Another movie blog...

Yes, another movie blog. Just another blog to give the opinions of a single person and then have others crawl out the woodwork to either agree or believe those comments have "raped their childhood."

I'm probably a bit different from most movie bloggers. There are many times were I thoroughly enjoy movies that as a cinephile or film critic I am supposed to despise with all of my being. But I enjoy movies from all genres and qualities. I'm not going to compare a summer blockbuster to an independent art house or foreign film. Pirates of the Caribbean is no Lives of Others, but nor is Lives of Others a Pirates of the Caribbean.

To illustrate this, I like:

• Michael Bay films, especially Armageddon & Transformers
• threequels like Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
• Star Wars prequels and even Star Wars: Clone Wars
  

But yet give me British era Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, or anything else that is offered. I will watch it. I may not like it, but I give everything a chance.

My four favorite directors are quite common (Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Spielberg, Scorsese) and I am on a quest to see every since piece of work each has directed. I'm not there yet, but my journey into movies is only a few years old. I'm a fan of Star Wars and Transformers, play the drums and work as a freelance video editor.

I have a few ideas of reoccurring segments for this particular blog. One is In Defense, where I analyze a critically panned movie and try to pull to the forefront the diamond shining in the rough. Another is Within the Muck, where I will take an admittedly sub par movie and showcase interesting segments that shine out and deserve recognition, if not for the horrid surrounding it.

I hope you return to read. I look forward to write.

--David Schulz