The Crazies
 

Saw the trailer at the movies today. Yeah, it's another remake, but it looks interesting, and Timothy Olymphant is always nice to look at. Always had a thing for him since High Incident.

I also thought that the addition of Mad World near the end was effective.

Is it just me or did Mad World feel really forced in that trailer? God that song has become overused.

Other than that, though, really looking forward to this one.

Must be just you. Every where else all over the net and at the cafes, people were commenting how the song was a nice touch to the trailer. Added a chill to the movie that would otherwise be absent.

You have a really stupid way of overgeneralizing things.

No, it's not just him. I felt it didn't match with what was going on at all.

I agree, its the same as the feeling when they used it in the Gears of War commercials.

Better use of Calm music to a ****ed up trailer? Super Star by Sonic Youth over the High Tension trailer.

Totally agreed. That song with the cut of the trailer was almost perfect.

I'm going to agree with the majority here. As much as I love the song (this specific version... the Tears for Fears original just seems... too... lighthearted, really), it's way overused, and rarely used to any decent effect. This is actually the same for most low-key, slow, dramatic, emotional songs.

The song fits the movie's premise, if a little on-the-nose. It's as if the marketing team got together for a meeting and the following occurred:

Exec: So, we need a song for this movie's trailer. It's about a world of people going mad.
Marketer: Mad... World?
Exec: Brilliant! We'll use it!

Note that I have no actual knowledge of how these things work.

The song could have been more affective, however, if it didn't feel like it was just added over a random hodgepodge of shots for the movie at the end, and the lyrics weren't spliced together at random.

If I were to do it, I think I'd have the song play throughout the trailer, with little to no dialogue present. The opening of the trailer would start with the opening chords, and the more serene look at the town in which the film takes place. The beginning of the first stanza would mirror the shots used as close as possible, and as the chorus came around, it would devolve into the more insane, chaotic focus of the film.

But y'know, that's just me. Like the imagined marketing meeting, I don't really have an eye for these things.

And you need to stop attacking me in a hostile way. You can post a message without being a jerk about it!

Lolz, are you really going to take offense to someone calling you stupid? It's not worth it.

Everyone, let's try to stay on topic and leave the personal insults off the boards, please.