The Idea Behind the Review

I've always wanted to start a blog. Even though at first I thought the idea narcissistic and a tad snooty, I realized that if you're an interesting and intelligent person, you may have interesting and intelligent things to say. My sister is one of these people, and just started a travel blog of her trip cross country from Oregon back to Brooklyn, to settle into her new apartment in Clinton Hill / Bed Stuy / The Projects with her boyfriend of many years, and Radzinsky look-alike, Pat. It seemed that this event has lit the fire under my butt, which may be hazardous to those nearby due to my incredibly powerful flatulence. If you know me, you know I'm proud and not ashamed of the loud toot or the SBD. Isn't my blog going to be just dandy?

The idea behind my blog has always been a film review. I am obsessed with movies, ever since I watched An American Tale at age 2 and Back to the Future as a toddler 9 times a day re-enacting the entire script and action on my parents bed with a toy DeLorean. Sweet. I am a lover of Netflix and when I'm not broke, I try to catch new releases on the silver screen. I am an encyclopedia on actors, directors, names, dates, film titles, 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I swear, its uncanny, ask Danny Gordon's Dad about our car ride up to Syracuse. He tried to trick me a bunch of times and every time, I foiled his plot. I can date any film within 2 years and see a face and know pretty much every major film that actor has ever made. If I could make this my living, or as it goes, if I had a dime for every, well, you know, then I'd have...some pretty nice things. That I'd own.

But reviews pretty much always suck, and are biased. I guess films are biased, but when reviewing a film, I don't care who you are, if you haven't ever acted, which I do, if you haven't ever been open-minded, which I am, if you've never actually been part of a film making process on and off camera, which I have, then shut the fuck up. Seriously, who are you to judge someone else's vision, and with a one sided opinion no less? Your misguided angst towards a world that has obviously not accepted you or else you wouldn't be such a pill about it, are affecting the minds of film-goers everywhere. If they can't do, they unfortunately teach. Movies die at or even before the box office because people unfortunately trust some reviewers out there. Some movies flourish, and they are the biggest piece of drivel you've ever seen in your life, because one idiot thought the lead girl was a hottie toddie. My mom looks at how many stars Cablevision gave an Argentinian B-movie from 1974. Just watch the damn thing and make up your own mind!

So, my review page is going to break down a film into categories, including acting, screenplay, direction, production value, overall package, accessibility, editing, the works. I'll throw in my opinion on each subject from time to time, but this isn't going to work if people don't step up to oppose me or clear something up I might misconstrue. I am all for a good film discussion, and in this forum, it's all abut the positivity. I am a pretty positive person, and unless a movie REALLY sucks, I don't believe it tearing movies down, because any vehicle for storytelling, especially with drama and vivid imaging is worth shedding some positive light. Yes, there will be discrepancies involved, yes, there will be aspects of films that suck, yes, I may be dead wrong, but none of this matters unless my readers chime in. I will not dwell on the negatives in a medium I love to death. I will not be overtly harsh just because the film industry if a harsh truth sayer and they hurt my feelings.

I want to talk about why Zombieland was AWESOME, not why it was "terrible" like so many people said it was. All the nay-sayers, feel free to come at me with whatever you've got, cause in the end, you're really just sad and bitter. Come at this with the an open mind. See something in a new way. Nothing is bad or crap, it's just different and under developed. To help us make our own projects the best they can be, let's talk about the best aspects of projects we have watched, and love, or don't love. I don't really care if people call me weak or naive for only wanting to discuss the upbeat side, but they're so much negative Nancy shit in this world, with unhappy people perpetuating it with their annoying opinions. I am here to counter attack all that bullshit and say: DON'T HATE, APPRECIATE! word.