My Love Letter to Cinema

If you know me, then you know I love movies. Films, pictures, whatever you may call them. I love them all. Movies are a huge part of my life, and if I could make a career out of it, I would (hence the reason I'm writing this movie review blog). It's a sad fact that there aren't many movie critic job openings out there. But I do it for fun, and that's enough for me. This, overall, has been a great, great year for the cinema. We saw the end to Christopher Nolan's epic Dark Knight Trilogy and the latest Paul Thomas Anderson masterpiece, so aptly titled The Master. We saw Joss Whedon pulling off the impossible in The Avengers, and a 6-year old actress gave one of the greatest performances of this generation in Beasts of the Southern Wild. And there is still so much to look forward to. The grand adaptation of Les Miserables, Denzel Washington and director Robert Zemeckis's  return in Flight, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, Peter Jackson's latest foray into Middle-Earth with The Hobbit. The list goes on and on. Movies are so much more than just what people see them as. It's not just mindless entertainment. Movies are an art form. A great movie can have just as much emotional impact as a beautiful piece of music or a striking piece of art. And I wish that people would see film as such. This all sounds random, and out of place, I know. The theater is my home away from home. A place where I escape, and focus on the craft being displayed. Being in a theater is pure bliss for me. And this is my thank you. This letter is not expertly crafted nor does it contain a logical structure. It's a list of things I appreciate, and it means so much to me. Stay tuned, as I have tons of reviews to write in the coming months. Thank you for reading.