I'm a sucker for music films.  That should be pretty apparent by this point.  I also pay a lot of attention to trailers.  I've been fascinated for a long time in the process of story telling in movie trailers.  Through 90-120 seconds of disjointed footage from various parts of the movie, a good trailer should give you a complete synopsis of the plot of the film.  But my analysis of trailers should make for a whole 'nother post.

A bit more than a month ago, while sitting down to watch Across the Universe, I saw a preview for August Rush.

At first, I was completely in to this film.  The plot seemed intriguing if corny and my aforementioned love of music films meant that I automatically had a positive bias towards this film.  Also, I have a thing for Freddie Highmore who has been in quite a few good movies and TV shows recently.

And then, Robin Williams appeared in the last thirty seconds of the trailer.  At that point, I was pulled completely out of the experience.  It was really quite amazing.  The mere presence of Robin Williams in the trailer has ruined the entire film for me before the film has even been released.

This experience has led me to the conclusion that I hate Robin Williams.  He somehow has the power to single-handedly bring any movie to a screeching halt.

Aah, refreshing hate.  It tastes so great.

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