Hi yall. I have to admit, I almost didn’t get anything up here today. I had a pretty bad day yesterday (locked out of my apartment for a few hours, among other things), and, I have to say, wasn’t really thrilled about trying to come up with something for today. But you’re worth it, so I quit my whining, manned up, and delivered.

One of the things I did that was good yesterday was actually go to the movies. While at the movies, this guy from this company called e-works asked me if I’d like to give feedback about a movie trailer. Unlike the TV Preview that I went to once upon a time, this was actually legit– the guy was basically collecting feedback about studio produced trailers– what worked, what didn’t, what people were interested in, etc.

He showed me the trailer for Vin Diesel’s new movie The Pacifer, and asked me a bunch of questions about it. Being a bit of a Vin Diesel fan, I had plenty to say.

(shown a list of actors’ names) “I know who Vin Diesel, Michelle Tratchtenburg, and Kim Cattrall are. I don’t know Brad Garrett or Adam Shankman.” (I later recognized Brad Garrett as the guy from Everybody Loves Raymond)

(asked to describe the movie’s genre) “The movie looks like a comedy. Action-comedy. You know, like one of those Schwarzenegger family flicks.”

(name two liked parts and two disliked parts) “I didn’t like the parts with the baby. Also the bottle flipping thing. It was dumb.”

(when pressed for a part I liked) “The girl screaming was kind of funny. Also her jumping out of the car.”

(does the fact that Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the house) directed make you want to see the movie more or less?) “Distinctly less.”

(does the fact that Disney made the movie make you want to see it more or less?) “Distinctly less.”

(when shown a list of about 30 films and asked which ones I’d seen) “I’ve seen all of them. Except Freaky Friday and The Princess Diaries.” (*note: list included XXX, Boiler Room, Starsky and Hutch, Daddy Day Care and New York Minute. Embarassing.)

(is this type of role different for Vin Diesel?) “Yes.”

(different good or different bad?) “Umm… [pause]… different bad.”