Wednesday, 20 October 2004
Things That You Didn't Miss, Aren't Missing Anymore
Any of you (all one or two) who actually follow my movie "reviews" may have noticed a distinct dearth of said material in recent times. I started falling behind way back in March, so many of you (the other three or four) may never have noticed at all.
In one failed experiment, I tried to catch up by doing a review a day for the month of July. I made it to 11. I guess at least you could say that I made a useful discovery: Imaginary deadlines apparently motivate me much less than any real one would. Good to know.
Part of my writer's block was that I tried to write each entry in the same order that I saw the movies. That's great for writing up the more complex ones, and I regret having lost some of my impressions (and expression thereof) by procrastinating. But many experiences just don't lend themselves to insta-punditry. So, the list of writer-blockers grew, while I continued passing on reviewing other films until I could "catch up."
With my previous entry, I hereby declare amnesty. Maybe I'll get back to the missed reviews - I hope so. In the meantime, here's to starting up again...