Just To Blog Up

this is not a review.. in fact, it is just me ranting.. i have decided that i can be far too hurtful when i get too drunk (both to myself and the ones that i love) and that i need to find new things to do with my time rather than go to the bar and spend a whole lot of money on something i'm just renting until the next time i take a piss.. i have decided upon movies.. i can't make good decisions on my lonesome, i need my girlfriend with me.. so, as a constructive alternative i have made the decision to go to a movie every time i need that time alone.. it'll save me a lot of money from the booze that i usually drink at the local watering hole, and it will also instill in me the desire to write here more.. i haven't gotten any replies yet, but i'm hoping..
i am a cook for my profession, a chef someday: hopefully.. but movies are really my passion.. i quote them all the time.. i consider myself somewhat of a snob when in comes to the subject.. i have some training, both in high school and college, about the finer points in film and the qualities that differentiate a good movie from a bad..
as i said in my intro, however, there are technically bad movies that make it to the heart and soul of the movie lover merely for entertainment's sake..
there is a thin line in movie criticism, in that it is almost entirely subjective.. there are these things that make a movie good or bad, timeless or flavor of the month.. but it is the human interjection that makes a movie truly a part of the lure that is to come into society..
i am a young person, sitting here at 24 years old, but there are certain things that to me that are blindly seen as good in my mind because they were a part of my upbringing; inscribed on the person that i am today.. there are things that we look at as an individual that are no longer subjective but fact, simply by association..
the ninja turtles are real to me: as are the transformers and g.i. joe.. not because they exist in real life, but because they are among the factors that created me as i am known to myself and the the people that know me now..
simply, it is the generation gap; that natural separation that occurs when a new form of thinking comes to fruition.. i'm going on for too long now, so i will stop.. maybe sometime i'll make a post in the future that makes sense and will catch someone's mind other than mine..

thanks for listening if you are.. peace..

Requiem For A Blog

Tonite, we will talk about 'Requiem For A Dream.'
This may be one of the most powerful movies i have ever seen.. it still, to this day, sits in my mind as the most depressing movie I've ever seen.. i watched the movie, by my lonesome, in a dorm basement not knowing what i was getting into.. i had heard about the movie, but didn't know what I should have been prepared for.. i was so shocked by the outcome that i sat completely through the credits, staring at the screen in shock and awe till the screen went black..
A lot of people say that this is a movie about drugs, drug abuse, and the nature of the drug addict.. It's not.. It's a movie about human inspiration and the true nature of the human psyche.. The film illustrates a base instinct of survival aroused by desperation ..
Faced with the factors derived by the disparity of a hopeless situation, what is it that one can give? It's not a story of how drugs consume the human soul, but how life, with all it's ups and downs, drives a person to humility and criminality merely to survive..

The movie impacted me for days; wrestling myself about the creditability of the movie and my personal bias towards the cinema.. I figured that this dark film was edgy (and it was): good in the sense that it was different, proved something to the world.. It proves, though, that something can be said in one forum and impact a completely different one..
The drug thing, that's easy to link.. But the actual relation to real life is closer than that.. There's a lot of people that don't do drugs but can relate to this movie: the grit and the grind.. It doesn't matter where you come from, what you did, or who you are. There was a situation created by you: or the people around you: that caused you to lose your integrity and face your morals head up..
Simply, one must sacrifice to make gain.. Sometimes it works, sometimes you get addicted and become a victim.. In the end it's not a drug, it's not a business, it's not a lifestyle that makes you, but how you overcome adversity to achieve..
In the end 'Requiem' taught me an important lesson: a movie can be dark and still evoke those forbidden feelings in you..The positive nature of a film is not determined by it's content but by how its nature reveals the true meaning revealed in you.. How are you going to walk away from this? Let is speak to you in a way that is fantastic and inspiring.. Walk away with a heightened sense of what life means and how your life around you affects others..

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if you can't tell by the blog name, i'm a big christopher nolan fan.. i plan to use this blog to express my opinions, but also to give movie reviews that inspire insight into cinema as a whole.. i love movies.. i watch movies all the time and i upset my girlfriend by shushing her cause i want to watch 'the prestige' for the fifth time cause i need to see if that line that i heard when i was drunk really does relate to a plot line appearing in the latter part of the film.. does that connection that i saw really make sense, or is it just me wanting it to so that i haven't wasted 2 hours watching a movie i think is good but have no common sense telling me so? i will review the movies that i think are great.. whether that means commando (no cinematic feat by any means, but endlessly entertaining nonetheless), or 'citizen kane,' (possibly the greatest movie of all time, but not entertaining unless you're in the mood). all i can hope for is some feedback, consistency, and hatred for my little blog here.. everything and anything is welcome as a response; but, be forewarned, i will stand by mine, so be prepared to stand by yours..

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