Hello Internet! I am the Critic of Classics, and I will be reviewing classic films for your amusement. OK, I lied. Not all of the movies are going to review are 'classics', like in the vein of Citizen Kane or Casablanca. Many of these could be classics of a certain genre, cult classics, camp classics, or modern movies that while being really good, just aren't quite old enough to be compared with earlier films of the same kind. In short, I'm going to review movies that I see over time, whether good or bad, and give my thoughts on them on this blog. But first, a little info.
1. Don't expect many romances. While many movies do have romance in them, they frequently have other material to back it up. For example, Raiders of the Lost Ark features a love story between Indiana and Marion, but it also has action and adventure to hold the interest of the audience. What I mean by romances are films like Dear John. These movies only feature two lovers who only want to be with each other, but the other events of the film keep this from happening. At the same time the only thing these movies can focus on is the romance between the two, so anything else in the film are extremely downplayed and the only thing in the audience's head is love. I hate these movies, and I never watch them. Now some romances, like Gone With The Wind, also contain interesting characters and story lines that keep it from being strictly about love. Other romances, such as It Happened One Night, have comedy in it, and these also distract the minds of the audience away from the love. I'll review these, but nothing like Dear John.
2. No modern horror films. Modern horror is the bottom of the barrel of cinema. There is absolutely nothing enjoyable about them. Let me explain. From the beginning of horror films in the early thirties up through the slasher genre, horror films really got in your head. After the movie ended, you would be afraid of vampires, or ghosts, or other people, and so on. Along comes a movie called The Ring. The Ring set off a whole slew of new horror movies that were only made to make people afraid of death. Think about it. In every horror movie nowadays, doing something wrong equals death. You speak, you die. You miss a phone call, you die. Horror movies are meant to stimulate the mind and make you fear something greater than death. Death might not be fun, but it shouldn't be the only fear out of a movie. And that's what modern horror is. Recycling the same unscary phobia over and over again. I'm sick of it, and you won't see it here.
3. I am not associated at all with The Nostalgia Critic. My name might suggest that I am him, but I am not.
And that's pretty much it for now. I'll start actually reviewing movies soon, and feel free to leave suggestions of movies to review in the comment section.
