Man, if only ROTF was even an 8th as good as it looks in that trailer. Worrying how good TLK looks in the trailers!
I remember being very excited seeing that trailer and going by how good the first movie was. I came out of the cinema furious and disgusted.
Oh man, same here. ROTF was by FAR the film I had the most day to day hype for before release. The countless rewatching of trailers and clips, the discussion and predictions, all the toy leaks on an almost daily basis... I don't watch it very often, but when I do it's fun to relive it all. Both the movie hype and that time in my life. I still enjoy the film today because of all the context and memories it brings back.
ROTF was my first tf film in cinema. I was 13 and was so hyped off the marketing I was shaking the whole time with excitement as I'm watching it. And even though now I admit the film was very obviously aimed at boys who were my age at the time, I still enjoy the good bits and even a couple of the jokes.
I love they didn't have to say "Transformers" at the end of the trailer (besides the half a second it appears in the credits of the trailer). They had the confidence to let people assume what movie this is. I wish we could have seen that with a few TLK trailers or posters.
Yep, and that's still my favorite trailer to this day. And the CGI looked so much more polished back then too.