Latin Choirs and How to Judge a Book By It's Cover

I was at the movie theatre on Sunday. I sat down with a bag of popcorn, getting ready to watch 300, a brilliantly bloody, epic mess of a movie. The previews came on. Now, I am a big fan of trailers - they are extremely entertaining and get me excited over movies about to come out. However, there is always the chance that a terrible looking movie will be previewed. Tonight was the night for that, apparently.

Next is a movie featuring Nicholas Cage in the role of a guy that can see the future. Now, if that premise isn't a turn off already (it's BY FAR the most original plot that a movie can present, right...?), just hold on. The trailer then attempted to climax with a montage (also, not cliche at all...) featuring choral voices singing indecipherable latin lyrics.

I wanted to throw up.

Latin Choral music is fantastic, assuming that you're creating the next Passion of the Christ. It's tolerable for possibly huge, epic movies that feature 100,000 warriors killing each other. But it is unacceptable for a Nicholas Cage movie to venture into latin choir territory. In fact, I would prefer that all movies never feature latin choral music in the trailer again, unless it actually is a movie pertaining to Latin.

Anyone who has been to the movies since they were a kid has seen this phenomenon. Usually it's action movies who are the greatest perps. Sometimes it's sports films. Either way, though, it now officially annoys me.

Why is it that when I hear this choral stuff blasting out for a trailer, I immediately attempt not to gag? Why do I shun these movies with seemingly crap plots and even crappier, campy sound editing? We're told since we're kids that we should never judge a book by it's cover, but I definitely do (although it's technically a movie, not a book).

Many guys disregard romantic comedies as chick flicks even though they may be clever, witty, and genuinely funny. Many girls disregard action movies even though they might be thought-provoking and dramatic. Why is this?

to be continued...