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Vid Recs -- Recut movie trailers

  • Jul. 12th, 2007 at 1:46 PM

First, there's something I have to admit up front: I'm not a fan of tv vids.  Seriously, I see all these vid recs floating around for various fandoms and I check them out and I just don't get the appeal.  Clearly there's something I'm missing, but vids tend to leave me cold.  All of which boils down to this: you aren't going to see much in the way of vid recs here and when you do, it's probably not going to be in any of my fanfic fandoms.

That said, OMG, I've just discovered the coolest vids *ever*!  They're all based around the same conceit: movie trailers that are completely misleading.  For example, a well-known horror movie recut into a romantic comedy trailer.  Or a children's movie edited to look like it's actually a horror movie.  Gah.  I can't explain in such a way that truly encompasses the awesomeness of seeing a trailer of When Harry Met Sally as a psycho thriller, so I'm just going to give you the link and tell you to check it out.  Trust me, you'll get a laugh out of it.

All of the vids below are on YouTube.

When Harry Met Sally -- the Horror Remix

Shining (The Shining as a romantic comedy)

Scary Mary (Mary Poppins as you've never seen her before!)

Sleepless in Seattle (apparently romantic comedies are just rife with horror cliches...)

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[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 13th, 2007 02:26 am (UTC)
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure I've seen all of the Shining either, though I did recognize the scene where the kid was writing out REDRUM (but under a kicky, sentimental tune, which was awesome:) Seriously, these really brightened my day. I'll see if I can't track down a few more -- I've got nothing to do at work for the next couple of days and this will kill time.

And no worries on the feedback. I love getting comments, of course, but I kind of view these recs as me giving much-belated feedback to authors that I've read and enjoyed in the past. Any comments I get from my readers is just a bonus:)
[identity profile] joannindiw.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 13th, 2007 03:27 am (UTC)
*g* I have enjoyed them - most of them, I do know already but it's very nice to be reminded - and then spend time getting reaquainted. *G*

And for sure the soundtracks were *incredible* for the trailers. Makes me even more aware of how the music affects what I'm feeling in a movie... Esp liked Mary Poppins and When Harry Met Sally. :D
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 13th, 2007 03:30 pm (UTC)
I agree -- most of these stories I read a long time ago and reread to review them. I'm starting to view this entire community as a convenient place to look up fics I enjoy:)

The Mary Poppins one really blew me away because it's actually music *from the movie* with a few sound effects tossed in and yet it had a completely different feel to it when isolated. And the When Harry Met Sally one...wow, I say. Wow.

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