04 juillet 2003

The Spoiler Room: rationale

i think since i am soooo inspired to write (read: to lambast) about charlie’s angels: full throttle that I will create a film review column here that i really really like – one where i will NOT try to please all sectors by being all, as in ALL the things they said i was (were? grammar police, help!), like being:

a) academic
b) technical
c) patronizing
d) spoiling the details of the film for the readers
e) too intellectual
f) too feminist
g) too safe

remember my cut-to-cut column sa localvibe? chuck said i had to think that my audience is college-age konyo (like him? heehee. hi chuck!) so i shouldn’t be too techie or intellectual. complete opposite ng kanilang arch enemy, legmanila, run by the neo-intellectuals of peyups english dept. sa echoes naman, i had to turn on my film gaydar to the highest degree, while sa pinoy times, i have to be seriously critical of my reviews pero not too patronizing naman para may balanse sa mga pr contacts and audience and editors. haay, ayoko nah! basta i will review the film the way i want to – all out critique, intellectual and childish, no restraining of emotions, no ad placements or editors to think about, and ALL SPOILERS WILL BE INCLUDED, so better be prepared for what’s coming.

don’t say i didn’t warn you.