Apologies To My Fans (AKA My Mom)

Well... I'll just say it: I'm a bit lazy. I could provide a whole list of excuses (and I will soon) on why I've left this blog stagnate for the last five months, but it comes down to a bout of lazy. Sure, when I started this up I was unemployed, living in my parents living room, and really had nothing better to do, but let's look at what has changed now. I do have a job (which is only part-time). I live on my own now (really that should give me more time). I don't have access to the internet at my apartment (not a real excuse. I'm at Off The Leaf all the damn time).

Yep.

No Excuse.

And for that loyal fans(Mom), I deeply apologize.

Since that's out of the way, I'm happy to say I'm going to start keeping up with this blog. Originally I had taken a month off to take my self-prescribed, self-taught crash course in writing and grammar, then just never started back up again (kinda defeats the point, huh?). Now when you read this (Mom), there will hopefully be fewer grammatical errors that no one probably noticed in the first place (don't hold your breath. My comma usage may still be out of control). I may not be writing approx. 1,000 words every other day like I did when this started, but I'll try to at least post something about whatever interesting movies I've been watching recently. Because all these "words" are going to eventually come to a boiling point, and I'm going to freak out and verbally accost someone with a torrential outburst of film talk (most likely just yelling out names of directors and movies and swearing a whole lot, which will just make me sound like a super nerdy kid with Tourette's.) No one wants that. Or deserves it.

Since I'm sure you're all wondering what I've been watching this past near-half year, I will tell you. It's not much, but I'll still fill ya in. Get ready for some awesome (or not).

12/20/11 - Welcome To The Dollhouse (1995)

I've seen this a lot. It's awesome. And you should watch it.

12/22/11 - Black Swan (2010)

Amazing film. Miss Portman was amazing, and very deserving of that lil' gold statue she received. Also, Vincent Cassel was top-notch as always.

12/25/11 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (2010)

By far the best film in the Narnia series, but that's really not saying much. I hear it will be the last one in the series that will be made. We can only hope.

12/25/11 - True Grit (2010)

Yep, Cohen Bros. Yep, It was awesome. I'm sure you've all heard a ton about it. So, I won't bore you.

1/2/11 - Devil (2010)

Ehhh... I'm not sure I expected this to be any good. Cause it wasn't. It was just kinda nothing. I sat and I watched it, but I was completely detached from anything that was going on. I'm sure in a couple years I'll forget it even existed.

1/15/11 - The Social Network (2010)

I already wrote about this one. This was just a re-watch with my sister. Go Here.

1/15/11 - The King's Speech (2010)

Easily one of the best films of the year. Once I buy this I'm sure I'll revisit it and share a bit. Just please, please, please watch the R-rated version. Don't support the silly commercial ploy to get more people in the theater by trimming one tiny bit of swearing to get a PG-13 rating. You'd be robbing yourself of a very great scene. All because you're afraid of the "fuck" word (sorry, Mom). Which is a dumb reason.

1/22/11 - The Shortcut (2009)

Uh, I'm not sure I remember this. I think it has a chick from 30 Rock in it. Something about a path in the woods, old guys chained in a basement, and well... who cares. It obviously didn't make an impression.

1/29/11 - House (1977)

Ever wonder how Japanese cinema went from classics of film (Seven Samurai, Late Spring, Ugetsu) to batshit crazy weirdness (Tokyo Gore Police, Ichi The Killer, Meatball Machine)? It was this movie. It all changed with House. This movie rules in a very bad-awesome kind of way. But be vary wary of anything it influenced. Crazy Asians.

2/4/11 - 127 Hours (2010)

Apparently this was the only movie I watched the entire month of February. What was I doing? Hmmmm..... Really can't remember why the hell I couldn't find a couple hours to watch a movie. I was probably just being awesome (as usual). At least I picked a very bad-ass movie for my one viewing. James Franco is a very sexy man.

3/11/11 - Blue Valentine (2010)

Simply beautiful. I cannot say how much I loved this movie. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling were absolutely perfect. Some of the scenes in this movie are among the most wonderful and heart-breaking I can recall in recent memory. Ignore the whole drama of the initial NC-17 rating. It wasn't deserved, and I'm very glad they got the morons at the MPAA to change it.

On a side note: I met three wonderful "older" gals at the screening I went to. We hung out for like half an hour talking about film. They made my night. If only I was that smooth with girls that are 40 years younger.

3/29/11 - Pickpocket (1959)

I wrote about this in Grindstone Magazine this month. Go check it out. It should be available wherever cool people go (not sure where those places are) for at least a few more days.

4/8/11 - Your Highness (2011)

Hey! Do you like really shitty movies? If so, you'll probably love this one. Puke.

4/13/11 - Sucker Punch (2011)

Hot girls in a mental institute fighting dragons, robot samurai, and steam-punk zombie nazis? Yes, please. Oh... wait... this a film about rape cheaply disguised as nerd-porn? Thanks alot, Zack Snyder. You suck.

4/15/11 - Hanna (2011)

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

4/16/11 - Rango (2011)

By far the best looking animated film I've ever seen. Seriously. By the way, this is not a "kids film." So, don't take your kids to it. Unless your kids are bad-asses.

4/20/11 - Source Code (2011)

I'm going to need to see this again before I make a firm judgement. I want to say it's good. But I feel like my expectations and what I watched were clashing a bit during my viewing. It's directed by David Bowie's son, which is awesome. Also, Duncan Jones's last film Moon was great. Go watch that.

4/26/11 - The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

I watched this last week for my article in Grindstone. Please pick up a copy when it hits the streets later this week.

There it is. I feel a lot better getting it all out. Expect more soon-ish.