Being a movie critic has made watching films just work to me, a lot
of the time, but it has also encouraged me to look at films in a
way I never have before, which has been interesting. Some
favourites among the movies I've reviewed include Hugo, Warrior,
The Grey and The Woman in Black. An all-time favourite has to be
The Godfather, though, or the Rocky films. Fight Club was pretty
interesting. I really like most things I've seen by Francis Ford
Coppola, Martin Scorcese, Christopher Nolan and Hayao Miyazaki, as
some random examples. This section will be getting updated
regularly.
I love reading; put a book in front of me and I'll at least skim
through it. As long as it's not Twilight. Don't put a Twilight book
anywhere near me. I'm hoping to get a chance to read more of the
classics; I used to have a much more extensive book collection than
I do now.
Television tends to go under my radar, but I really like Burn
Notice, Suits, Criminal Minds and sports programs - mostly boxing
or MMA. As a random example of a show, Firefly was pretty good,
though I'm a bit more iffy on other stuff by Joss Whedon. I've
wanted to check out the Game of Thrones show, too.
Food is much the same as books - put it in front of me, I'll try
it. This past year I've had the chance to try Thai and Pakistani
food, both of which were excellent, and I've been looking to expand
my tastes. Having the same old meals all the time bores me a
little.
Music, can't go wrong with the great classical composers (Chopin,
Beethoven, Mozart, Holst, Mussorgsky, the works), or a good jazz
piece. Nor with Johnny Cash, Queen, the Stones, the Beatles, the
Doors or decent metal like Blind Guardian, Sabaton, Metallica, etc.
I'll give anything a listen at least a few times, and putting down
everything I liked would make this section way too long.
Recommendations for any of these sections would be welcome.
