more questions than answers

wow. what a moment. my first post on a proper film blog. need to make my mark, need my own style. if i was a dog, i'd piss in the corner, but i am hesitantly guessing that's not the etiquette. perhaps my no-capital letter rants are the way forward. let me know when it gets annoying - you could write that post in capitals just to prove a point...

to be honest, it is with trepidation that i indulge on this site. my previous blog adventures have generally been vitriol aimed at celebrities firmly under my skin - take gremlin-faced know-it-nothing radio dj nicky campbell for instance - so to get involved with the film industry is a bold step.

so what do i write about? well, i saw 'no country for old men' at the weekend and thought that the dog who chased josh brolin down the river was pretty cool, i have a friend who likes 'donnie darko' just because it looks nice and i once saw kevin kline's 'in and out' at the cinema and threw peanut m&ms at the screen... or perhaps i should just talk about 'star wars' to get the hits up? oh shit, that was meant to end after the fourth post.

but ney, my first post is one for my bretheren. this one is for the novices out there too scared to voice their opinion in fear of the film nerd backlash. so what if i don't rate jack black? i'm not sorry for not sitting through 'raging bull' and am equally unashamed when talking about 'tin cup' (i'll save that for another time).


so i begin to wonder (shit, this is getting more and more sex and the city by the minute), what gives you the right to become a film critic? should everyone be given the honour? probably not - i mean, imagine the chaos - some twats have actually watched and enjoyed 'white chicks' and they don't deserve to be given an opinion. should you have watched a certain number of films? should you have watched all the classics? or perhaps you need to have ingested halliwell's and are able to shit it out on demand.

put me out of my misery if you have the answer, but until then i reckon it's pretty much open season. let war commence between those in the know and those out of it wherever these boundaries might begin and end. don't get me wrong, i want to use my position on the forum to preach but i also want to learn, and that doesn't begin and end with the ways of 'repo man' - no blog-offense intended,

until next time flicks reversed fans... i need to get back to my current quandary - should i go watch 'semi pro' just because it has will ferrell in it? i mean, it looks kinda funny...

life can be so hard.