Here, at the request of several people, all of whom are my imaginary friends, is my first film (non-school related) blog.
This entry will look rather boring and will serve mostly as a means of determining interest and familiarizing myself with the blogging world. However, I might as well begin by giving all of you (by that I mean probably just myself) some basic ideas as to what to expect.
Number One, there will probably not be brand spanking new reviews every week. I lack both the time and funds to see the films I should see. Number two, I may also make comments on music and television, but steer clear of the personal stuff, unless of course the two are to meet. Number Three, I may post many posts in one day and then not post for a week. I am not a professional and I can imagine no job I would rather have than being a film critic, so we could kind of call this an experiment in film criticism. While most reviews will be typical review fair, I may sometimes introduce more scholarly arguments and for that I ask for your patience.
I should say that Crash is the film by which I measure all bad films by, it being, in my humble opinion, one the very worst films every made and possibly the worst Oscar Best Picture winner in history. I exaggerate sometimes too.
If there is anything to distinguish me from your average film critic it is that even though I have a steadfast love for the art house, I believe that some great film really does come from the "evil" studios of the Hollywood system. And also, just because something has critical acclaim (Atonement) or "indy cred" (Juno) does not make it a great or even good film. Actually I enjoyed Juno, but its not that good and certainly not Little Miss Sunshine good. See there you go. My first piece of legitimate film criticism.
Anyway I hope that you will bookmark this blog and make it a part of your daily reading schedule. I apologize in advance for grammatical errors, rants, my propensity for making lists and the occasional all too "punny" bit of word play.
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