This blog is an offshoot of sorts from my previous "main" blog.
I found myself somehow fond of writing reviews - about anything that I felt needed a writing about. This held through especially for movies (and to a lesser extent, books and music) which I, uh, watch a lot. As such, come "Oscar season", I find myself watching lots of good movies that I especially want to write about. So, this blog would serve as a useful outlet to prevent the clutter of reviews from clogging up my other blog.
Anyway.
Reviews, for many people, are things that one read to make an informed decision. At least, I hope that they are used for that purpose. Of course, one gets jollies from reviews that poke fun at terrible movies but I suppose the main reason we read reviews is to find out the opinion of others. Is it worth watching? Although, of course, tastes differ and often do not overlap. So take reviews with a pinch of salt. Unless, of course, you have a movie with a 1% rating over at Rotten Tomatoes, (indicating universal infamy) then maybe it will be wise to reconsider.
I find that some reviews tend to be too clinical, bordering on essay like while others circle around, telling us everything but what we want to know - is it a good movie or not? As for me, I merely note by thoughts of the movie. I am serious about serious movies, and frivolous about frivolous movies - whatever they may claim to be.
Ultimately reviews are subjective, as objective as they try to be. I do not try to change people's minds, only to let them know what I think. As such, "impressions", be they good or bad serve to aid people to understand something better. And maybe to decide whether that $10 is worth shelling out.
I found myself somehow fond of writing reviews - about anything that I felt needed a writing about. This held through especially for movies (and to a lesser extent, books and music) which I, uh, watch a lot. As such, come "Oscar season", I find myself watching lots of good movies that I especially want to write about. So, this blog would serve as a useful outlet to prevent the clutter of reviews from clogging up my other blog.
Anyway.
Reviews, for many people, are things that one read to make an informed decision. At least, I hope that they are used for that purpose. Of course, one gets jollies from reviews that poke fun at terrible movies but I suppose the main reason we read reviews is to find out the opinion of others. Is it worth watching? Although, of course, tastes differ and often do not overlap. So take reviews with a pinch of salt. Unless, of course, you have a movie with a 1% rating over at Rotten Tomatoes, (indicating universal infamy) then maybe it will be wise to reconsider.
I find that some reviews tend to be too clinical, bordering on essay like while others circle around, telling us everything but what we want to know - is it a good movie or not? As for me, I merely note by thoughts of the movie. I am serious about serious movies, and frivolous about frivolous movies - whatever they may claim to be.
Ultimately reviews are subjective, as objective as they try to be. I do not try to change people's minds, only to let them know what I think. As such, "impressions", be they good or bad serve to aid people to understand something better. And maybe to decide whether that $10 is worth shelling out.
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For those who don't know, I'm Daniel. My other blog is here. And I like to write. =)
2 comments:
just discovered this!!! =) and you can bet i'd pop by here fairly often because i am very particular about which movies my RM 10 goes into. =)
Haha...keep dropping by. =)
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