Saturday, May 30, 2020
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Jeff's Top 15 Most Hated Movies of the 2010s
There were so many genuinely awful movies that came out this last decade, and a lot that I skipped out on just because I knew beforehand that there was nothing I could get out of them. So right off the bat, there are going to be some issues people will have with this list. There are quite a few popular movies here, and I'm sure most people will look at what I have and go "BLEH SNORT YOU HAVE [blank] BUT NOT [blank]?!? WHAT, WERE YOU DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD!?!?" or whatever dumbass crap people say when they can't accept someone else's opinion, so I'm going to put in bold and gigantic font a FEW SENTIMENTS that I think needs to be read and accepted before going forward.
1. I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERY BAD MOVIE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.
2. THIS IS AN OPINION-BASED LIST.
3. THIS ISN'T A "WORST MOVIES" LIST, IT'S A LIST OF MOVIES I HATED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
Now that I'm done condescending to you, this is the list I have prepared for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the vitriol.
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1. I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERY BAD MOVIE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.
2. THIS IS AN OPINION-BASED LIST.
3. THIS ISN'T A "WORST MOVIES" LIST, IT'S A LIST OF MOVIES I HATED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
Now that I'm done condescending to you, this is the list I have prepared for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the vitriol.
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Monday, May 25, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Jeff's 50 Favorite Movies of the 2010s
I wanted to wait a few months to let the hype die down from movies of the last year before making this list, so here we are nearing the end of May before I finally sit down and comb through the 1500~ movies I saw from the 2010s to determine my 50 favorites -- or, in the very least, the 50 movies that have stuck with me the most for a variety of reasons. I'm not some kind of professional critic, so my opinions aren't part of the sphere of criticism where timely themes and things of that ilk are essential to my viewing experience, so take this list as it should be taken: as my opinion based on my own personal preference.
So now that I've gotten that out of the way (translation: now that I've written that part everyone skips over to get to the parts with bold text and big pictures, where afterwards they can tell me how wrong I am for thinking something they don't think), let's do the list part. You know, the part with bold text and big pictures. The fun stuff.
BUT FIRST!
Here are a handful of honorable mentions. Movies I wanted to fit into my top 50, but there just wasn't enough room. I'm not including all the stuff I wanted to have make it, as that would take another 30-40 spaces to do so, so I'm just going to highlight a few that I really enjoyed, have stuck with me, or I feel are noteworthy.
HONORABLE MENTION-
So now that I've gotten that out of the way (translation: now that I've written that part everyone skips over to get to the parts with bold text and big pictures, where afterwards they can tell me how wrong I am for thinking something they don't think), let's do the list part. You know, the part with bold text and big pictures. The fun stuff.
BUT FIRST!
Here are a handful of honorable mentions. Movies I wanted to fit into my top 50, but there just wasn't enough room. I'm not including all the stuff I wanted to have make it, as that would take another 30-40 spaces to do so, so I'm just going to highlight a few that I really enjoyed, have stuck with me, or I feel are noteworthy.
HONORABLE MENTION-
Sunday, May 10, 2020
12 of my Favorite Guitarists (and what they've taught me)
I've been playing guitar off and on for about a decade and a half now, and I'm what you might call pretty decent at it. I mostly just improvise bluesy guitar solos to myself without any accompaniment, and if you slapped in front of an audience and gave me a band, there is an 80% chance I wouldn't be capable of playing anything worthwhile to those poor people. Regardless, I have recorded a decent number of oddball tracks and like to consider myself at least alright at guitar. But that doesn't mean I don't love and appreciate the instrument and find myself trying to improve in very specific ways when I pick one of mine up.
What follows isn't so much a standard "greatest guitarists of all-time" list, nor are these necessarily my 12 favorites ever. But in recent weeks I've picked my guitar back up and spent a good deal of time listening to guitar music again (because I actually have the time to do that for now), and I have noticed certain trends in my listening and come away with certain mental notes that I am going to share with anyone who cares to read any further. Every guitarist has their own set of skills, styles, and lessons that can be taken away from watching/listening to them play, so here's a few specific things I've picked up from watching each of these guys.
Also worth noting these "lessons" aren't specific to these guitarists, per se. They're just ones I in particular associate with the thoughts I've attached to them, and I will try to explain my reasoning a little more as I go.
What follows isn't so much a standard "greatest guitarists of all-time" list, nor are these necessarily my 12 favorites ever. But in recent weeks I've picked my guitar back up and spent a good deal of time listening to guitar music again (because I actually have the time to do that for now), and I have noticed certain trends in my listening and come away with certain mental notes that I am going to share with anyone who cares to read any further. Every guitarist has their own set of skills, styles, and lessons that can be taken away from watching/listening to them play, so here's a few specific things I've picked up from watching each of these guys.
Also worth noting these "lessons" aren't specific to these guitarists, per se. They're just ones I in particular associate with the thoughts I've attached to them, and I will try to explain my reasoning a little more as I go.
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