Yes, there are many blogs on the interweb. We will concede this. But this one, we have plans for this one. ‘We’ being the self-appointed blunt judges. It may seem like being a judge, blunt or otherwise, should be a position appointed by someone besides oneself. It may seem like it, but not so. The only prerequisites to this position are an inordinate knowledge and passion for film…and a willingness to equate it with breathing. And we do. We’re like the fatally attracted Glenn Close to film’s Michael Douglas. The basically instinctive Sharon Stone to film’s Michael Douglas. But not the disclosed Demi Moore to film’s Michael Douglas. No, definitely not.
Roger Ebert wrote about how quality film criticism in daily newspapers is being swallowed up by the thirst for celebrity gossip. While we’re hardly setting ourselves up as the answer to this problem (Ebert is a saint of film criticism, all praise and glory be unto him. Two blunt judges were able to bask in his glory while sitting behind him at a TIFF screening), the intention behind this blog is simply to extend the conversations we generally have about film onto a wider forum. Between the three of us, we’ve watched a shitload of films (technical term). So as of now, we’re ready to move onto the next level. We’re ready to take it to second-base, to grope that proverbial breast and fearlessly share our ideas and insights with our faithful internets audience, who will hopefully include more people than those googling ‘grope breast.’
So boldly we go, like Michael Douglas in You, Me and Dupree (that’s right. We went there), into the realm of film criticism. Expect to see reviews, news, festival and awards show coverage and other film shizz.
So, here’s to film and discussing it and fucking loving it and also Michael Douglas is good too.
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