Seriously... You Could Do Worse

I'm not even going to pretend I'm qualified. I didn't go to film school, nor did I spend my childhood sneaking into R rated movies with the sole intention of seeing Kubrick's latest masterpeice. I snuck into R rated movies to see boobies, just like everybody else. I didn't knock about at film festivals during my younger years with hippie parents selling John Wayne shirts. I don't even know if that's a thing people do or not...

You can jump onto different websites where the reviewers talk about the cinemegraphy, the score and such. Those dudes are knowledgeable. Good for them. A movie's Director of Photography doesn't really make a difference to me. I'll sleep well tonight without ever knowing his name. At the end of the day, I'm watching a movie to be entertained and this tends to rely on just a few things: was the story good, were the actors good, was it put together well?

I mean, I know that every person who contributes to a movie is important. But I'm not going to make a big deal about a film's score unless it truly irks me. If the boom mic comes smashing down on an actor's head - and it ended up on film - I may say something about it. Unless the dude holding the camera has Parkingson's Disease, I would just assume anything out of the ordinary he does is intentional.

I'll watch foreign films, but I'm not so hung up on the idea of a foreign film that I'm going to pretend to love every one I see... because, seriously, most of them bore the crap out of me. While many have some moments of brilliance - most of them could have been told in 30 seconds (those bunny reenactments could do the trick).

So what I think my point is: I watch a lot of movies; isn't that enough? No, of course it isn't. But read my reviews anyway. You'll feel good about yourself if you do.