Yeah I liked that trailer too, it took me forever to track down that song. Like I said, its amazing how many songs can make or break a trailer

That's what I thought of as well. That's probably the best trailer I can remember in recent years - as well as the best example of how a great trailer doesn't necessarily mean a great film... as we all soon discovered. *sigh*

I actually remember seeing the trailer for the original Matrix, and that made me really want to see it. It may be kind of sad, but I ended up seeing the Matrix 27 times fully, and countless partial watches, and the awesome trailer is what started that whole process.

My favorite has got to be 'Raging Bull'. I used the trailer to show a friend how just because a film is in B&W doesn't mean it sucks.

So true. I remember watching the trailer for Seven Years in Tibet. It had great music and when I watched the movie, I was waiting for the theme I heard in the trailer to pop up. Never happened. Turns out it was from another movie. Thoroughly disappointed. Don't remember enough of the movie to tell you whether I ended up liking it or not.

Wasn't it Gladiator that used the music from Conan? Or am I thinking of a different trailer? All I know is that I was sitting there in the theatre watching a trailer, and all I could think is "This movie couldn't have even been bothered to use their own music?! Sad." I just can't remember the movie... :)

I remember the first Harry Potter Movie had some stupid trailer advertising it as if it were like a Rambo movie, The movie it self wasn't horrible but it looked in the trailers as if Harry Potter was some action hero.

a few of the "best" trailers:

Matrix - when I saw this trailer for the first time in cinema, it blew me away

The Island (TEASER!!) - just perfect, doesnt spoil anything, perfectly cutted with the best chosen music

The Hills have Eyes - technical, this trailer is TOP

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake) - OMG OMG OMG, awesome. The mix between realism and the half finished footage is perfect!


game trailers:

The Getaway - the real filmed London chase is great and professional, nothing you expect from a videogame

The trailer for the first Superman movie was great. And the teaser for Hulk was superior to the movie

The trailer for Fellowship of the Ring, like, a year or more before it came out. I swear I heard O, Fortuna playing in the background.
Bad trailers, Dead or Alive, that part in the FotR trailer where they're like: hay, gotta wait another year to see the next movie, and another year after that to see the next! I also hated that for Bubba Ho-Tep. Good movie, crappy trailer.

One thing I can say is that (almost) any movie that doesn't have "the voice" doing the narration...well, generally is a sucky movie. That's not to say that all movie trailers that have had "the voice" are good, but it is a pretty darned necessary requirement (this is of course only for trailers that have a narration voice).

Has anyone seen the trailer for Brick?

apple.com/trailers

It's very cool, with the noir theme present throughout. I never would have thought Mr. Angels in the Outfield would make a good noir hero, but this trailer makes it seem like it.

My favourite film trailers have to be those of The Matrix, and Spiderman. Spiderman especially; I just LOVED the track they had in the background. It was brilliant.

As for Game Trailers, my 5 stars goes to the Max Payne Trailers (for both 1 & 2).
Especially the trailer for MP1; my god, I must have watched it over 100 times in the first day I downloaded it. Amazing; I still watch it to this day.

Well, personally, I can't really crown A definitive trailer to be the best, but the Matrix trailers have always had good editing and some really cool tracks.

But I'd say FIGHT CLUB:

http://www.movie-list.com/f/fight-club.html

An awesome trailer for one of the best movies ever.

Edward Norton can narrate my movie trailer any day.

I think that really true, because most trailer that I like are one with a good music that match the trailer, but sometime the trailer is 10x better than the movie (for exemple: Ultraviolet, I foudn the trailer very cool but the movie wasn't really good)

on of the trailer I remember I watch over and over, was the teaser and the japanese trailer of The Matrix: reloaded(love the music in the japanese trailer)

The Matrix trailer was pretty awesome.

Hmm I also have to say the Kill Bill vol.1 trailer was cool. Sin City had a great trailer also, but the movie wasn't AS good as I thought it was going to be ;(
I'm pretty sure there's a lot more, but right now I can't think of any.

As for worst trailer? Hands down the trailer for Bloodrayne.