Awesome read! I agree completely... until #1... thw watchmen trailer definitely renewed fanboy interest in the books, but didn't convince the general public to see the movie. Watchmen should be replaced by a 3-way tie between the trailers for the 3 Transformers movies. Say what you will about the movies, but no one can argue that everyone and their mother had to go see these movies after the trailers dropped...

Transformers: the trailer was so good that it convinced the general audience to come out in mass to see a movie centered around an 80s toy line about alien robots that turn into vehicles, with no "big name" stars in the movie. The trailer sold the movie as a must-see blockbuster...

Transformers RotF: The trailer for this movie was so effective at hyping the movie that this movie outsold the the first movie in spite of all the negative reviews.

Transformers DotM: the single most impressive 3d trailer I have ever seen! The almost all action preview sold this movie inspite of the poor quality of its prior installment and the series losing one of its main attractions(megan fox). The trailer was so confinving that it pushe ticket sales past $1.3 Billion...

To me the the best quality of all of these trailers was their "truth in advertising"... Especially DotM. All the trailers let you know that you were in for eye candy, awesome sfx and crazy amounts of action. The movie was more like a ride meant to get your heart rate up. If u expected more than that, its your own damn fault...

thanks guys, @MoonDoggy-I really thought about putting Transformers:DOTM or even the other two, they were truly amazing trailers, they were action-packed and left you with your jaw on the floor. However, these trailers that I selected are there for a reason, they resonated with you long after you left the movie theaters. They were memorable and to me, I thought the transformers trailers were great, but they didn't really hold up over time. They were wham, bam and thank you ma'am and left you saying wow what an awesome trailer, but you'd forget about it shortly afterward, at least with me, that was the case.

Ver nice read bro.
Anybody else catch that TDK and TDKR trailers are both 2:08?

I always like the trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

hahaha lame

The wondercon footage for Green Lantern is so brilliant that it makes me sad. That movie could have, and SHOULD HAVE been so much better.....

Disagree with Watchmen trailer. It doesn't tell a story at all. You have no idea what that movie is about if you come to it not knowing what Watchmen is about. It doesn't build to a crescendo like The Dark Knight trailer and doesn't give insight into characters like the Iron Man trailer.

Spider-Man 3 deserved the top 5 atleast. This list all together is a bit unusual.

1. Watchmen...the "coolest" I've ever seen and got me to watch the movie.
2. Captain America....watched it 30 times
3. Iron Man 1....Ozzy and RDJ
4. Spiderman 3....Venom.
5. Transformers 1 (made me reminiss of my childhood)
6. Hulk...I watched every episode when I was younger, so this jacked me up BIG TIME.
7. Superman Returns...although I Fn hate Routh forever!
8. Spiderman.....watchin him swing for the first time in HD....siiiick!
9. Kick ass....what's the name of the little girl who f*cks shit up in that trailer? Hit girl?
10. TDK....because of the Joker.

Great list.

I agree about Watchmen being #1. After seeing that trailer, I was so hyped up about the movie it was ridiculous. You see, in my mind, the trailer abolished my fears of Watchmen being abused on the silver screen. The stunning visuals, the dark tones, an amazing interpretation of Rorschach... Seeing the movie, it was still very good and enjoyable, but I absolutely cannot get over the ending. So unfortunate.

P.S. I still have that version of "The Beginning is the End". I love me some Smashing Pumpkins!

For personal hype (since they do have comics) I throw Star Wars Episode 1 into the mix.

Sure the movie sucked but the HYPE for that first trailer could hardly be matched.

Based on the trailers presented:

WATCHMEN: 5 STARS

THE DARK KNIGHT: 5 STARS

X-MEN: UNITED: 5 STARS

IRON MAN: 5 STARS

SUPERMAN RETURNS: 4 STARS

GREEN LANTERN: 3.2 STARS (Not a trailer)

BATMAN BEGINS: 3 STARS

X-MEN FIRST CLASS: 3 STARS

SPIDER-MAN 3: 2.5 STARS

ANG LEE'S HULK: 2 STARS

The Watchmen trailer with that Smashing Pumpkins song was pretty sick, but TDK should be #1. That image of Joker walking down the street firing a machine gun, the trailer flipping over...It was sick. But they were both good trailers. And yes, Watchmen was an underrated movie (the sex scene felt awkward though).

I really like all these trailers, even though some of them didn't live up to our expectations. I remember seeing The Hulk teaser trailer in theaters and how it gave me chills, and I convinced my sister we she could go see it for her birthday, and when we did we all were pissed when at how bad it was, and she blamed me for ruining her birthday, lol. But I'm really glad Watchmen was number 1 on the list, to me that's gotta be one the most effective trailers I've ever seen, I actually still like watching it to this day.

Oh, awesome. I actually created the Batman/TDK mashup mentioned in the article. Nice to see it's being remembered.