"Hold on to your butts".

Let me begin my first blog by saying that I'm sorry. For those of you who may have seen the title of this blog and thought it was some sort of fanboy argument over which is the better Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi, then I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. While this topic will no doubt appear on this blog at some point in the future, the origin of the title can be found in one of my favorite films, Clerks.
If you've seen Clerks I'm sure you'll remember the scene between Dante and Randall where they discuss the deaths of hundreds of innocent contractors who were killed when the Rebels destroyed the unfinished Death Star, and if you recall, this whole conversation began over a question, "Which did you like better; The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi?". One of the funniest scenes of the film came from a movie debate, a "Which one did you like more" question, which is what this blog is all about; movie reviews, debates and movie talk in general.

A stretch you ask? Perhaps...but it was either this or "Dave's Generic Movie Blog".

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's get on with what you'll be seeing in this thing...

The past couple of weeks have been a lot of catch-up work for me. At this point I've seen almost all of the films that will more than likely be nominated for awards this season, and thankfully they've all been good. In fact, two of them have found their way onto my Top Ten list for 2010. It's funny, after looking at my Top Ten list for last year, I've found it's practically identical to almost everyone else's.

Someone over at DVD Verdict brought up a good point. If you'll listen to the "F This Movie" podcast you'll hear them say that the reason everyone's Top Ten lists are the same is because there was such a lack of good films last year...and sorry to say, he's absolutely right. Here's hoping that 2011 will be better...but, with films like Season of the Witch kicking of the year, it's not looking good.

Ah well, at least M. Night Shyamalan doesn't have a movie coming out. He doesn't does he? God, let's hope not.