I decided to get a Letterboxd. I don’t even know why– it adds zero value to what I already do
I decided to get a Letterboxd. I don’t even know why– it adds zero value to what I already do on here; I’m just supplying information to some data mining outfit, for no reward. I just decided I wanted one. But it means yesterday, I started going slowly back through time on my “movies I watched” tags, to boil down my long, rambling tumblr nonsense into short, pithy bite-sized Letterboxd nothings. That’s been a pretty weird exercise, besides just having to confront years of terrible movie choices. I’m midway through 2018, but just having to read my own writing– no thank you! Not a fan! That and the constant experience of asking myself, “Do I want other people to potentially see I have this opinion???” Not fun! I’ll say whatever on tumblr because if you go onto tumblr, any tumblr, you’re already implicitly on some level saying “coherence and sanity are bourgeoise concepts; let’s enjoy some words; tell me about your elevator memes.” Other places don’t have that, I don’t think. If a businessman ever looks at a balance sheet and says “wait, we own what??? why??? how is that a business?” and shuts this place down, I don’t know how I’ll ever feel as safe again…Also, Letterboxd makes you say what your favorite movies are. Wonder Boys is one of my favorite movies but the movie poster for Wonder Boys is one of the all-time worst movie posters ever made, so everytime I see my opinions I feel embarrassed. Embarrassing me isn’t Michael Douglas’s job– that my shitty opinions’ job!!! He’s stealing work from my opinions! Just like he stole work from every other male actor in the 80′s or 90′s who wanted to make a movie about how much they hated women– he took all those jobs from them. “I would like to make a movie about how I hate women, but then Michael Douglas shoved me to the ground and by the time I got up, he was starring in Disclosure with Demi Moore instead of me.” – countless actors in Hollywood, 1984-1997. An American tragedy. -- source link
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