r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MeepMan324 • 3d ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) False advertising

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  1. The marketing makes it seem like the movie is about Austin (the unbreakable boy) who is autistic, but rather it's about his prick of a father who caused a drunk driving accident
  2. The talking kangaroo was included in all of the trailers and the main poster but was only a hallucination and was seen for like 30 seconds (Kangaroo Jack)
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u/Motor-Travel-7560 3d ago edited 3d ago

Back in the days of video stores, 8 year old me picked up this DVD because the back of the box described it as a film where animals build their own farm. It said the movie would "leave the whole family squealing with delight."

I ended up learning that they used to make glue out of horses.

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u/Kicktoria1989 3d ago

I remember renting this at my local grocery store and thought it was a sequel to Babe. It's on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5JgD8AhRjs&t=24s if you ever want to open those old wounds lol Also the intro soundtrack is still so good.

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u/Motor-Travel-7560 3d ago edited 3d ago

I did actually open those old wounds a couple years ago, since I'm a middle/high school English teacher now and I teach Animal Farm. I wanted to know which adaptation to show my students, so I rewatched it along with the 1950's animated one.

The voice cast and music are excellent, and the visuals once Napoleon has taken over are extremely creepy. It's a decent adaptation imo, just not one that's appropriate to market like it's a Muppet movie.