A Michigan woman is suing the distributer of a new movie and the theatre where she saw it because she says the trailer was misleading.
She says the preview made the film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, seem like more of an action flick than it actually was. She wants her ticket refunded and she’s trying to lead a one-woman crusade to force movie companies to stop making misleading trailers. She’s also hoping others will join her crusade and make it a class-action lawsuit. Anyone? Anyone? Hello? tap tap Is this thing on?
Apparently the way the trailer was edited made it appear to the “victim” that the movie was full of action in the genre of The Fast and the Furious. Also, she says there were anti-Jewish references in the movie that promote criminal violence against Jews.
I’ve seen several movies in which a woman is attacked or called a derogatory term but I’ve never thought of suing on behalf of all women because of the violence they would cause because, oh yeah, they don’t!
If she wins, I am sure to get paid for the Frank Zappa concert I attended at Maple Leaf Gardens in the 1970s. I was lured by his zany art-rock tracks only to be subjected to two hours of instrumental crap because he had decided to enter a jazz phase. Frank is gone but his kids still have money, right? I should get a cheque from Adam Sandler for Little Nicky which was described incorrectly as a “comedy”. And what about that novel I bought for a toonie at a charity sale, that was so bad I put it directly into a donation bag for Goodwill? Double my money back.
Bravo to this lady for taking on such an important issue! Forgot protests in financial districts of major cities, murder, abuse, crime, high unemployment and a looming recession. Thank goodness there’s a woman who has the courage to stand up and fight for honesty in entertainment!
And what about all of those so-called age-defying products they sell us at the counters of dept. stores or in the local drug store? Are we defying age? Last time I checked – if we’re lucky – we still have birthdays and continue to get more comfortable in our skin (or it does on us). Except for the in case of “artists” who lure in fans with one genre only to surprise them with another (poor you with your Frank Zappa) it’s Buyer Beware, Baby!
Exactly! How many times have we all walked out of movies shaking our heads, knowing we’ve been had by the ad! It’s the way of the world. She needs to suck it up, buttercup.