Intro part 2

Hey there.

Well as you may have gathered, i'm Aaron and im also talking part in this wierd and wonderful blog about trying to get through the 1001 films on the list. I am currently studying film and television at Central Institute of Technology in Perth. My taste in movies are quite different to Sams, so i should probably list the ones i like too.

LIKES:

• Romantic movies/ Rom-coms (as long as there is a quirky story)
• Superhero movies
• Fantasy (as long as its done right)
• Science fiction
• Mystery/ thrillers
• Disney films
• Violence (as long as its story and not just mindless violence)

DISLIKES:

• 80s teen films
• Gore/Slasher (seen enough to know its not my cup of tea)
• Anime (not seen much but Disney do the best animation in my opinion)
• Avant-Garde films

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT:

• Comedies (very, very picky with comedy)
• Westerns
• Movies based on books
• James bond (love the Pierce Brosnan ones, not overly fond of the others)
• Documentaries

Cant think of any others, but I do actually like Michael Bay movies LOL.

So there you have it, the blog has kicked off and the review of our first film watched together on the list is Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight', will be up soon.

All the best,

-Aaron.


P.S I'm English (hehehehe)

Hi there!

Ahoy.
This blog here is the result of two screen students deciding to make a blog.
Slightly more specifically, a blog charting the movies we watch. I recently picked up a copy of 1001 Movies You Must Watch Before You Die. Normally like $50 but it was $15 so I was like, hey, why not?! My partner and I decided to watch EVERY ONE OF THEM. And blog about what we think. However we'll also write about whatever else we watch, and perhaps other random musings. As it is a joint project that I finally got around to starting, this whole thing is under construction, etc etc etc.

So, to start off, hello! I am Sam (short for Samantha). Currently studying screen production and gender and cultural studies - so I may sometimes go off on rants about sexism/racism in movies. Apologies in advance for that.

I have a feeling my taste in movies will change over this journey, so I think it'll be interesting to start a record here of what I do/don't like.

LIKES:

• science fiction. (Most of it anyhow.)
• comedies (If done well/my kind of humour.)
• 80s films (mostly coming of age/teenager ones.)
• movies based on books (though not all...)
• mystery/thrillers

I can't even think of what else now. Bah.

DISLIKES:

• westerns
• romances
• documentaries (unless about a topic I like, which I guess is kinda obvious)
• Michael Bay movies (HAHAHA. No, he's just predictable BOOBS AND EXPLOSIONS, but I do like some of his stuff.)
• violence
• gore/slashers

 A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT:

• superhero movies (never watched them before meeting Aaron, but they're central to our relationship now) 
• anime (there's 2 or 3 out there I enjoy watching)
• the odd rom-com (I just can't handle pure romance movies, ick.)
• fantasy (pretty much same reasoning as superhero movies) 
• James Bond. Originally hated them, but am rather partial to them now.

For some reason I probably could have gone on for ages about what I don't like. Hmm.

And a note on the blog name. It's currently 'A hobo and a rabbit' - this may change, I didn't consult Aaron about that yet... Anyhow, it's a Futurama reference (I am uber-fan!). I feel clever using it here, because the line is "Is that a hobbit over there?" "No, it's a hobo and a rabbit but they're making a hobbit." which is not only one of my favourite Futurama quotes, but also references hobbits, being of course a central part of The Lord of the Rings and the upcoming Hobbit movies, and is also from one of the Futurama movies as well rather than an episode, though the movies were split up into episodes but that doesn't matter.

More blogging soon!
- sam.