FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Opening Movie Now Live! (01/07/2013)

[Viscount]

It's okay if you don't like it. That's your opinion and we respect that. But you can't say it's trailer when it's an opener and vice versa. If I had made a trailer when the studio wanted an opener or vice versa, I'd be (virtually) blackbarred from the industry. This is an opening movie, not a trailer. It doesn't pass for a trailer any more than kite passes for a plane.

let me rephrase, meaning sometimes gets lost in text.
i know its an opener, however to me it doesnt feel like one. It feels like a trailer because of the way its cut, thats all.

[Laume]

let me rephrase, meaning sometimes gets lost in text.
i know its an opener, however to me it doesnt feel like one. It feels like a trailer because of the way its cut, thats all.

My point is, the cutting has nothing to do with it feeling, looking, passing, like a trailer. A trailer, like you said before needs narrative, summary, explanation and is usually, on average, 50~100% longer than a teaser (and usually takes longer and cost more to make), as I pointed out in post 189 on page 19 with the avenger trailer and teaser. Maybe what you mean is that it's not as fast pace as you would have liked it? Or as exciting? Maybe the pacing isn't as exciting or as fast or awe-inspiring as you would have liked it? (which is completely understandable. Adding the epilogue of 1.0 does drag the opening movie a bit. On the other hand, they needed to bring people back who aren't as up to speed as we are. There really was no perfect solution to that.) Because, often, trailers are a lot slower paced in general compared to the teaser (which is suppose to be "in-your-face" and fast paced.).