In response to Daniel G's question

Before I buy something, I always go online and read reviews, to see what people have to say. Even if I read a bad review though, it may not stop me from buying it. Do you also do this?

I actually do this myself all the time. I see a products advertised on television and the interent all the time and find myself looking them up. I try to go to a website that has other peoples responses to the product and see that they have to say. Sometimes they are rated by stars, so 4 out of 5 stars is good where as 1 out of 5 is terrible. But even with horrible reviews, if I think the product looks cool or interesting I will buy it anways.
One thing I do realize more now is that the reviews people give actually help. I think it's really nice of people to go online and tell you how a product is before you go and spend a bunch of money on it. They are saving you time and money on something that they may have already wasted their money on and for them to take more time out of their day to write a review, it's pretty awesome and helpful. This includes movies too. I find myself looking up reviews on movies before I go out to see one or rent/buy one. I dont want to waste my time on a bad movie and these reviews generally help. Everyone has different views on what a good movie is and so when I read a review, sometimes I will disagree with who ever wrote it because maybe they have a different sense of humor then I do. You can take in information and opinion any way you like.
What I like about reviews is you have the option of looking them up or you can go out and buy whatever it is you want to buy without anyones opinion. I definitely think that reviews are helpful and I have not bought a product before because it got a lot of horrible reviews. If there is one bad review in there the chances of my purchasing it are pretty high but if all the reviews are horrible, then I wont.

The internet is so helpful with reviews on products and services. Do you ever find yourself looking up movie information and reviews before you go buy them and or see them in the theature? I actually went to a movie recently and they are adding commercials to the previews now, what do you think about this? Do you find it annoying and unnecessary like I do?