The purpose of this blog is two fold. First, I have been wanting to do a movie blog for a while because I love film and that's it for my first point. Second, I have been trying to find a way to help my film retention. I watch so many films and I find myself struggling to recall the plots of films I have seen just a week ago. So I am hoping that this blog will provide a place for me to go to and have a reference for many of the films that I have seen and thought were worth remembering.
I hope to keep these posts short, focused and to the point. I hope to focus on a plot synopsis (without giving away and crucial plot points), a content summary, and some initial thoughts on the filmmaking and impressions of the film. The only thing I haven't worked out yet is a rating system. I have nothing against a "star rating" but everyone is doing those. So I am asking the family members and close friends who read (or at least pretend to read...Billy) these blogs to help me out by suggesting a fresh new take on a movie rating system. Right now all I have is a end of a first date theme system. "I'll call you, don't call me." would be the worst; "I can see us being really good friends" would be bad (or would it be the worst?); "We should do this again sometime" is a good; and "I can't believe I'm calling you on my way home" is the best.
Or a monthly system in which an animal is chosen to represent all movies watched in that month and the review will tell you what to do with the animal. So if we chose a "Goldfish" to represent all the movies that I review for May, and I reviewed "Baby Mama" I might tell you to "not wait till it's dead, just flush it straight down the toilet". So send in your suggestions and the winner will get a headshot of me with a signed personalized motivational cliche written in a speech bubble above my mouth. That's the end of my introduction, for what it's worth.
