How Would You Feel About Shorter Movie Trailers?
Right now the average length of a movie trailer is 2.5 minutes. That's the limit set by the MPAA, but every year each studio gets one exception, which is why you might see a longer trailer every once in awhile.
I've started noticing people complaining about trailers. Not necessarily because of the length, but because of the spoilerish content that the studios fill them with, putting scenes in the trailers that never end up being in the film, and the number of trailers shown before a movie. The National Association of Theater Owners, are hearing these complaints, and they are pushing for shorter trailers. They want to cut the standard trailer down to 2-minutes.
I personally love watching movie trailers. I like to get to the theater on time to make sure I get to see the trailers on the big screen. I hate missing them! I'm not a complainer of most trailers. The only time that trailers really bug me is when they are poorly cut or they give away the whole damn story.
I honestly don't think cutting down a trailer to 2-minutes is going to make much of an impact. It will just allow for the studios to fit even more trailers into theaters, and it's not going to stop the studios from cutting the trailers they want. If they want to throw in a spoiler scene, give away the whole story, or put in scenes that won't be in the movie, they still have 2-minutes to do it.
I'm not going to complain if they do end up cutting the length of the trailers down. I'm not going to complain if they don't. I'm still going to complain though if it's a poorly cut trailer, or if it gives away way too much information. Lets face it--the people that are complaining about movie trailers now will never stop complaining. One thing I've learned in life is that people like to complain about the things they like to complain about.
So, how would you feel about studios cutting shorter movie trailers? If you don't like the way trailers are being cut these days, do you think cutting them down to 2-minutes will make a difference?