As I say, the 3:10 to Yuma review is just such a ‘quick’ review. It’s quick only in that I put it up quickly. The main difference is that I left out a lot of stuff I still would like to talk about because I want reviews to go up more regularly and because I know not many people had seen the movie yet. At least now the world will know what I thought about the movie right away and it buys me some time to shape some of the things I want to add about Russell Crowe’s character and some other things. In the end it was actually a more in depth review than I was intending, though I think it’s still spoiler free and mainly gives the set up of the plot without describing the full arc or the resolution.

I don’t know, I’d give Joel’s comment a full 3 out of 3 because it had a good beat and you could dance to it.

P.S. I love that I can go back and edit my own comments. I’m 32% less douchie this way.

And also, thank you all for the quick feedback.

This means I often don’t go for plot descriptions, although I’ll admit that’s also a personal preference: I like to go into a movie as fresh as possible plotwise, and I think the story of a movie is much better left to unfold by itself. I should, however, probably put a permanent spoiler warning at the top of the page since I sometimes reveal more than some people might want to know. It’s an odd balance, and it doesn’t always turn out well. I think I’m a little too inaccessible, for example, because I’m often quite sketchy. On the other hand, I hope I inspire some people to see at least one movie they might not have otherwise because I wrote about it.

Sorry for rambling. Anyway, good luck with your new format. I’ll look forward to the more in-depth pieces more than the quick summaries, I admit, immediacy be damned.

I like the concept of the quick review, then the detailed follow-up if necessary, but you should probably try to come up with a format for the quick review and label it as such. Otherwise, people may be confused when they come to the site and think that the follow-up is actually the quick review they already saw and skip it. They may even miss the other new content inbetween.

Those are my two-cents. I give my comment 2.5 out of 3 stars. It got to the point and didn’t stray much, but it needed more feeling.

Actually, if I wasn’t so desperate to put my writers’ block to bed and to just run something I would’ve left my own Halloween review in the oven a little longer.

But I’ve gotta say it felt good to get it out there, warts and all and hopefully things will start flowing a little easier around here for a while.

Oh, and the star ratings will likely remain. I’m a cornball, what can I say?

In terms of stars, spoilers, and so forth, I say go with what rings your personal bell. It sucks when even labors of love have to be compromised.