elea:
What’s up with the super chick-flicky trailer??
[SPOILERY rant if you haven’t read the book]
I wouldn’t say The Time Traveler’s Wife was a masterpiece, but I liked it because it was about a very complicated sort of love — deeply flawed, steeped with obstacles, and simultaneously everlasting yet doomed. The ending was messy and a bit heartbreaking, much like the way real life often goes. Yet in the trailer, it looks like the promo monkeys have decided to sell it as a magical sort of fairy tale, which I feel cheapens the whole thing.
Then again, my area’s not marketing, so hey, maybe this is just the kind of thing that gets people to want to see a movie.
The Time Traveler’s Wife - Official Trailer
This looks like it should be really good. Despite being a rookie effort, the book is definitely worth reading.
I agree with what you’re saying but it does looks like they try to reflect that discord in the trailer. In the end, the book/movie is about love so I can’t really argue with their presentation. It’ll be interesting to see how much they leave in from the book but at the very least, it looks like it will be a more polished (hopefully not dumbed down) version.
