Introduction - Oh Man What Am I Thinking

I love movies.

I hate writing.

So in my infinite wisdom and need to have something non-work related to focus on, I've decided to start a serious blog about films and film-related things. The goal is to write up either a current or classic movie every 3 days. My first two normal posts will be on Seven Psychopaths tomorrow, Friday the 12th, and on Argo Monday the 15th. From there I plan on seeing Flight, Holy Motors, Lincoln, and Killing Them Softly over the next two months, with Cloud Atlas and Skyfall on the maybe side right now. In between these new releases, I'll be watching films from various time periods, most of which I've always wanted to see, but as of yet, never have. One of these will be The Guns Of Navarone, which I plan to see on the big screen at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema on the 22nd of this month. 8 bucks for classic goodness with super cheap popcorn and soda. Doesn't get much better than that.

A little background before I go... Some would say I'm obsessed with cinema. If you know me, you'll recognize that I tend to fill any lull in the conversation with movie or TV related queries and opinions. Like the world of literature, movies cover so many different topics and I find the sheer amount available mesmerizing. I've lived in Los Angeles for the last 3 1/2 years so that's only added to my interest.

I tried writing a blog about this two years ago, but only got two weeks in before I gave up. I love reading, but writing bores and frustrates me. However, I'm making myself commit to this, even if I'm the only person whoever reads it. But if you have found this, I hope you enjoy. I have no real set agenda as of yet. My movie reviews will be whatever I feel like writing at the time, although I'll try and keep them to 1-2 pages long. There's a very good chance I'll end up on stream of consciousness tangents which will probably become more regular over the next few weeks as I get into the groove here.

I tend to only watch films I have an interest in or believe will be quality so hopefully the amount of movie bashing here will be rare.

That said, the idea of doing this came last week while I was vacationing in my hometown of Norwich, CT. I spent the day with my buddy Brad who wanted to see a movie to pass the time. I'd already seen Looper and The Master so we settled on Trouble With The Curve. Now normally under no circumstances would I plan on seeing this, but baseball at least gives me an interest boner so we checked it out. Honestly, it wasn't bad, but it was just so generically mediocre. Clint Eastwood plays an elderly (obviously) baseball scout who's losing his sight and opens up the film standing over his toilet, yelling at his penis for not functioning. I have a terrible fear that the Academy (constantly suffering from Meryl Streep disease) will nominate him for Best Actor just because he exists. Sitting there with Brad as the only two people in the theatre, I had so much fun just cynically commenting on the weird emotional turns the story took that I knew I had to find an outlet to express my opinions to EVERYONE.

Anyway, I'll stop myself here, but apparently I'll have no trouble finding stuff to talk about as I just wrote 600 words on virtually nothing. Be back tomorrow with my first real review.