To blog or not to blog?

For me that has always been the question. Along with "how many times are you going to use over used Shakespearean allusions?" I don't think the old bloke will mind.

As the weather turns increasingly colder, I think about what brought me to log my thoughts on a computer. What did my thoughts and ideas ever do to me, that I would imprison them in a place where I don't even know if anyone will ever visit them leaving them cold, in the dark? Don't panic, I promise that this isn't going to be an emo blog. Despite that, the one thing that has kept me from starting a weblog is the fact that I have thought that nobody would be interested in reading what I have to say.

The real reason that I had even considered it, is that every time I muse out loud about what my future and career may bring, the first question is always the same, "What are you interested in?"
"I'm into movies. Its one of the things that I really love"
"Well! Then you should be a movie critic or something!"
"Yeah, right, like anyone wants to read what I think."
"Why not? You should go for it."
"I wouldn't even know how to start."
"Start with a blog"

So here I am.

This exact conversation, with little deviation has played out many times. So I finally caved in and went to start a blog. The idea is that I will write primarily about one of the things that I know best and love the most, relatively contemporary English language cinema. I hope to talk little about myself, and focus mainly on the art. There are more films out there than any one person could possibly watch, let lone write about in their spare time. So I will be trying to find a good way of organizing what movies, both new and old, I want to review and discuss.

There are some movies that are classic and timeless, that are so popular, so well known, that it doesn't merit writing about, the subject is academic. "The Princess Bride" (which I have playing on another browser window) is one example. It is one thing to have well known actors in minor roles, such as those played by Wallace Sean and Billy Crystal, but for each character performance to be so memorable, so imaginative as Vizzini and Miracle Max, that is one element that makes a great film. I'm not going to elaborate any further, but the movie is wonderfully crafted and, for me, a classic that I grew up with.

I'm going to try to look at movies that have been overlooked as great works of art. I'm going to expose bad movies masquerading as summer blockbusters. I'm going to hinder the progress of remakes that embarass their predecessors. And I'll probably visit some movies that I just love to talk about.

Remember, I'm not here to find people who necessarily agree with me, just to express ideas. I don't need anyone telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm perfectly aware of that. So haters to the left.

-The Watcher