Year of Critique

Catherine: Classic Atlus Games Preface:  The first thing I have to say before getting into this review is that I did  not  play Catherine: Fullbody, I played  Catherine: Classic . I don't have a PS4 and Catherine:Classic is the only option that's on PC. Hopefully I will get a PS4 relatively soon, but they cost money and that is something I am lacking. It's important to let you guys know that though, as they are very different games. It's very likely I would have liked Catherine: Fullbody more or less than I liked Catherine: Classic but that is not the game I played. With that out of the way, let's get into the review! Expectations: Normally I think it's better to go into games without knowing much about them, but that wasn't really a choice for Catherine . Not only is it a pretty infamous game, it's one that wears its themes very loudly. To emphasize this point, when I told my friend I was playing Catherine he looked at me strangely an...

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that - for that - I would give everything!" - Dorian Gray Expectations: I had already read the first two chapters before choosing this book for the month of February. I liked what I had read a lot and my girlfriend Allie gives this book praises for days so I expected to really like this book. Needless to say, I absolutely adored "The Picture of Dorian Gray ". It fully lived up to my expectations of it, and has become a book that after more pondering could easily end up a 6/6 for me. If you want to go into this book without any knowledge (something I do recommend) then hopefully that is enough of a blurb to convince you to check this novel out, but if you need more convincing let me attempt to do so below. Review/Critique: To summarize a book like "The Picture of Dorian Gray " is not an easy task I am findin...

Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet Expectations: I honestly did not have many expectations going into this film. I knew " Amélie " was a pretty popular European film, I knew it was a love story, and I knew it was French. That's about it. I think this is often the best way to go into a movie, knowing very little, and I would say that my lack of knowledge likely aided my enjoyment of this film, although it's impossible to say since I can never watch this film for the first time again. Since it would be rather ironic if I did not follow up by saying "turn back now to stay unspoiled and experience the movie with no prior knowledge" I will tell you to do so. If all you wanted was a rating you can see above that I did like the movie, and I think you probably will too (especially if you like films by a Mister Wes Anderson as it feels very similar in tone and style to his newer films). If you are going to disregard my warning as would not surprise ...

Loveless My Bloody Valentine (1991) Expectations: To be honest, I really thought I was going to adore this album. I don't have all that much experience with Shoegaze as a genre; however, the small amount of it I've heard I have liked, and this albums themes seemed right up my artistic alley. Anyway, what I expected was an album that was the quintessence of Shoegaze, the inspiration that every future sound would try and capture. What I got though was... well, probably what I should have expected since it's right there on the album cover. I got something I have heard a million times, but with a negative color pallet. You can almost make out the sound, but right when you think you've got it, you realize it was something different.          Perhaps I would view this album more favorably if I did not have any expectations for it, and maybe after listening to it more in the future I will determine that I like it a lot more than I do now...

Hello everyone! March is well underway and now that I have officially finished moving into my new apartment I am ready to release and start consuming my picks for March. To start off, the theme for this month is nature , and the themes for the next two months are going to be a bit different than how I've previously been doing things. Before I would come up with the theme before selecting my picks; however, over the course of the next three months I will be reading a trilogy, so the themes will be planned around each individual book of the three books instead of the other way around. I have been itching to read this book series and figured I could fit it in pretty well with the format of "Year of Critique". With that out of the way, let's get into my picks for March! Book: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Why I chose this book: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy! Yes this is the series that I so badly want to read. After wat...