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Have some more reviews....
Aug. 27th, 2012 08:45 pmMost people who do these don't count rewatches, but I do. Why? It gives me a good barameter for putting the film into a larger context of cinema history, as well as to how see how much my tastes have changed (or broadened). (Plus I don't obsessively rewatch films. I pull them out once a year or so for a full rewatch. Usually if I pull a film out, it's to rewatch a certain scene(s) obsessively.) Anyway, here's my newest set. (Go visit my tumblr for gifs and photosets from the movies. Feel free also to ask any questions if you want to know more about a film.)
( My lazily worded and written reviews (or what happens when you have been working 3rd shift two weeks in a row) )
I'll be hitting 150 by next week. I'm really excited! Of course, I have lots of film recs if you need any. (4-5 in particular that I really hope people will watch but no amount of reblogging on tumblr of those 5 has convinced anyone to watch them. Yet. SOB SOB SOB :D ;) )
Before I hit 200, I do plan to fill in one gap. Bollywood/Indian films. It has stuck out to me and annoyed me that I'm watching films from elswhere but not there. (Also, films from Africa, if I can find any online. Hulu has Indian films but not African ones.) As to why I'm watching so many foreign language films this year: hulu has them available via the criterion link, and I've neglected them for many a year. (For years I was lucky if I could watch 1. Now I can watch as many as I want. So I'm trying to make up for the years I haven't been able to watch them.) Hollywood films are always there to watch when I want to see them (more accessible via a variety of places) so my neglect of them isn't purposeful or because I'm turning into a "too good for mainstream things" hipster.. Just trying to fill in other holes in my cinematic knowledge. (And technically many of the obscure films I've watched this year are Criterion-linked, and Criterion is the US snob label that restores "films that matter" so my film education is still being filtered through a mainstream, acceptable film label.)
( My lazily worded and written reviews (or what happens when you have been working 3rd shift two weeks in a row) )
I'll be hitting 150 by next week. I'm really excited! Of course, I have lots of film recs if you need any. (4-5 in particular that I really hope people will watch but no amount of reblogging on tumblr of those 5 has convinced anyone to watch them. Yet. SOB SOB SOB :D ;) )
Before I hit 200, I do plan to fill in one gap. Bollywood/Indian films. It has stuck out to me and annoyed me that I'm watching films from elswhere but not there. (Also, films from Africa, if I can find any online. Hulu has Indian films but not African ones.) As to why I'm watching so many foreign language films this year: hulu has them available via the criterion link, and I've neglected them for many a year. (For years I was lucky if I could watch 1. Now I can watch as many as I want. So I'm trying to make up for the years I haven't been able to watch them.) Hollywood films are always there to watch when I want to see them (more accessible via a variety of places) so my neglect of them isn't purposeful or because I'm turning into a "too good for mainstream things" hipster.. Just trying to fill in other holes in my cinematic knowledge. (And technically many of the obscure films I've watched this year are Criterion-linked, and Criterion is the US snob label that restores "films that matter" so my film education is still being filtered through a mainstream, acceptable film label.)
