As a film junkie, this is going to be tough but after yet another key plotline was ruined for me by a film's trailer, I'm finally putting my foot down and avoiding trailers. While studies have shown that many casual film fans actually prefer the trailers that show most everything about the movie (so they know what they're going to see), most film fans hate the new Everything but the Ending format of trailers. Making matters worse for me is that I seem to remember most everything in trailers and if there's any key moments giving away by the trailer, I'm going to remember it. If you're going to see The Ides of March, I recommend skipping the trailer because one of the key goals of the characters is included in the trailer. Granted, how they achieve the goal isn't there but knowing how a certain chase was going to end bothered me and took away from some of the tension of the film.

I'm still torn on whether or not I'll keep posting trailers here. My few loyal readers probably enjoy them and just because I post them doesn't mean I have to watch them but I am already having a hard time keeping myself from watching previews so I may have to quit cold turkey. The weird thing is that this won't affect my movie viewing at all because I usually read up on films and hear the early buzz so my interest is almost always piqued before the trailer even comes out. I can't remember the last time that a movie that I never heard about popped up and I was won over solely by the trailer. Be it The Avengers or the critically acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene, these films are on my radar and viewing a four minute preview most likely isn't going to change my mind. Yes, I would lose a few laughs in my life like watching the trailer for Abduction or the laughably spoiler filled trailer for The Double (below) but I think I'll survive.

Anyway, I will always be overly critical of movies but I feel like knowing less about the exact details of these movies will help me enjoy them more, especially comedies where the best gags are often given away in the theater. (This being said, I'll still read up on films because I think you need to know what you're walking into to get into the right mindset for a film. I'm looking at you woman-who-is-suing-Drive-for-not-being-Fast-and-the-Furious.)

So we'll see how this experiment goes and how it affects my viewing pleasure. And as an adieu to previews, here's the aforementioned trailer for "The Double", which is either the most brilliant twist-filled film of all-time or they just showed the ENTIRE film in this trailer.