my blogger post of the day goes to harry knowles, who clearly deserves it.

Then when the lights dim and I closed the book, I was like… “No, not the movie…” Seriously… that’s what I said. Then THE LAST SAMURAI trailer played… and then the Green tint Warner logo… and I was like… “Oh man, don’t suck.” Then I thought real hard… “BE COOL,” you know that feeling… it’s the one you’ll have right before STAR WARS EPISODE 3 plays for the first time. That… “BE COOL,” not because of personal investment, not because someone pays you to think that… but because in your heart… right there in the deep of the thump thump, you need to see it be cool. Why? No reason in particular… Basically it’s just a hope.

I think many of you think I pre-judge films. I do, when I’m writing in advance about a movie, editing reports… preparing the news daily for you guys… it’s impossible to not be affected by it all. Before MATRIX RELOADED, I said the same thing. I said the same thing before the original X-MEN… remember how bad the buzz was on that one. I was terrified. I mean, I was sick to my stomach, I literally wanted out of the theater before it played.

You see… there’s a fundamental difference between me as a GEEK and most critics. A lot of critics go to movies because it’s their job to see movies. But, if they were not being paid to go see every movie, they wouldn’t go to many of them. They just wouldn’t be interested. Many critics run skipping to the art house, and drag their feet in dread to see the big “EVENT” films. To me, I go to both with enthusiasm, but personally… as much as I love being “Intellectually Stimulated” by a work of “Art,” I also just love… LOVE to be transported by awe and wonder and the whole big gosh gee whiz awesomeness of an honest to goodness ol fashioned FLICK with thrills and chills and romance and drama. I love my Saturday Matinee fun. No denying it. I’m a geek and I love me some coolness fierce.