Films and me.
I’ve been sitting here for god knows how long trying to think about how to start this off, so fuck it, lets just get straight to the point. I LOVE films. I love watching them, reading about them, talking about them, everything about them. If I’m having a conversation with my friends, 9 times out of 10 I will probably try and steer it towards films or TV shows I’ve seen. Films have been a big part of my life since I was very young. From watching Jaws with my mum when I was about 6 or 7 (still one of my favourite memories, so if your reading this Ma, thanks for that), sitting in front of the telly with my brother and sister watching our favourite videos, to spending Christ knows how much on dvds and blu rays for my ever expanding film collection.
So why do I love films so much?
Because for me they are an escape. I’m gonna get a bit personal here and I may ramble a bit here, so bear with me. The last few years I’ve suffered from depression. It’s something that I have accepted that is always going to be a part of me, and I am not gonna lie, it can be an absolute fucker to deal with. Apart from my friends and family (obviously), films have been one of the things that let me forget about my troubles and escape for a few hours. They are an escape from the terrible things that are happening in the world just now. I try to avoid watching the news or reading news online because its all just so depressing and that’s the last thing I need ( I realise that good stuff happens as well, but that’s never reported is it?). For a few hours at a time I can escape to the deck of the Orca, or the Nakatomi Plaza, or LV-426. Whenever I watch a film I immediately go online and read as much as I can about it. From IMDb and Wikipedia to TV Tropes, I will absorb as many facts as I can, then regurgitate them in conversation later. I cold honestly spend hours on end talking about them. So you can expect a lot of that in this blog.
So what else can you expect from this blog?
Originally this log was going to be a film review blog, but it’s not quite going to be. I will be talking about films I’ve watched, but I won’t be rating them or saying “You’ve got to see this film!”. This is purely my own opinions on films I watch. Different people are going to have different opinions of films and different tastes of films so its pointless giving a film a rating because as far as I’m concerned , there is no such thing as the right rating. Someone is always going to disagree with me. And that’s absolutely fine, I’m not gonna call you out for it or call you stupid for liking certain types of films. If everyone liked the same shite, this world would be fucking boring. I love horror, thriller, action and sci-fi films, so most of the films I talk about will be from those genres. I have put a list of my ten favourite films at the top of this blog so you will get a good idea of my particular tastes.
Anything else?
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Okay, thats all I’m gonna say for now. Until the next update, bugger off!
Mostly film stuff, mostly. 