Woman sues "Drive" distributor for not being enough like "Fast and the Furious"

[Marter]

No, really. This happened.

In terrifying first for our nation, a Keego Harbor, Michigan woman is suing a film distributor because the movie she watched was not enough like Fast and Furious.

Sarah Deming went to see Nicolas Winding Refn's latest action-drama film Drive in Novi after watching the movie's trailer.

She claims in her lawsuit against Drive's distributor and Michigan movie theater chain Emagine that she was misled by the trailer into believing she was going to see a "race action film ... similar to the Fast and Furious, or similar, series of movies."

Deming and her attorney doubled down by claiming that what Drive lacked in driving it more than made up for with "extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith." Oy vey.

Deming is asking for a refund and an end to "misleading movie trailers." She plans on turning her complaint into a class action lawsuit next week.

In a world where people have too much time on their hands...

Source: First World Problem of the Day

This seems silly to me. But then again, I do enough research on films before it has even come out to know what they're about. I assume other people don't do that much research, but going solely based on the trailer seems a tad weird to me.

So, how do you feel about this? And also feel free to point out misleading trailers that you've gotten upset about.

 

[dancinginfernal]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

 

[Uber Evil]

Spoiler

What. The. Fuck. Why are some people so stupid. This makes it hard for me to be optimistic about the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation
Hopefully she'll be fined, and that will be the end of it.

Reading that made me laugh. Washington V. Alaimo is especially funny. "Motion to Kiss My Ass."

 

[loc978]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation
Hopefully she'll be fined, and that will be the end of it.

 

[Palademon]

"MY PEPSI IS NOT ENOUGH LIKE COKE! I AM DISAPPOINT!".

Surely this will be thrown out by the courts immediately.

 

[Racecarlock]

That's like if I sued lucasarts because I didn't like the star wars prequels. Maybe if she did some actual damn research, she wouldn't have wasted her money. But you can't sue someone if you didn't like a movie. If that was possible, moviebob would already have all of micheal bay's money.

 

[War Penguin]

Oh, what people will do for money...

Seriously, though, this won't hold up in court. It ain't gonna happen and she's gonna look like a complete *****/idiot/combination of the two in the end.

I will admit, though, this is actually pretty damn funny.

 

[Nouw]

Trailers have been misleading for a long time, about time someone sued

 

[Xeros]

Well, an end to misleading movie trailers isn't happening anytime soon. That's what gets people to go see their shitty movies. Monsters and Skyline come to mind. When I saw their trailers, I couldn't wait to see them. My god... I have never seen more rage-inducing movies in my life.

 

[Exterminas]

Yeah, stick it to the man sister! I am getting sick and tired of Movie Corporations forcing me to watch their movies! It is about time we get some personal freedom and get to choose what movies we watch!

Then there is the cinemas! They don't let you leave them, if you realize a movie is shit and not what you paid for! They actually force you to watch ALL of the movies, even if they are not as good and intellectually stimulating as Fast and the Furious.

 

[Dorian6]

WHAT? You mean I could have filed a lawsuit over that shitty Green Lantern movie?

Why doesn't anyone tell me these things?

 

[Saltyk]

Words fail me. How can some people actually think you can sue for something like this? Better question: Why would her attorney go through with this lawsuit? Is he related to Jack Thompson?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation
Hopefully she'll be fined, and that will be the end of it.

One can only hope.

 

[Lionsfan]

HELL YES! BAN ALL MISLEADING TRAILERS! 1-2-3 *insert something that rhymes with Misleading Movie Trailers*.

Seriously though, I feel stupid by association since I'm from Michigan too. Why couldn't this happen in Alabama or something?

 

[ReservoirAngel]

She actually got an attorney to agree to represent this cause? I know lawyers see dollar signs everywhere but surely they must know this case is going to get laughed out of court almost immediately.

 

[Cenequus]

It's articles like this that reminds me why the rest of the world hates US. I wish it was because of wrong use of international politics or torturing prisoners but they hate you for stupid shit like this.

 

[MaximumCrux]

Surely you jest?

Surely?

 

[LordLundar]

This reminds me of when I worked retail. I had some moron call and demand a full refund on a game because he felt he was misled by the cover. After multiple times informing him that we couldn't issue a refund on open games due to content but the manufacturer might, he then made the demand that we (and no word of lie here) either issue him a full refund or pull all the copies we had of the game off the shelf. No, I didn't restrain myself and I laughed at him for that one.

And before anyone asks, no, I have no idea what the game was.

 

[Neverhoodian]

It's articles like this that reminds me why the rest of the world hates US. I wish it was because of wrong use of international politics or torturing prisoners but they hate you for stupid shit like this.

My my, that's quite the axe you're grinding there. May I remind you that stupidity knows no borders.

While I think her actions are a massive waste of time and money and hope the case gets thrown out, I must admit she does have a small point with misleading movie trailers. I'm tired of Hollywood deceiving the public just to make a few extra bucks at the box office.