Movie previews

Somehow movie previews morph us into hyper-critical, overly vocal participants in the world of cinematography. As soon as the 30-second preview ends, we’re ready with our seething critiques which usually have embarrassingly poor vocabulary such as “really bad,” “stupid,” and “not scary.” Famous and brilliant Academy Award-winning actors are suddenly “trash!” and we declare that we would never pay “$9.25” to see THAT one. Then, as our movie begins, our self-imposed job is done and we can eat our junior mints; we earned them. Time to enjoy a truly good movie that contains substance.

Ice Age 3.