Those of you who actually visit my site occasionally may remember me saying I wanted to add a movie review page, due to the number of films I currently watch I wanted it to be easy to update. Well, the more observant among you will notice the ‘movie’ link now in my menu. I found this great wordpress plugin, nearly exactly what I wanted. I want to do a bit to the styling and it would be nice to be able to pull movie poster images but it looks good.
In other movie news, I went to see ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ at the cinema this week, yes the 1946 classic which I’d never seen before, they had a special screening, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had no surround sound, was in 4:3 ratio and in black and white, the special effects were rubbish, but you know what it had characters I ended up carrying about and a plot that had a message. It got me to thinking about modern films, they are mostly about who did the best chase scene, the best action sequence, best special effects, who made the most money, how much it shocked you, etc. Actually the films I really enjoy are the ones with the best story, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, whatever the genre of the film there must be a decent plot to get me involved in a film, there has to be characters I believe in/care about. I wish all film makers/studios would remember that!
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