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* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' suggests that the movie's concept of ''Film/DieHard'' [[DieHardOnAnX in a shopping mall]] starring a security guard could make a fun comedy without Creator/HappyMadisonProductions's usual lazy comedy and writing.

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* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' suggests that the movie's concept of ''Film/DieHard'' [[DieHardOnAnX in a shopping mall]] starring a security guard could make for a fun comedy without if not for Creator/HappyMadisonProductions's usual lazy comedy and writing.
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* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'' suggests that the movie's concept of ''Film/DieHard'' [[DieHardOnAnX in a shopping mall]] starring a security guard could make a fun comedy without Creator/HappyMadisonProductions's usual lazy comedy and writing.
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* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BlueBeetle2023'' calls the movie out for never having the characters explore where the alien Blue Beetle came from, why it is on Earth, or why it choose Jaime as it's next host, all of which could have made up an interesting (sub)plot.
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* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' laments that the big reveal that [[spoiler:the people of Arrendale, including Elsa and Anna's grandfather, betrayed the native population of the land for personal gain]] doesn't lead to any difficult character decisions or [[spoiler:any commentary on historical injustices]].

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* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' laments that the big reveal that [[spoiler:the people of Arrendale, including Arendelle, led by Elsa and Anna's murderous grandfather, betrayed the native population of the land for personal gain]] doesn't lead to any difficult character decisions or [[spoiler:any commentary on historical injustices]].
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* The Honest Trailer for ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'' expresses disappointment that the series doesn't include Sharon Carter and have her be a Skrull to explain [[spoiler:why she has become a criminal arms dealer]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''.
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-->'''Narrator:''' ''[after Creator/WillSmith's character makes a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'']'' ''How does ''Shrek'' still exist?'' Is it a documentary? There's dragons flying around, but our buildings never changed? And what's this ''centaur cop'' doing? [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They never even mention that]]! You can't just add the word "magic" and claim it's any different from a normal cop movie!

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-->'''Narrator:''' ''[after Creator/WillSmith's character makes a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'']'' ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'']'' ''How does ''Shrek'' still exist?'' Is it a documentary? There's dragons flying around, but our buildings never changed? And what's this ''centaur cop'' doing? [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They never even mention that]]! You can't just add the word "magic" and claim it's any different from a normal cop movie!
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-->'''Narrator:''' They-they know that bugs aren't dinosaurs, right?

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* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WorldWarZ'' knocks it because of how little of the novel's epic and colorful story was actually used in the film.
-->'''Narrator:''' Man, what a waste of good source material.
* The Honest Game Trailer for the ''VideoGame/MadMax2015'' video game notes that since it was inspired by ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', it could have been made into a pretty awesome car combat game or a straightforward car racing game, but was instead made into a dull open world third person fighting game filled with countless tedious side objectives.
* About ''Film/{{Spectre}}'''s slow pace and bleak plot:
-->'''Narrator:''' Guys, how do you make James Bond vs. [[NebulousCriminalConspiracy the Illuminati]] boring?
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' points out how a movie with its great premise that's directed by Creator/ChrisColumbus and has Creator/PeterDinklage on its cast could have turned out way better if someone other than Creator/AdamSandler had been [[Creator/HappyMadisonProductions calling the shots]].
* The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' Season 4-6 complains how some plot lines from the later seasons were squandered; most notably spending seven episodes building up to the group [[spoiler:getting captured by cannibals]] and then quickly having the group [[spoiler:blow up their fortress]] and move on.
-->'''Narrator:''' You fast-forwarded through [[spoiler:the cannibals]]? ''Why?!'' To get back to [[invoked]][[{{Padding}} more woods-walking]]? Stay with [[spoiler:the cannibals]]! You could have cleared that place out and [[spoiler:made a barbecue pit]], or something.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' points out how much the movie suffered because of all the new characters and plot arcs that were forced into one movie and how much it tried to accomplish, like set up a movie franchise to rival the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and create a sequel to ''Film/ManOfSteel'' as well as a standalone Batman story.
-->'''Narrator:''' Whose idea was it to cram all this into ''one'' movie? They just burnt through, like, six movies worth of good material!
* In the ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' Honest Trailer, the narrator thinks the movie's setups for future sequels, prequels and spinoffs were better than the actual movie:
-->'''Umbutu:''' They hunted us. We had to learn how to hunt ''them''.\\
'''Narrator:''' Aww! I want to see ''that one''!
* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' considers the fun premise and [[BigApplesauce New York setting]] wasted on the weak story material.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' notes how the high school drama is pretty compelling, despite being buried heavily under the usual cheesy ''Power Rangers'' antics.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Bright}}'' has the narrator go off on an increasingly frustrated rant about how little the movie made use of its premise of a modern day cop drama set in a world where fantasy creatures have existed for thousands of years, especially how outside of fantasy creatures living among the population, [[InSpiteOfANail little is different from the actual world]]:
-->'''Narrator:''' ''[after Creator/WillSmith's character makes a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'']'' ''How does ''Shrek'' still exist?'' Is it a documentary? There's dragons flying around, but our buildings never changed? And what's this ''centaur cop'' doing? [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They never even mention that]]! You can't just add the word "magic" and claim it's any different from a normal cop movie!
* The Honest Trailer for the first three ''Film/ThePurge'' movies points out how the decent concept of a society that has a night when all crimes are legal keeps getting underused in the movies.
* In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'', the narrator expresses his disappointment at how all the characters picked avatars that are basically just exaggerated versions of themselves, while they could have gone for much more interesting choices.
* In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheConjuring'' films, they mention [[https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-settles-crazy-conjuring-lawsuit-in-very-bo-1821277340 the rather bizarre lawsuit]] filed against Creator/WarnerBros over the movies that almost forced them to prove that ghosts were real and the narrator seems to wish we got a movie about that instead.
-->'''Narrator:''' Aw man, [[TakeThat that sounds way more fun than]] ''Film/{{Annabelle}}''.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Solo}}'' points out how it fails to really give insight into [[CynicismCatalyst what made the title character into the selfish rogue]] he was when he was introduced in the original trilogy:
-->'''Narrator:''' ...[the movie] gave fans a sense of how Han became the character we all know and love: by going through the events of ''Solo'', then at some point off-camera before ''Film/ANewHope'', becoming the character we all know and love. So, what was the point of this movie, again?
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheMeg'' bemoans how the movie, which was based on [[Literature/{{Meg}} a series of novels]], doesn't fully utilize the awesome ridiculousness of the source material and instead mostly has the titular shark bump into boats:
-->'''Narrator:''' Aw, come one! You have five ''Meg'' books to pull from. And the first one starts off with a Meg [[CoolVersusAwesome fighting a T-Rex]], then ends with Jonas ripping its heart out from the inside. Respect the ''Meg'' canon!
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/RobinHood2018'' laments that the movie's world is pretty good, but is wasted on a bad story.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WildWildWest'' begins with pointing out how much the movie had working in its favor, including [[Creator/BarrySonnenfeld a good director]], Creator/WillSmith in the lead, and an [[Series/TheWildWildWest untapped source material with an original premise]], yet despite all that it still turned out bad.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' complains that the movie, which is supposed to be about [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]], barely uses any of the source material's settings or characters, and instead mostly has the movie take place on Earth and focus on a couple of CanonForeigner teenagers.
* During the Honest Trailer for ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', the narrator reads the human characters' storyline and is surprised that it sounds exciting on paper, but still turned out boring in the actual movie.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/It1990'' points out how the series was doomed from the start, not just due to a low budget and strict censorship, but also because they only had 3 hours to tell a 1000 page story, resulting in a lot of the book being AdaptedOut. Here, the narrator draws parallels with other Stephen King stories that suffered from this, like ''Film/TheDarkTower2017''.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' sums up all the things the movie could have done for a good plot, but neglected to use. These include more focus on Jean Grey so the audience can get to know her, exploring the cosmic potential of the Phoenix Force, or letting a new creative team work on the movie instead of the same guys that were also responsible for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* During the Honest Trailer for ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', the narrator almost forgets that the movie is supposed to be about Spider-Man going on vacation because of everything else in the movie related to the franchise taking up more time, such as reminiscing about [[spoiler:the late Tony Stark]], the aftermath of everyone being resurrected in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and setups for Phase Four movies.
-->'''Narrator:''' ''[about to doze off]'' Concept seems a little Creator/DisneyPlus to me; wake me up when he gets to [[spoiler:space Wakanda]].
* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' laments that the big reveal that [[spoiler:the people of Arrendale, including Elsa and Anna's grandfather, betrayed the native population of the land for personal gain]] doesn't lead to any difficult character decisions or [[spoiler:any commentary on historical injustices]].
* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' points out how the side characters that stay behind in Springfield had their own interesting subplots, but these mostly happen off screen as the movie focuses on the Simpson family in Alaska.
* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'' laments that the movie is too short to be able to properly explore the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''-inspired universe or get to know the supporting characters.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' lists several plot points from the movie that the narrator thinks should have been expanded upon, such as zombies being capable of [[spoiler:reproducing with each other]], some zombies apparently being at least partially robotic, an inert horde of zombies that's supposed to come back to life when it rains but is never seen doing so, and a [[ChainsawGood pimped-out circular saw]] hyped up as a zombie-killing weapon, but which [[spoiler:is only used to cut a hole through a wall]].
-->'''Narrator:''' They just use it to [[spoiler:make a door]]?! Is [[Creator/ZackSnyder Snyder]] saving the good stuff for [[Film/ArmyOfThieves the prequel]], the sequel,[[note]]referring to a pitch for a sequel made by Snyder[[/note]] the anime prequel,[[note]]''Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas'', an animated TV series in development[[/note]] or [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague the Snyder Cut]]?
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Cruella}}'' laments that the central plot of the movie with the fashion heists is pretty good, but gets bogged down by having to serve as a set-up for [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the original animated movie]].
* The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' mentions [[ComicBook/WhatIf the original comic book]] and some of its crazier stories, like Wolverine becoming a vampire and Iron Man fighting King Arthur, and expresses some disappointment that the TV show, rather than make similarly wild and bizarre stories, mostly just does variations of past ones from the movies.
-->'''Narrator:''' ...that dares to imagine something even more ridiculous: what if [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] writers could try something new? But not, like, ''new'' new; just a slight remix of some old favorites. Let's not go ''too'' crazy here!\\
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'''Narrator:''' So if you want to see your favorite Marvel characters in exciting new stories that stretch the imagination, [[BaitAndSwitch buy a comic book]].
* The Honest Trailer for ''Series/MoonKnight2022'' criticizes it for not making good use of its great cast, not digging deeply enough into its subject of mental illness, and especially for wasting [[ComicBook/MoonKnight one of coolest characters in Marvel comics]], showing a panel of him gabbing with ComicBook/ThePunisher.
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', a.k.a. ''Doctor Strange in One Alternate Universe That's Basically Just the Near Future'', remarks on how little the movie makes use of its supposed universe-hopping story, only shows one alternate universe prominently and just zooms through other more interesting ones:
-->'''Narrator:''' Witness a film that explores the limitless possibilities of the multiverse... [[PunctuatedForEmphasis for one. Whole. Scene]]. Really? Can we go back to paint world for a sec?\\
''[...]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Okay, settle for the MCU's [[Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney bogus journey]] across the multiverse, where the differences are all cosmetic, the characters barely change, and the plot devices are either literal convenience stores or main characters, like America[...]
* The Honest Trailer for ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' points out how dinosaurs spreading all over the world all happens off-camera between it and [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom the previous movie]] and ''Dominion'' instead focuses too much on the giant locusts.
-->'''Narrator:''' They-they know that bugs aren't dinosaurs, right?

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