So It Begins

I don't expect that this will be getting any hits anytime soon, but when it does, surely someone would like to know who the hell thinks their opinion is valid enough to be writing movie reviews. Let it suffice that I am a college student in the Midwest who has seen enough movies to have a sense of a good movie versus a bad one. I haven't seen every movie on AFI's Top 100, but I personally also believe that AFI is unable to recognize that there have, in fact, been very good movies made within the last 20 years, and even though Citizen Kane may in fact be the greatest movie ever made (though that is certainly up for debate), it doesn't mean that half of their top 10 must be made within 5 years of it.

As you are probably getting a sense of already, I can be abrasive, opinionated, and, of course, a self admitted snob. I will probably resort to being crude, especially with some of the worse movies that I am sure to see as time progresses. This blog will consist mostly of reviews of movies, though with any luck, I will be inspired to write in regards to industry decisions, actor's careers, major awards, and so on.

I will also close every review with 1-5 ratings in the following categories:
Direction
Artistic Vision
Acting
Production Design
Cultural Relevance
Overall (out of 10)*
*Overall will not necessarily be directly resultant from the other categories. For example, Die Hard would get lower marks for Artistic Vision and Cultural Relevance, but it is overall a well made movie, and would get a 7 overall.

My taste in movies ranges all over the place, but things you can probably expect:
I will hate most comedies targeted at my age group and lower. The Wayans brothers are Satan's work in the world, and should not be allowed to touch movies.
I will tend to enjoy movies that have first person narration. I don't know why, I just will
Favorite genres of mine include cult movies, and movies that the mainstream would consider fringe, and that the fringe would consider mainstream. Movies like Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Sideways, Reality Bites, Tim Burton films, etc.

That's all for this post. I was going to include my first reviews in it, but I will instead put those in another post.