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This Summer's Top Trailers

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Summer may not always yield the best movies, but it never fails to deliver the year’s best trailers. Wired celebrates this sacred art by picking out the trailers that managed to throw the most hype onto the screen in 3 minutes or less. We’ve helpfully compiled them in our gallery to the left.

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Optimus Prime, left, and Ironhide are shown in a scene from "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," a lousy movie with a great trailer. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Daniel Radcliffe stars as Harry Potter, left, and Emma Watson stars as Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Jaap Buitendjik)

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The big reveal in this trailer for "District 9" is awesome, and it makes it clear that this isn't your standard sci-fi shoot-em-up. (Metacafe)

Everything about this Harry Potter trailer screams ominous dread, with a healthy dose of explosive action and drama mixed in. (Metacafe)

First, it reminds you that you loved "Borat." Then it shows you why you're going to love "Bruno." (Metacafe)

The two-and-a-half-hour version of Transformers may have sucked. But the two-and-a-half-minute version of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is awesome. (Metacafe)

This "2012" spot might set new records for how much destruction you can fit in one trailer. (Metacafe)

"The Hangover" gave us the funniest trailer of the summer. "I lost a tooth. I married a whore!" (Metacafe)

"Star Trek's" trailer was so efficient and exciting that it won Best in Show at the 2009 Golden Trailer Awards. (Metacafe)

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