What’s up with the super chick-flicky trailer??

[SPOILERY rant if you haven’t read the book]

I wouldn’t say The Time Traveler’s Wife was a masterpiece, but I liked it because it was about a very complicated sort of love — deeply flawed, steeped with obstacles, and simultaneously everlasting yet doomed. The ending was messy and a bit heartbreaking, much like the way real life often goes. Yet in the trailer, it looks like the promo monkeys have decided to sell it as a magical sort of fairy tale, which I feel cheapens the whole thing.

Then again, my area’s not marketing, so hey, maybe this is just the kind of thing that gets people to want to see a movie.

pilnick:

The Time Traveler’s Wife - Official Trailer

This looks like it should be really good. Despite being a rookie effort, the book is definitely worth reading.