Top 10 Trailers of 2008

Feeding our habit for embedded trailers throughout the year, Trailer Addict has posted their choices for the Top 10 Trailer of 2008. Is your favorite among them? Do they include any trailer FAILs? Top 10 List with links and some rationale from the Trailer Addict staff, after the cut.

#11 Thundercats (Fanmade Trailer)
While we should not have a #11, there should also not be a trailer for Thundercats. Taking the internet by storm, the fanmade trailer for Thundercats takes advantage of Adobe and clips from a collection of films including The Chronicles of Riddick, X-Men, Troy and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; to name a few. The project took ‘WormyTV’ a year and a half to get done, and the results make this one of the best fanmade trailers we’ve seen since Grayson. Watch Now »

#10 Australia (Feature Trailer)
#9 9 (Trailer)

#8 Revolutionary Road (Sea of Love Trailer)
Every trailer for Revolutionary Road provided a selectively picked track. It was Trailer B, however, where Paramount Vantage showed they were not afraid to cover the film’s not-so-happy topic: a troubled marriage. How better to show that than with no dialogue, troubled faces, and an acoustic version of Cat Power’s “Sea of Love”, which begins to skip near the end. We get it – this is not a feel good movie. Watch Now »

#7 Wolverine (Trailer)
#6 The Fall (Trailer)

#5 The Dark Knight (Trailer)
If it ain’t broke, why fix it? Using Hans Zimmer’s score from Batman Begins, the film’s first feature trailer opens with an introduction from Heath Ledger’s Joker. Speaking of the Joker, the preview shows that this character, or should we say Heath Ledger, is the star of this movie. The cast looks familiar, save for Maggie Gyllenhaal, who makes a credible replacement as Rachel Dawes. Just in case you weren’t entirely convinced, the preview was sure to prove that one could actually flip an 18-wheeler without CG enhancement. Watch Now »

#4 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Teaser Trailer)
How do you pitch the idea of a man aging backwards? While having Brad Pitt star is a great start, the whole backwards ticking clock kicks off the message. Well, that, some footage shown in reverse, and multiple shots of Brad Pitt growing younger. Get the message? How about a final shot of an aged lady walking with a small child?

#3 Pineapple Express (Red Band Trailer)
#2 Star Trek (Trailer)

#1 Watchmen (Trailer)
It comes as no surprise that our first trailer to ever pass one-million embeds is also the top pick of the year. With Smashing Pumpkins providing the score with “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning,” the trailer not only gave us our first big introduction to the story’s ensemble of characters, but set the tone nicely.