I guess I don't really like movies after all.

I cam to this realization the other day, and it was a little hard to deal with. I always thought I was a movie buff, and I technically am. I can tell you the plot, major actors, director, year of release, etc of most every major movie on the market without even having seen it. What set me down the path of disbelief, however, was the fact that I don't ever get excited about new movies.

Take Inception, for instance: Everyone said it was amazing, critics raved and a huge fan following was formed. Meanwhile, I didn't give a single fuck about it. Christopher Nolan? Whatever. It was one of the biggest movies of the summer, it was an original idea that was well executed, it had the makings of a movie fan's wet dream. I, however, was unimpressed. Same with Avatar. People went insane over it, it had a re-release for Christ's sake, people got depressed after watching it and wanted to kill themselves because they knew Pandora wasn't real and they wanted to live there forever. Meanwhile, I haven't seen it, I don;t want to see it and I  probably never will.

What gives?

I used to pride myself on my DVD collection; I only had great movies. The Exorcist, Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting, all really good, critically-acclaimed classics. Nowadays I have shit in there like Saw II. I've really let myself go.

So what I figured out is that I do love movies, just ones that I know won't suck. It takes me so long to see a movie that I know I'll love, and once I do watch it, it's forever a favorite. Why am I this way? I don't know. All I know is this:

Fuck you James Cameron. You bumped Scott Pilgrim out of theaters for your dickfest re-release of Avatard.