I am today experiencing what we in the biz refer to as a "spike" in visitors. So let me take this opportunity to welcome everyone coming here from Roger Ebert's Twitter page,* and if you're looking for some reading suggestions, may I point you towards a few of this blog's signature items?
-The Summer of Blood, an annual series in which I take a coolly analytical look at some of the most prominent slasher movies and other notable horror movies, that always ends up descending into diatribes about how much I hate life by August.
-A film-by-film retrospective of the Walt Disney Feature Animation canon, published one per day in the run-up to The Princess and the Frog.
-The latest of my occasional filmmaker retrospectives, centered on the great Japanese animation director Miyazaki Hayao.
-My picks for the 100 best films of the '00s.
Or, if you want to just browse, the link below my photo (that is exactly what I look like, by the way) "Full Index of Reviews" will take you to the index, or just click here.
04 May 2010
11 comments:
Just a few rules so that everybody can have fun: ad hominem attacks on the blogger are fair; ad hominem attacks on other commenters will be deleted. And I will absolutely not stand for anything that is, in my judgment, demeaning, insulting or hateful to any gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. And though I won't insist on keeping politics out, let's think long and hard before we say anything particularly inflammatory.
Also, sorry about the whole "must be a registered user" thing, but I do deeply hate to get spam, and I refuse to take on the totalitarian mantle of moderating comments, and I am much too lazy to try to migrate over to a better comments system than the one that comes pre-loaded with Blogger.
That's awesome, Tim. Of course, I'm anything but a new reader, but I clicked on that "Summer of Blood" link and forgot how great those reviews are. I'll be re-visiting those throughout the next month or so as I rev up for a huge horror-related project on my blog that will take place over the summer. I'll try to name the project something different, hehe, but regardless I'll be linking to your fantastic series as the source of inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI haven't felt like writing about film lately and I figure horror films are a good way to get out of that funk. Anywho...congrats on the recognition. You deserve it my man.
Oh, and I can't find the tweet on Ebert's page...what post did he tweet about? That's the most I've said 'tweet' in my entire life...
ReplyDeleteIt's scrolled off the top page:
ReplyDeletehttp://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/13348658042
He uses the "a" word!
Oh, and horror film retrospectives are a blast, but make sure you pick your titles with care... nothing sucks worse than devoting weeks and weeks of your life and ending up with a Halloween: Resurrection for your pains.
ReplyDeleteHaha.Yeah, I've loaded up my Netflix queue with 40+ titles that are for the most part considered at least mildly good. I don't have the balls you do to go through every Friday the 13th or Halloween film...so I decided to just get a good mix of unheralded horror flicks (Just Before Dawn, Dead and Buried) and more famous stuff that I haven't seen yet (The Mist, The Fog). I guess my equivalent to Halloween: Resurrection will be the cannibal films I am going to tackle: Eaten Alive, Jungle Holocaust, The Man from Deep River, Mountain of the Cannibal God, Emmanuel and the Last Cannibal, and of course Cannibal Holocaust...yes I am purposefully omitting Lenzi's Cannibal Feroux as even I have my limits...plus I've already seen it and I have no desire to see it again.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see how it goes and whether or not I have the patience you do to get through the bad stuff, hehe. There may be a lot of ranting, like you say, come August. Hehe.
Oh, and did you see The Descent: Part 2? I'd be curious to know what you thought of that.
The recognition you deserve, Tim. Congratulations. A large glass of pinot grigio is being lifted to you at chez Agitation.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Tim. Tis truly well deserved
ReplyDeleteIs getting a shout out from Roger Ebert the Movie Blogger equivalent of winning the lottery.
Thank you for revealing your true identity. I always suspected my old next door neighbor was a toon.
ReplyDeleteAlso, very excited for you. I have tweeted my excitement as well. :-)
One more thing: you might want to take this time to recap the poster placement recommendation system, because I'm sick of explaining it to people I send your way. :-)
ReplyDeleteMaybe it belongs in the sidebar?
You lucky basard.
ReplyDeleteWell I found you through Rotten Tomatoes, ...wow, 3 years ago maybe?
ReplyDeleteSince then I don't go to RT anymore, or read other critics really. Nice that Ebert appreciates you, he does seem to know a LOT of bloggers and twitters and critics, good thing I don't need to check them all out :)
His initial related blog post was pretty interesting, too:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/the_golden_age_of_movie_critic.html
So anyways, as good a time as any to say thanks Tim. And make my tip jar contribution a regular thingy.