Top 11 Trailers

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(A shortened version of the opening. Nostalgia Critic is holding the script for his Top 11)

NC: (sighs in relief) Done! The Top 11 greatest movie trailers.

(Suddenly, NC notices a tab called "Videos by WatchMojo.com". He clenches his teeth in fear and slowly clicks on it. Video starts playing)

Announcer: This is WatchMojo's Top 10 Movie Trailers.

NC: D'OHHHH! Damn you, WatchMojo! And your ingenious setup! You've done everything from the Top 10 Brock Lesnar films to the Top 10 lists of Top 10 lists of Top 10 lists! (rubs his forehead in frustration) Fuck it! (goes to his office) Okay. As a lot of you know, WatchMojo recently released a Top 10 best film trailers. They're very well put together and a good list, you should check it out. But, as a lot of you also know, there's no one book that says what you can and cannot review, especially someone else has done it already. Except for that one passage in the Bible... (a fake excerpt from the Bible is shown that says "No reviewing what thy neighbor has already reviewed, especially goes for Nostalgia Critic") but I think Luca was drunk. Bottom line, there's a lot of different ways to look at the same subject. And none of the trailers that WatchMojo listed are here on this list- (a caption "One of Them Is" appears below) Okay, ONE is on this list, and... Yeah, when you see it, you'll understand why. With that said, why do we love film trailers so much?

(clips from various movie trailers, like "The Lord of the Rings", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Sin City 2", and "The Expendables 3", are playing)

NC (vo): Is it simply because it's hyping up a movie? In some respects. But to many others, it gives you an experience. A mere couple of minutes of excitement that promises even more when you see the movie. Hell, half the time the trailers are better that the movie! If a movie fails to entertain you, you still gotta give credit to the trailer that got you there in the first place. We all love our moviegoing experiences to trailers, and it's time to celebrate their editing, their style, and their ability to suck us into an event so much that we tell ourselves there's no way that we can miss it.

NC: Now we're here to announce the Top 11 of them here today. Why Top 11? Because I like to go one step beyond. So, sit back and enjoy the Top 11 best movie trailers!

(A dramatic trailer-like music plays while we see the captions with the background explosions)

Coming this SUMMER

Marketing manipulation AT ITS BEST

The Top 11 BEST FILM TRAILERS

(For each interlude, we see a number zooming in with explosions in the background)

#11
NC (vo): Number 11 -- "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End". While obviously not the best pirate movie, this trailer knew what it had to look like. After a big hit film and an even bigger hit film with the dangling cliffhanger, the ending of the Pirates trilogy had to look epic and huge. With a little comedy from it.

Jack Sparrow: Did no one come to save me just because they missed me? (dead silence; Jack the monkey raises its paw, Jack glances at it)

NC (vo): It looked like the end-all of end-alls, building up the death of an era in one glorious uniting of the rebels.

Hector Barbossa (offscreen): The Pirate Lords from the four corners of the Earth must stand together. (onscreen) There's not been a gatherin' like this in our lifetime.

Jack Sparrow: And I owe them all money.

NC (vo): It's a giant war of outcast going up against the mad. As well as our arch-enemies duking it out, somehow timing perfectly to the music.

("Dark Empire 2.0" by X-Ray Dog Music plays as Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones are swordfighing)

NC (vo): There was tons of people in it, new characters we haven't seen before, the ultimate climax to such a strange trilogy we were suddenly getting sucked into! And what did this giant war amount to in the end? (beat) Two ships circling around in the whirlpool.

NC: (after a long pause, deadpan): And there was much rejoicing. (we hear flat cheering from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail")

NC (vo): Bottom line, we still had to see the movie based on a trailer this epic. And while it's hated by many, it still brought in the box office numbers. So I'd say this trailer was a definite hit.

Lord Cutler Beckett: You're mad!

Jack Sparrow: If I wasn't, this would probably never work. (Fires the cannon which pulls the rope hard enough to catapult him)

(We are treated to a very EPIC chain of smash cuts and then, finally, to the title)

#10
NC (vo): Number 10 -- "A Serious Man" and "Little Children".

#9
NC (vo): Number 9 -- "Jurassic Park".

#8
NC (vo): Number 8.

(A very bizzare spaceship is shown and we hear heavy breathing)

NC (vo): I'm not even gonna name this one. I think you can all guess what it is.

Don LaFountaine (vo): Years ago, a battle was fought. And an Empire was destroyed. Now, the saga will continue.

(During this narration, we see someone bald sitting on a chair. The person turns around and it's none other than...)

Dr. Evil: (petting his cat) You were expecting someone else? (laughs evilly)

NC (vo): Yup. The same year "The Phantom Menace" was being hyped up, Austin Powers sequel, "The Spy Who Shagged Me", surprised us with this hilarious fake-out.

#7
NC (vo): Number 7 -- "Planet of the Apes". Yes, the Tim Burton "Planet of the Apes".

#6
NC (vo): Number 6 -- "The Dark Knight Rises".

#5
NC (vo): Number 5 -- "Spider-Man".

#4
NC (vo): Number 4 -- "Independence Day".

#3
NC (vo): Number 3 -- "Alien". Yes, this is the one that WatchMojo also put on their list. And for a very good reason.

#2
NC (vo): Number 2 -- "Titanic".

#1
NC (vo): And the Number 1 greatest film trailer of all time is... "Psycho".