bad movies abound

We went to see Cloverfield tonight, and I sincerely hope it does not spawn a host of copycat films. Apparently some ad execs and cinema verite 'dudes' decided to make a movie with no real plot or character study and see how far their 'totally sick computer graphics' could get them. Gag me!! At least Blair Witch Project (which Cloverfield is being compared to) was scary the first time you saw it. I'm generally sick of mainstream blah mass-appeal movies. Not to be a movie snob or anything, but sometimes my brain gets hungry for more than a cheap laugh. I made a deal with D that we would start watching one classic or foreign film together per month (chosen by me) and we would listen to one piece of composed music per month (chosen by him). Excellent plan, no? Thus far it has yet to be enacted, as it has been, to quote my dear, "not the right time. I want something I don't have to think about." So I will slowly get mushified until we can start our new program...