negative1 said:

hey , you can't really know if a movie

is going to be good until you watch it right???????????????? i know a lot of people thought 'cars' was a waste of time, and for kids only, but

to me it was a breakthrough..............................

Uh, no. Honestly, it's pretty easy to tell a good movie from a bad one even from the trailer. Some exceptions are Mission to Mars (horrible movie) and Meet the Spartans (GAWD aweful movie). Mission to Mars looked like a decent trip to Mars movie. To bad they got ALL the science wrong. Meet the Spartans looked like a funny, slapstick movie. Apparently the directors couldn't even do that right though.

The other thing people usually take into account is who's making it and who's in it. I actually check the writing and directing credits on comedies now to see if it's someone that did a previously funny movie.