It Begins

Hello Bloggerland! I hereby welcome you to my very own film blog. I decided to get this blog started up after a good friend of mine said that it would be a good way to release some of my frustration about my current state of affairs. Right now I am in my 20's, living at home, working at Walmart. This is not the life I had planned for me. While I do have a plan to get back to film school (I spent a year there before my finances took a turn for the worst), I currently have no camera and no money to get a camera so I cannot act on my artistic passions. I am almost afraid to post my Youtube here as I feel that the things posted there by no means reflect what I am capable of. So I am going to use this blog to try to talk educatedly on the subject of film and hopefully attract others with similar interests, experience, or schooling so that I can broaden my horizons and perspectives.

So the main question, as it is with most blogs, is when am I going to be posting things? Well I am going to shoot for every day, whether it's a full on article like this one or just a response post from other posters. Granted, sometimes circumstances will arrise where I will not be able to keep up with this schedule. I ask for your patience in advance.

I suppose I should describe myself and my tastes a bit to my audience. As a male in my 20's I am fond of the blockbuster action movies that do come out every once in a while. "Avengers" was a great movie. I like action, horror (usually), suspense, adventure, comedies (usually), mysteries, more or less a bit of everything. I am a fan of silent film and think that Buster Keaton is 10 times the comedian Wil Ferral is. I am willing to give most things a go, but will not hold back any criticisms I have about a particular film or style of film.

That being said there are a few things I do not like. One is the super arthouse type film. "Meshes in the Afternoon" was an interesting film, but I am not putting it on my IPod any time soon. I also cannot stand the American Pie series or any of the films related to that style, which I have dubbed the "horny teen" movie. Watching "Hot Tub Time Machine" was the worst mistake I have made in the viewing arena. I am not against nudity and sex in film. Both can serve a purpose and can be powerful tools in driving an emotion home. However, no movie's most memoable line should be "I feel pregnant".

Well I suppose that's that. I am open to any feed back or questions anyone has. I will be back tomorrow with more film talk. Until then!