Best Trailer

Comedian

It's all been done before in trailers, right? The makers of Comedian sure thought so, and their gut-bustlingly funny spot for the Jerry Seinfeld documentary was one of the funniest things made this year. The "in a world" style of trailer was already something of a tired cliché, but the hilarious skewering of trailer language by the very voice of the same put the nail in the coffin. It really had nothing to do with the movie, but if you view the trailer as saying, "yeah, the movie is funny... like this," then it's a huge success.

The top two in this category couldn't be any more different as films or trailers. In contrast with the simplicity of Comedian is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second film in what is turning into one of the most important film series of our time. With the popularity of the first movie, they wouldn't really even need to do much of a selling job. Fortunately, they bothered to make this trailer, a complete masterpiece of construction filled with action, tension and the foreboding music from Requiem For a Dream. A better trailer could not have been made.

Perhaps it's only appropriate that Spider-Man and Eight Legged Freaks ended up tied for third since both prominently feature arachnids. Spider-Man placed strongly in this category last year and managed a repeat performance based on a trailer that very capably brings the web slinger to life. Eight Legged Freaks, on the other hand, puts together a hilarious riff on the B-movie, complete with the clincher of, "Do you hate spiders? Do you really hate spiders? Well they don't like you either." Wonderfully funny stuff.

Clearly this gang has an affinity for the over-the-top stuff, as fifth place went to Kill Bill, the upcoming film from Quentin Tarantino. There's very little plot-wise and it's mostly a series of highly stylized fight scenes, but man, oh man, are these some great looking scenes. Add in a wonderfully funky score and you've got all the makings of a highly anticipated film.

Just below the top five were a couple of late-year Oscar contenders, Adaptation and Catch Me if You Can, two trailers which relied strongly on music to set their moods. "Under Pressure" gave a great feel to Adaptation while Catch Me If You Can's jazzy riffs set its period nicely.

We return to some fanboy rooting with The Hulk's teaser coming up next, although minimal in content, it capitalizes well on the enthusiasm for this project. Rounding out the top ten are Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a miniature movie in itself and The Ring, which used some very disturbing imagery to entice horror viewers. (Reagen Sulewski/BOP)

Top Ten
Position	Film	Total Points
1	Comedian	102
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	85
3	Spider-Man	61
4	Eight Legged Freaks	61
5	Kill Bill	50
6	Adaptation	46
7	Catch Me If You Can	43
8	The Hulk	41
9	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	36
10	The Ring	36