The First Post

Post 1 - The First Post

My name is Dave...it's a pretty ordinary name...sums me up quite well. 

I've never been one to have major artistic flourishes, or never have I been someone who's particularly well renowned for forcefully putting forward eloquent soliloquies of opinionated prose about my thoughts. 

I live a pretty normal life; I live in Leicester, in the middle of England, I'm married to my best friend Freya. I spend most of my time attempting to teach teenagers science at a local secondary school, and a have a reasonably enthusiastic interest in doing and following various different types of sporting activities. 

So you've read the first few sentences and probably thought, 'Ok, fair enough, seems pretty normal...but why has he started a movie blog?'

Well that's a fair question good reader, and one that if I'm honest, I'm still trying to figure out as well.

In a nutshell, I've started this blog because it's something I've never done before. I've always been someone who has worried about doing new things, and subsequently worried that this fear of 'unknown', 'new' and 'different' has made me boring and a worrier. Therefore I recently have decided to make a pro-active go of doing different and new things, and seeing where it gets me...

...Which has led me to starting this blog. 

I've always been a fan of the movies, I've never been someone who has boxed himself into watching one particular type of film genre, but am someone who has always just loved the experience of sitting, watching, absorbing and analysing the good, the bad and the ugly of the film world, populist, niche or otherwise. Whether that's at the movies, at home with a DVD, or anywhere else you can think of?! I don't know if I have a particular moment when I first started to love films, or necessarily why I currently do?! But maybe this process of blogging about it will help me to find out when and why?! We'll see...

So taking this love of film, and articulating my opinions on it, to someone/no-one/the general ether of the t'interweb, is me trying to embrace doing something new, and hopefully in the process, me making an enjoyable reading experience for you. 

My hope is to look at new movies, old movies, good movies, crap movies, wherever this experience takes me!

If there was one movie you would recommend I watch what would it be? 
Get on your foghorn and tell me! :) I'd love to know!

Well, that's it I guess. 

You've made it through the first post! 

Well done chum!

Let's see what comes next...