As I sit here contemplating what movie related topic I could possibly write something about, I keep getting pounded with the same thought: Whatever you’re planning to write about, many many people have already written about it…and they probably did a better job than you could ever do.
The state of modern romantic comedies? What makes a movie scary? Top (insert number here) all time lists? Why try to write something that’s already been written a thousand times over? To bring my unique perspective to it? Possibly. But, chances are, it’s not as unique a perspective as I’d like to think it is. Heck, I’m sure plenty of people have written posts just like this one before. Even complaints about having nothing original to say aren’t original!
Songwriters must go through this. There’s only so many ways to write a love song, and you’d think people would get sick of them (as Paul McCartney pointed out), but you just have to buckle down and try to say what’s already been said in a way that nobody’s ever said it before.
That probably takes effort and energy though. Two things I’m not always bubbling with.
However, I would like to write something here besides reviews. That’s where you, the reader, enters the scene. I’m hoping you’ll suggest a topic for me to write about. Even if it’s totally unoriginal (e.g. Best Movie Twists Ever!)…or way too original (e.g. Top 10 Movie Scenes Featuring a Birdhouse!). That way it won’t be me coming up with the silly idea in my own blog. I can blame somebody else. See how that works?
So yeah, leave a comment with a suggestion if you have one. Or, if you’d rather I quit writing altogether, you could say that too…or just don’t leave a comment at all. I’ll consider every comment NOT left as a vote for me to stop writing. Seems logical.
Speaking of stopping…
The Robot Who Likes Pretty Things 
Jer
How about movie scenes or techniques that have influenced every similar scene since. For example, firing a weapon in each hand with your arms extended out to the sides or even better crossed over the front of you. Not sure when this started but I think it was a signature move in the Matrix. Well I challenge you to find any action or shoot-em-up movie since the Matrix that doesn’t include this signature move by one of the hero’s or bad guys. And I’m not sure the move is really possible or at the very least, effective in real life.
So there must be other signature moves that started somewhere and have since been adopted wholesale by the industry.
Charlie
No, we the readers do NOT want you to stop writing. We are very firm on this point!
Have you thought about starting a series of reviews on a similar theme? I started something called “Terrifically Terrible Cinema” on a lark and it gets loads of comments, sometimes more than my reviews on GOOD movies. Bad movies get people riled up, I’ve found, because there are so many ways to trash a movie and not so many to talk about how good it is.
Or the easiest place to start might be reviewing the movies you’ve listed in your favorites and linking the reviews on that page. I’m interested to see your favorite films — many of which are mine as well — get the full review treatment.
Here’s a post I found about firing two guns at once…. it’s called “akimbo” in Modern Warfare 2, by the way…. I like firing two shotguns at once… not sure how my guy reloads thought…
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GunsAkimbo
The first time I remember seeing this was Tequila in “Hard Boiled”…. just sayin….
that was a very interesting article. thanks for the great info on that.