Movies.
One of the things I love most in the world. My girlfriend always says "You love movies more than anyone I have ever met". Most of my social time with my Dad is spent going to movies; it's a thing we do. I love movies.
Movies also make up a large part of my daily internet browsing. The great thing about movies is that they find their way into pretty much every site and blog I read normally. Some sites bring me to other sites, all of this exploration fueled by my love of movies.
Let me break down how much movies come into my usual browsing:
io9.com - usually the first site I visit as it is part of the Gawker media set of blogs which I peruse normally. This site I would say consists of about 15-20% movie related material. The great thing is that even though it's a lower percentage of film mentions, sci-fi is one of my favourite genres (because it arguably encompasses so many themes and stories) and the information I get from io9 general goes about more in-depth with the details of the movies featured as it is their genre specialty.
kotaku.com - movie content only makes up about 1-5% of the material on this blog. It also is unique in that not only does it mention anything gaming related in movies, but it allows me to either be really excited or entertained by what potentially awesome or laughably awful video game movies are being produced. I also find a lot of games that I love share some of the same cinematic sensibilties as their movie cousins. In fact, one of the best "movies" I played last year/this year was the Uncharted franchise (most notably Uncharted 2: Among Thieves). They rivaled most real movies I had seen that year for cinematic appeal, and I got to play alongside it for more than 10 hours. If I'm not careful here, this will turn into a post about on of my other great loves, so lets move on.
slashfilm.com - this site conatins 100% film related information, and therefore is a great place to catch up on what's going on in the world of movies. This site usually leads me to some great new trailers, especially of the red-band variety. I think that this site offers some great information, but even though it is completely movie related, I do find myself only reading/interested in about 50-75% of the articles. This is because, as I said, it is a site that features information about ALL movies; not everyone likes all movies. Some might say that's silly, and that if you truly love movies you should love them all, but ask the same thing of someone who loves food. A lot of things are edible, but I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't want to eat it all; it's the same with movies. My favourite things to get from this site are detailed accounts of what new movies are going to be like, the aforementioned trailers, and a weekly update of what movies just came out for blu-ray/dvd/download, and whether they're worth buying. A great place to go, but usually one of my last stops due to it's specific nature.
imdb.com - the bible of movie info. I found this gem before I started college and it has never let me down since. Want to know who created the music of Fight Club? One second...The Dust Brothers. Any time you can't figure out who that guy was, or what that movie with Bill Paxton in the 90's was, imdb is there. It was also the site that I believe first got me to io9, some we've come almost full circle in a weird way. You see there are these movie related links at the bottom which can sometimes provide hours of entertainment. The things with imdb though is that it has it's specific purpose. I mean, you love the world, but most people don't browse an encyclopedia all day (that's what we have wikipedia for now anyway)
apple.com>downloads>itunes trailers - my sole purpose for this site is to watch bitching movies trailers in full hd. That is all.
So basically I've run you through what I generally come up with when I want to learn about movies. My most commonly used outlet for communication when it comes to movies is the forums on imdb. They are great for hearing peoples interpretations and insights, and also are great if you want some really specific knowledge about movies that is too obscure to be catalogued.
It's hard for me to quantify any of my browsing or viewing experiences when it comes to either movies sites, or movies themselves. Where as brands come into play in a lot of ways when we're choosing to purchase things we like, I'm not so sure I can fit movies in the same mould. See, I can tell you why I would buy this candy over that one, but with movies I'm sometimes not sure why I would pick one. Sometimes it is just not quantifiable. Maybe it is because to me movies are the art form that is closest to my heart. Sometimes you can explain art. You don't like because of who created it, or because of where you saw it. You like it because it made you feel something without definition. Most of the time brands and even cast and crew don't come into play when deciding whether I like something or not. It's that something that is created that is truly greater than the sum of it's parts.
I love movies. Love them.
But I love my girlfriend more.
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