...like the salmon of Capistrano

The title of my blog happens to be from my favorite comedy of all time: Dumb and Dumber. My future posts will involve analyzing and critiquing movies, both good and bad, in a timely matter in hopes that you will use my analysis as a guide in choosing carefully which movies you see and which ones you don't. I have to make a few things clear up front. 
          1) I put very high value on the script and the acting. Of all the different things that go into making a movie (script, screenplay, directing, special effects, etc.) you can't have a good movie without those two. I would say that together they make up about 90% of what makes a good movie good. If you don't care much about those two things, then perhaps this blog is not for you.
          2) I will use the ABCDF grading system so that you can know relative to other movies where a specific movie falls. 
          3) I believe that your expectations, whether they be grand or non-existent, play a major role in the watchability of a film. For instance, I had very high hopes for the new Robin Hood movie with Russell Crowe and because of that I was slightly disappointed after watching it. The movie wasn't terrible, it just wasn't The Gladiator. This same concept works in  reverse. I saw The Stepfather with extremely low expectations and I left pleasantly surprised. Robin Hood is still a better movie, but I left more satisfied after the Stepfather.
       
         My future weekly posts will analyze, grade, and tell you how low or high expectations should be for specific movies. Feel free to disagree, just know that you will be wrong :)