As Promised

I said I would make it a point to blog regularly again, and I'm upholding that promise today.

Earlier this morning, a friend got me thinking about something. Riley, here's looking at you, punk. <3

Basically, I got to thinking about what makes a movie appeal to me. Yeah... sometimes... style does get to me. No way around it; I couldn't pass up watching The Spirit purely because of its style.

Lucky for me, I actually rather enjoyed it even beyond its style.

See, the thing that makes a movie click for me is its characters and the worldviews they present.

For example, I give you The International. A movie that isn't amazing in cinematic or writing terms, but I still really enjoyed it.

And not because Clive Owen shot at people.

When I watched the movie, the entire thing revolved around notions of justice and how to achieve it. When Clive Owen's character was challenged in his view of justice, effectively forced to rethink his ideals and how to bring them about, I understood it.

I related to it. And it's that, the connection with challenges to a given worldview that I hold, have held, or have failed to understand that makes a movie stand out to me.

The rest is nice and all, and I can appreciate good cinematics and the like, but my love for a movie is usually rooted in these notions.

Which is why I rarely refer to a movie in terms of quality ("this is a great movie," or "this movie sucks") since... even though I can measure things in those terms I hardly care to. The subjective impact of a movie is what interests me, and that is what I'll refer to when talking about movies.


In other news, I really, really, really love Coheed and Cambria. I cannot wait to see them in three months.


Also, my next post will be more casual and stuff.