John W.'s Blog (5)

This is my personal opinion and nothing more. Some are biased, but so what I try to be as neutral as possible. 100. The Lost World (1925)

I have a slight bias here. The story is weak and the characters are are not very detailed, but the special effect for the time are great. And being exposed to this at a young age truly helped me understand… Continue

Boy... looking through my movie collection I noticed I did not have as many silent films that I expect... or want. Silent films fascinate me... I cant explain it. I only have 3 (Nosferatu, Lost World and Hunchback of Notre Dame) and yet Ive seen so many. For every Halloween I used to rent horror films like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Phantom of the Opera and the Cabinet of Dr Caligari. There is something so special of them... like an archive of the time. I love the lack of frames per second. The ye… Continue

Oh boy I never thought this semester would end... I told myself that this semester seemed like it would be great... then my girlfriend's family issues came in.. and I kicked out my roommate... and one huge paper would pile on top of another I rarely had the chance to watch films... no time to just sit and watch something... Since the 2008 Ive been to the theater Ive seen only 4 movies (No Country for the second time, There Will be Blood, Ironman and just not Forgetting Sarah Marshall). While f… Continue

So its 3 am. I am pausing yet again from my 5-7 page review of Oldboy due tomorrow to rant off what has been bothering me for the past couple months I have an addiction....a horrid one and is taking up precious movie time The culprits...

Now, juggling this college thing and a small job is kinda time consuming. But I always seem to find time for this show. Whether it be before I sleep or whi… Continue

So its odd having a first Blog Post not being movie related.
But I cant help but express how amazing the ending Super
Bowl XLII. This is truly, in my opinion, how Super Bowls should
be played. Now I'm a Packers fan....a die hard one...so it hurts
not seeing my team in there. But beating a "perfect" tea… Continue