Hello all. It has been almost a year since I've written. Yes, I'm fine, and thank you for asking! Unfortunately, I have been extremely bored the past few weeks as the laziness of summer sets in. And with lazy summer boredom comes the inevitable self-evaluation of one's current condition. This evaluation led me to two things: 1) I need a job. 2) I (still) watch waaaaay too many movies. So it is with great enthusiasm that I announce Cine-nanigans is back in business!
I'm going to force myself to post as regularly as possible, perhaps twice a week (AKA once), but mainly whenever I feel that a movie I've seen is worth it's own post. I've also re-evaluated the function of my blog. In my First Post Ever I spoke of reviewing movies that have been released recently in theaters, and in my infinite wisdom, I have decided to... well... not do that. My logic is as follows: A movie gets released. You say either: "WOW THAT LOOKS FREAKING AWESOME" or "meh." You then check IMDB or RottenTomatoes to see what score it got, and decide whether or not you want to see it based on other people's sentiments. I understand this train of thought because I do exactly the same thing. And then there's the fact that despite my first post, I never actually reviewed a movie that was (recently) released in theaters.
So instead of adding my thoughts about popular movies to the giant pot-of-opinions that we call the internet, I will instead focus on reviewing movies that have not been featured in headlines for some time. Normally, these movies will have been mainstream, but eventually forgotten. Every once in a while there may be a movie like Exam, where I could bet money that not a single person who read the post had even heard of, let alone seen. This shift will allow you (the reader) to be exposed to new and original material, without the dull and sometimes unrelenting criticism of popular media. I will strive to write insightful and balanced posts, with the hopes that as many people as possible experience these films as I have; not by weighing someone else's opinion against what's happening on-screen, but with an open, intelligent and willing mind.
And with that, I leave you temporarily. Stay tuned for my first 2012 review, to be posted later this week.
As always, Happy Viewing.
