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by IndexPointer 2146 days ago
Only you can know what you like.

The more movies you watch, the better your intuiton for predicting if you'll like the movie by watching the trailer will get.

I found imdb scores are good to have a general idea. Eg I probably won't like a movie with a 5.9 score, even if the trailer seemed good. Or I'll give a movie with a >8 score a chance if the trailer is okay, but sometimes I know a movie is not for me by the trailer, no matter how high the score is.

For everything in between I decide mostly by the trailer and the past movies of the director.

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What do you look for in a trailler ? Could you describe the process in few words?
>Could you describe the process in few words?

Not really, I wouldn't know how to describe it. I just have an intuition of when a movie is "promising" according to my taste. An intuition that gets better the more trailer and movies I watch.