Previews

I love previews I really do, I absolutely love them. Sounds crazy I know people are always like ‘Oh its okay if we are a few minutes late to the movie, we’ll just miss the previews.’ Ha just missing the previews is not cool! They mesmerize me, I used to want to move to Hollywood and have a career with a studio making previews. The people who make them have the potential to make or break a movie, to draw the attention of views and help make the movie a hit. The talent it takes to choose the most captivating parts of the movie, remain discrete about the ending of the movie, peak the interest of the potential viewers, adding enough suspense, and choosing the right music. The profession is overrated and rarely gets any attention in movies themselves. The only movie that comes to mind that actually features the profession is The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, a producer of movie previews.

Even on DVDs I don’t just skip right to the menu, unless of course it’s a movie I own and I’ve seen the outdated previews numerous times, I actually watch the previews. They are an effective way of getting me to run right back to the movie store, return the movies I’ve just watched, and get one of the ones I just saw the previews for. They’re a nice reminder of movies you may have forgotten you wanted to see.

For instance, I’m an on again off again fan of Keanu Reeves. I just put Max Payne into my DVD player and first preview is for Reeves movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. It didn’t get too much attention in the papers or online but because I saw the previews it peaked my interest in the movie. I remember thinking about how I once had interest in seeing it but forgot about it, until now.