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Movie fans can sue over misleading trailer, says US judge

53 pointsby cwwcover 2 years ago

5 comments

pleb_nzover 2 years ago
I would like to see fast good joints that advertise tall, juicy and fresh burgers only to deliver a flat and lifeless burgers sued for false advertising as well. There should have to be some degree of likeness, not a dream that your burger might look like this.<p>This goes for all food advertising....
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musicaleover 2 years ago
My favorites are trailers with deleted scenes&#x2F;lines, or the trailer for a &quot;comedy&quot; that includes the only funny joke (perhaps the only joke at all) in the entire film.<p>But I understand why the former are created, since trailers are often made before the film is finished. Also sometimes films are adjusted after preview screenings. Often the music doesn&#x27;t seem to be finished either - I&#x27;ve seen several trailers that substituted (snippets of) iconic classical music pieces (such as the overture from Carmen, &quot;O Fortuna&quot; from Carmina Burana, &quot;Dies Irae&quot; from Mozart&#x27;s Requiem, etc.) that weren&#x27;t used in the finished film.
Slow_Handover 2 years ago
&gt; &quot;...say they forked over $3.99 each to watch the Richard Curtis comedy on Amazon Prime, only to discover...&quot;<p>This caught my eye. I knew the film Yesterday to be a Danny Boyle (director) film, so I initially though they must be referring to another film with the same name. But down below they later confirm it IS the same movie.<p>Why is this article framing the screenwriter (Richard Curtis) as the filmmaker? Is this a convention of French culture? To give the writer prime creative credit over the director? Nothing against screenwriters; they&#x27;re arguably just (if not more) important to shaping the story. It just strikes me as very strange.
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whythreover 2 years ago
I would love to be able to sue over agonizingly unfaithful adaptations.<p>The sexy dwarf winks at the camera and turns to the elf woman:‘Aren’t you going to frisk me? I could have anything down my trousers…!’
blacksmith_tbover 2 years ago
Hmm, as much as I dislike advertising (which is packed with all kinds of lies, not just about the cast of a movie), their loss here doesn&#x27;t seem to justify a suit? I mean, $3.99 for a disappointing rental, that can&#x27;t even be worth taking to Small Claims can it?
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