree with Honest Trailers about movies I don't like
I love the Fast and Furious movies, and must sadly admit they got the trailer just right. New Paul's Drag Race!
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:33 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I love the Fast and Furious movies, and must sadly admit they got the trailer just right. New Paul's Drag Race!
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:33 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I highly recommend the one they did for Divergent ("wait, guys, didn't we do this one already?" [pointing out how hard they ripped off The Hunger Games]) and the sitdown they do with the guys who wrote/directed John Wick, as well as the brothers who directed the non-Joss Avengers/Captain American films, all of whom were charmingly good-natured about being called on the worst plot holes (mostly with, "we know it's ridiculous but it looked so cool!").
posted by TwoStride at 8:42 AM on August 30, 2017
posted by TwoStride at 8:42 AM on August 30, 2017
How had I never seen that one for the original Willy Wonka? With new songs actually sung by Michael Bolton? I love Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and that trailer was both affectionate and accurate. (I mean, check out Grandpa Joe's coke-nails, you guys.)
posted by theatro at 9:08 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by theatro at 9:08 AM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Huh. Today I learnt Tim Brooke-Taylor was in Willy Wonka.
posted by quinndexter at 9:26 AM on August 30, 2017
posted by quinndexter at 9:26 AM on August 30, 2017
I love the Fast and Furious movies, and must sadly admit they got the trailer just right
I think that's what makes these so great. Sure, there are some easy targets like Fifty Shades of Grey, but the Willy Wonka trailer pulls no punches as Michael Bolton sings about how the oompa loompas were originally black slaves, andthe Adventure Time The Princess Bride trailer calls Westley abusive as it freeze frames on him raising his hand to Buttercup. But I think it's clear these are a labor of love.
OTOH, I also love that they call Count Rugen "His Fingers Go To Eleven." Genius!
posted by Room 641-A at 9:45 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
I think that's what makes these so great. Sure, there are some easy targets like Fifty Shades of Grey, but the Willy Wonka trailer pulls no punches as Michael Bolton sings about how the oompa loompas were originally black slaves, and
OTOH, I also love that they call Count Rugen "His Fingers Go To Eleven." Genius!
posted by Room 641-A at 9:45 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
I generally don't support the rise of snark culture, yet strangely enough I agree with Honest Trailers about movies I don't like.
Honest Trailers is the right dose of silly that I don't mind it. And they usually find a way to shout out when a movie is actually good or even to shout out the one good scene in a bad movie, which kind of tips it more toward "yeah, we're snarking, but it's all in good fun" than, like, the whole Cinema Sins thing of finding fault for the sake of finding fault.
posted by tobascodagama at 9:51 AM on August 30, 2017
Honest Trailers is the right dose of silly that I don't mind it. And they usually find a way to shout out when a movie is actually good or even to shout out the one good scene in a bad movie, which kind of tips it more toward "yeah, we're snarking, but it's all in good fun" than, like, the whole Cinema Sins thing of finding fault for the sake of finding fault.
posted by tobascodagama at 9:51 AM on August 30, 2017
Face/Off really is an absurd film, even for a Nic Cage starring action movie.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:51 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 9:51 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
I love the Fast and Furious movies, and must sadly admit they got the trailer just right. New Paul's Drag Race!
Saaaaaaaaame. (Honestly, it only made me want to see a Lone Wolf and Cub starting Jason Statham. Either that, or just go back and watch the first F&F again. The whole thing was very Uncanny Valley.)
posted by epersonae at 9:54 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
Saaaaaaaaame. (Honestly, it only made me want to see a Lone Wolf and Cub starting Jason Statham. Either that, or just go back and watch the first F&F again. The whole thing was very Uncanny Valley.)
posted by epersonae at 9:54 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
Also, now I really wanna watch Face/Off again. (Confession: I love terrible action movies.)
posted by epersonae at 10:08 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by epersonae at 10:08 AM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
I should mention that if watching video is an issue, the audio should be plenty amusing for movies you know, and even many movies that you just know of.
posted by Room 641-A at 11:23 AM on August 30, 2017
posted by Room 641-A at 11:23 AM on August 30, 2017
Don't skip the Willy Wonka one, it ends with Michael Bolton singing on-point parodies of the songs, including one parody that Mefites should really appreciate.
posted by Emily's Fist at 1:07 PM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Emily's Fist at 1:07 PM on August 30, 2017 [2 favorites]
Huh, I did not remember that Margaret Cho is in face off
posted by numaner at 1:52 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 1:52 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Great call out on Fight Club with a montage of Fight Club products (yes, soap!) at the end. And, of course, the very vulnerable Forrest Gump.
posted by CCBC at 4:09 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by CCBC at 4:09 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Okay, describing Tyler Durden as the Che Guevara of imaginary friends was pretty good. But not as good as referring to Forrest Gump as Usain Dolt.
posted by the duck by the oboe at 11:25 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by the duck by the oboe at 11:25 PM on August 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
Independence Day has another great meta joke in the "Starring" credits, here at 4:01.
posted by Room 641-A at 5:34 AM on August 31, 2017
posted by Room 641-A at 5:34 AM on August 31, 2017
Honest Trailers shows deep affection for their subjects in the treatment of both good and bad movies; it's really clear they love the medium and find the tropes (initially I typed that as "tripes" which is kinda awesome) hilarious.
I like Honest Trailers because they're amazing both for films I like and for films I didn't, whether because they were mediocre or outright bad.
posted by ChrisR at 6:30 AM on August 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
I like Honest Trailers because they're amazing both for films I like and for films I didn't, whether because they were mediocre or outright bad.
posted by ChrisR at 6:30 AM on August 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
"His fingers go to eleven" (Princess Bride) is pretty good.
posted by MtDewd at 11:47 AM on August 31, 2017
posted by MtDewd at 11:47 AM on August 31, 2017
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