Sunday, July 3, 2011
My View On Warner Bros. Releasing All These Spoiler-filled Clips
Today I was reading a column on Warner Bros. revealing too much in the new clips and featurettes that they are putting out. I was informed that the under-wraps 'King's Cross' scene is no longer "under wraps". I had no clue King's Cross has been spoiled! I'm so glad I haven't been watching the promos. The problem with this issue, though, is that people have a right to watch what they want to watch. Complaining about what is in the featurette/clip after having seen it is hypocritical because you can read headlines! If the headline of one of our news posts is "New Clip Features Ron and Hermione In the Chamber of Secrets" DON'T WATCH IT if you don't want to see RON AND HERMIONE IN THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. It's that simple. Warner Bros., though, does have the responsibility of handling what is in this clips and what I think would be a wise marketing choice is to choose a select handful of non-spoilery scenes and tease those. For example, seeing the trio on the dragon never really infuriated me, so they should definitely angle on that, which they've done a great job on, or choose interlude scenes of dialogue between Harry and minor characters. DON'T choose 'The Prince's Tale' or 'The Forest Again' or 'King's Cross' to tease! Sure, every single sane fan is still gonna go see the movie! It's going to be fantastic and phenomenal and mind-blowing and emotional! But Warner Bros. shouldn't take advantage of the fandom, like some believe they are doing, and show this much. If you're showing Molly Weasley and Voldemort casting the big AK, that's kind of going to give away what's about to happen. Some people, mostly non-HP-book-readers, may think it is just a tease, but to be completely honest: YES Molly is using the Killing Curse on Bellatrix in the film, and YES Voldemort is using the Killing Curse on Harry in the film. One other thing I may make a whole other post on is that David Yates said that the reason he changed the setting of Voldemort's and Harry's duel from the Great Hall to the courtyard was because he wanted "more of a fight"...WHAT?! WHAT?! Is it me or does that sound completely and utterly arrogant beyond belief! The whole point of it being in the Great Hall and being the way it was was not only because the Great Hall is such a plot-centric setting, but because Harry was teaching Voldemort a lesson. NOT chasing him around the castle like Yates said he will be doing. I have nothing against David or Warner Bros. whatsoever. They have done a freaking fantastic job at these films, but the marketing has been off lately. I hope the next clip is a five-second one entitled "Harry Spots Cho". Sorry about this rant being so big...I just felt the need to get that out there.
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