Top 10 Movies Destroyed by the Trailer

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Let the cringe begin! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most disliked and lambasted movie trailers, usually due to intense fan backlash.

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most disliked and lambasted

00:09movie trailers, usually due to intense fan backlash.

00:16Let the cringe begin.

00:18Number 10.

00:19A Minecraft Movie

00:20As of writing, the movie has not even come out.

00:23Yet, the trailer has had Minecraft fans seething.

00:26Based on the very popular game, the film will follow four people as they are sucked into

00:30the world of Minecraft.

00:31This premise, deemed unoriginal by fans, is not the only bone of contention.

00:39From the random Beatles song, to the lack of Minecraft-style animation, to that random

00:43pink sheep, this trailer provided a lot of fodder for haters.

00:46Oh, and Jack Black introducing himself as Steve, while looking very much like Jack Black,

00:50has already become a meme.

00:57Since then, fans have fixed the trailer by either doing their own, or animating it in

01:01the style of Minecraft.

01:02Either way, it's not a good start.

01:06Number 9.

01:07Gods of Egypt

01:08Is there no end to this film's many controversies?

01:11The film faced early backlash for its character posters, revealing white actors playing Egyptian

01:16gods.

01:18The trailer did not make matters any better, triggering a wave of debate on all sides,

01:23with many predicting a flop.

01:24Sure enough, the film became a box office bomb, with negative critical reviews.

01:30Most critiqued the bad script, and unconvincing special effects.

01:34Compounding this, was director Alex Pruys' own complaints about the negative reviews.

01:38It's hard to judge whether a better trailer, or marketing in general, would have eased

01:41the controversy, but it certainly didn't help.

01:47Number 8.

01:49Marvels

01:50Even the biggest studios must eventually fail.

01:52This sequel to the first Captain Marvel movie, was always going to be subject to massive

01:56fan scrutiny.

01:57When the trailer finally came out, it quickly became the MCU's most disliked trailer on

02:03YouTube.

02:04Much of this stemmed from the hate campaign against the lead Brie Larson, prompting review

02:07bombing campaigns for the Marvels, and She-Hulk.

02:11No doubt ingrained sexism and racism also contributed to fan backlash, as the Marvels

02:16would be led by three women, two of whom non-white.

02:19The film suffered at the box office, with mixed critical reviews.

02:22Ironically, a high point noted in the reviews, is the good performances of its leads, which

02:27goes to show.

02:30Number 7.

02:31Warcraft

02:32The power of music cannot be overestimated.

02:42The second trailer for Warcraft, another video game adaptation doomed to failure, was

02:46released in 2016, much to fan skepticism.

02:49It wasn't the CGI or actors that caused alarm, rather, it was the fact that, for some reason,

02:55this second trailer had dubstep?

03:02It was a strange musical decision, especially as the first trailer had more conventional

03:06music for an epic film.

03:07The director even had to assure fans that the film would be fully scored.

03:11Sure enough, there were no musical oddities in the actual movie, but it's strange that

03:15it should happen once, right?

03:21Number 6.

03:22Madame Web

03:23When the Madame Web trailer dropped, fans were quick to point out the many things wrong

03:26with it.

03:27There was a strange line delivery and clunky dialogue.

03:30One line even became a fun meme, although it sadly wasn't in the finished film.

03:38Then there was the fact that the trailer focused more on explaining Cassandra Webb's powers

03:42and, well, the plot, than showing the drama.

03:48The incompetence of it all had some speculating that it was all very much on purpose.

03:52After the film was finally released, it had poor box office performance and negative critical

03:56reviews.

03:57Researching spiders in the Amazon was a bad idea.

04:02Number 5.

04:04Snow White

04:05The trailers for Disney's live-action reboots haven't had the best reception.

04:08Just ask the latest Aladdin remake.

04:10Pretty much everything about the trailer and the marketing for Disney's Snow White reboot

04:14has been off.

04:15From the set photos to human actors being replaced by CGI dwarfs, it's been a lot.

04:24While Rachel Zegler's casting ignited some controversy, her glib comments on the changes

04:28to modernize the story have been the main point of contention.

04:35Disney could, in theory, surprise us all, but at this point, does anyone believe this

04:40film will be a successful remake?

04:49Number 4.

04:50Artemis Fowl

04:51The trailer for Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of this popular middle-grade novel left much

04:55to be desired, according to fans.

05:01It immediately raised concerns that the film would not follow the source material.

05:04For one thing, the film seemed to have turned criminal mastermind and genius Artemis Fowl

05:09into yet another good YA protagonist about to come of age.

05:13Fans were also put off by the casting of the Eurasian butler as Black, while nut-brown-skinned

05:17fairy Holly was played by a white actress.

05:23Sure enough, the actual film is as far from the novel as can be, becoming yet another

05:27YA adventure, and a badly done one, too.

05:32Number 3.

05:33Cats

05:35Ah, Cats.

05:36It never wears us out with the infinite variety of its incompetence.

05:39Unfortunately, intimations of Cats' horror were apparent just by the trailer alone.

05:45Fans and regular audiences alike were horrified by the mix of two literal CGI and live-action

05:50actors verging on uncanny valley.

05:52The changes to the source material did not please the fans, and the singing was nothing

05:56to write home about either.

06:01Sure enough, when the film was finally released, fans were treated to more of the same, except

06:06longer and even worse.

06:08This star-studded ensemble was wasted on a film like this.

06:13Number 2.

06:14The Last Airbender

06:15Speaking of fan ire and disappointment, there was probably none greater than for The Last

06:19Airbender.

06:20Based on the popular animated series, the film's trailer was released to controversy,

06:25once again for whitewashing nature.

06:32Fans did not appreciate the Inuit-inspired Sokka and Katara being played by white actors.

06:37The trailers also showcased the weak bending and poor script early on, particularly its

06:41reliance on dialogue exposition.

06:47The film was eventually released to terrible box office performance and even poorer critical

06:51reviews.

06:52Netflix's attempt to adapt the show was received much better, although that's not

06:56saying much.

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07:15Number 1.

07:16Ghostbusters

07:17This film really did not have a chance, did it?

07:20Granted, the fact that this reboot would have an all-female cast was enough to piss

07:24off the more chauvinist fans.

07:26The trailer's bad jokes did not help matters, and the reception was overall… not good.

07:36For a period, Ghostbusters was the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube, a milestone since

07:41surpassed by Bollywood's Sattic 2.

07:43Unfortunately, the film itself did not do well at the box office, subject to a review

07:47bombing campaign.

07:52Poor Leslie Jones got particularly bad hate.

07:54It was so bad that the film itself shot additional meta-scenes addressing the controversy.

07:59At least it did fairly well with the critics.

08:05What other movie trailers made you lose faith in Hollywood, or at least its marketing departments?

08:09Let us know in the comments down below!

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