Judge: You’re a fool. No weapon forged can stop me.
Buffy: That was then. This is now.
Judge: What’s that do?
(Boom!)
Buffy: Best present ever.
Xander: Knew you’d like it.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 14 – “Innocence”
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.
Some trailers try to sell you on an entertaining premise, loading two minutes with jokes or explosions or scares. Others, however, are built to simply scream “Oscar bait!” as loudly as possible. They typically appear around this time of year in anticipation of movies coming out in the last three months of the year. Oscar bait trailers usually highlight their impressive casts, are often about family drama, and frequently revolve around a death. Here’s the first one I’ve seen so far this year: