Few vs. couple vs. now

TimesDelphic.com - April 30, 2009

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Science Center's IMAX offers wide range of films

"Oscar season is over, and with a few months until the summer blockbuster season begins, heading to the movies seems hardly worth it."

This is the lead of the story, and it has a mistake in it, though it's not a grammatical mistake. I think this writer might have pushed the truth a bit to get a clever lead.

It is not a few months until blockbuster season begins. Although there is some disagreement over when the season begins, many people believe the official start of the blockbuster season is late April or early May. In other words, now. Others believe it doesn't start until June, but that's only one month away, not a few. In fact, even if you said the season started on the official first day of summer, that's last than two months away. Two is a couple. Few is at least three. Any way you slice it, the blockbuster season is not a few months away. A writer should not be so attached to their lead that they forget fact.