My Movie Reviews

Hi, I'm Kyle Robinson! You might remember me from such blogs as "A View of the World From A Round State" and "The Cinema: How Mediocre Books Make Their Money."

I have been going to a TON of movies this year (all Jason and Daniel's fault). I love movies, and a dream job would be to write about them and watch them all the time. As such, I'm trying a new hobby... writing about them (since I already watch them all the time). This blog is mostly for my own amusement, maybe a way to improve my writing. Feel free to let me know what you think of the movies I've written about. I would enjoy some discussion :)

Here are my guidelines:

To start out, I'm only going to write about movies I've seen in theaters. This way I can try to eliminate bias I would get from other reviews or just random talk I pick up. Also, it will mean I don't have time to think things over too much. You'll mostly get my first impressions.

I'm scoring on a ten point scale, mostly because the first one I did I couldn't decide between 2.5 and 3 stars. Wouldn't you know it, if you carry that out to an 8-point scale (which is what the 0 to 4 stars really is) you would want a score of about 7. BOOYA! We have my scale. I will not use half points. SOOO....

10 - 9 is a score of a movie I think you should go out of your way to see. It is great, loved by all (most).

8 - 7 is a movie that was good. Maybe not for everyone, but if you stumble across it or get a chance to see it, it would be worth your time.

6 -5 is for fun movies, that were pretty good but were missing that special something. Maybe this would be one of those movies that isn't all that special, but you watch whenever you see it on cable (like I am with Knight's Tale).

4 - 3 generally not a very good move. Likely only good for the one or two scenes that make you laugh out loud are give you a good scare or deafen you with awesome explosions.

2 - 1 mean please avoid this movie. You won't like it, no one would. (I'm looking at you Wolf Creek).