Coming Soon-ish

Ah, the film review... Something so easy, everyone can do it, and most people do. Poorly. I don't say this because I disagree with them (and I do quite often), I say this because of a lack of any form of integrity and discipline to it. It does not take any skillful wording, or any sort of educated eye to ramble on about how good Twilight was, especially when the bread and butter of the "argument" is based on how hot that sparkling turd Edward Cullen is. And frankly, I thought it sucked.

Frankly, I think the average film critic sucks. The internet has given us a ruptured floodgate of opinions, which is a great thing in theory. However, 90+ percent of the internet critics cannot back their arguments about films with anything more than their likes and dislikes, pushing aside the merits a film may have and basing the "review" on nothing more than whether it's their type of film. The flaw in this is that if such a critic is not a fan of slow-paced romantic dramas, for example, then they can say Casablanca sucked. I, personally, am not that big a fan of Casablanca, but I'll be the first to say that it is one of the greatest films ever made, based upon its technical merits, fantastic acting and direction, and its ability to withstand the test of time (and Ted Turner's colorization).

The professional critics are no better. When large amounts of money go into your pocket for this, or when you are given a private screening of a film, it can sometimes replace objectivity, as you now have something to gain from a good, or in some cases bad, review. And then there's those morons you see on network television who mask their lack of adapting to the media climate behind dated catchphrases, horrendous gimmicks, atrocious mustaches and a goddamned bowtie.

Yeah, I'm not a Gene Shalit fan.

So this is what I propose: I'm going to take a stab at this, and I'm going to get my voice heard in this. I like to think I know a few things about film, and hope to hell some of you out there want to hear what I have to say about it.

So check back here in the very near future, as I'm going to start off with a bang, by reviewing the most expensive film ever made: Avatar.