It was the trailer that would have broken the internet if the internet worked properly yet. It teased the importance of the storyline without giving much of it away. Motion-captured characters, impossible beasts, incredible action sequences, old characters with new and young faces. The first new teaser for a Star Wars movie in nearly two decades gave the fans a glimpse of the future. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Godzilla was, in no uncertain terms, a colossal misfire. The all-star cast turned out to be giving cheesy performances that made the already cutesy acting from Independence Day look like Shakespeare in the Park. The giant monster took a backset for 1/3 of the movie so the heroes could run from lame velociraptor knockoffs. The monster was hardly ever witnessed on screen, and when it was, it was usually shrouded in darkness. What Happened: Audiences saw the danged thing, of course. The fisherman teaser (above) is the best, but an honorable mention goes to this other teaser, which gives a stiff middle finger to Jurassic Park. And to get us hyped up they revealed these awesome teaser trailers, featuring scenes not in the movie, in which hapless New Yorkers ran afoul of the giant, terrible lizard. Bigger visual effects than ever, a bigger monster than ever. The filmmakers you gave us Independence Day, one of the pop culture events of the decade, were about to give us the Godzilla movie we (thought we) always wanted. We’ll find out for certain if Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the great film is promises to be, but for now, let’s take a quick look at seven highly anticipated movies with trailers that thrilled our imaginations, but that ultimately – as many audience members see it – sucked.
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