The first thing I learned being a film fan was never to trust film critics. I've seen the most mediocre films lauded to high heaven. One source claimed Irreversible was 'one of the most important films in the last 20 years.'
Members of the audience go out of their way to watch films. Often paying for the privilege of doing so. The problem is that film reviewers view films indifferently. When I think a film sucks I just turn off the TV or watch something else. Because critics approach all films the same way 'I have to watch this film and come up with an opinion on it' they lose their sense of perspective and alienate themselves from the audience.
Writing about a film, or even sitting through it all isn't obligatory for a member of the audience. Some of the reviews I read are incredibly snotty and even absurdly stupid (see Silent Hill.) I film isn't something you review as a matter of work. It's something you watch because you enjoy it. As a fan I only go after things because I like them. Once I start getting ideas of watching every film I can and putting them up on my website I realise that I need to start taking it less seriously. Once you go into a film with the purpose of reviewing it not watching it because you want to you lose your sense of perspective. Some films I've known were a disaster before I'd even seen one second of them. As soon as the production reel on Cruel Intentions 2 started I knew I would hate it. I didn't watch more than five minutes.
It's a dark and frosty night. The moon is full and I walked across a graveyard. It's time to start my blog. This is principally a place to put up all my writing about Exalted. I'll also be writing short stories, prose poetry, bitching about what I think is wrong with the world (starting with this damn template) and anything else of interest. 19/1/11
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All original material is Copyright © John Hodson 2011-2012. If anyone wants to add any material to my Exalted section I''ll include their with name and copyright in the post notes unless they want to contribute anonymously.
The first section is basically my take on Exalted. Right now I'm just copying up my notes so everything's very raw while I put down my ideas. I'll work on editing everything and making it more coherent later. As a result things will contradict the in game canon and even be self contradictory especially since not all my notes are copied in chronological order. They've been typed up without editing to remain as close as possible to my original vision.
The first section is basically my take on Exalted. Right now I'm just copying up my notes so everything's very raw while I put down my ideas. I'll work on editing everything and making it more coherent later. As a result things will contradict the in game canon and even be self contradictory especially since not all my notes are copied in chronological order. They've been typed up without editing to remain as close as possible to my original vision.