Wow Gillian, I think this is the first thread I've seen you start since I joined BAUT.
I don't know a whole heck of a lot about film... I rarely find myself able to sit though a movie because by halfway through, I generally just don't care. If I sit though a
bad movie, it's because of an attempt to spend time with the 'ol g/f...and let me tell you, she has
awfull taste in movies.
Now I do have some artistic training in that I went to school for and at one point aspired to be a computer animator a-la Pixar (is it ironic that a guy who openly admits his lack of attention span to at the same time be able to spend hours behind a computer making the very same movies he can't suffer through to watch?). So I have at least
some understanding of film composition and lighting and such...but much less than many of you.
As for actors/actresses...I'm awfull with names. Aparently not as bad as my g/f... but not good none the less.
Oh, and to show how up I am on the "classics", my g/f made me watch
Sixteen Candles for the first time Monday night. I thought it was the 80's version of
Can't Hardly Wait (yes, obviously
Sixteen came first).