My POINT is, there is no point. This site isn't here to change your ideas about politics or world federation or... platform shoes. It's not like we're using this whole page as a way to vent our intense frustrations with the rapid decline of integrity in pop culture, music, and males in general, or anything. Of course not! Sara and I (mostly I) have made it our business to conduct tenacious investigations into specific forms of entertainment (primarily film) in hopes that we might decipher whether or not they are truly acceptable for consumption by our similarly-minded peers. In short: We will determine for you what movies are most excellent, and what movies are totally bogus, dude.
Bill and Ted will be providing me with the means of a triumphantly random rating system.
"EXCELLENT!" -------------- =de ne lede ne le de ne le de ne le nuh!=
Getting back to my question...
Alright alright! You want to know what inspired us to produce this website? I'll tell you. Simply put (because Lord knows, some of you need it that way), Negatives exists exclusively as a service to and for YOU, the consumer. It's an open forum set apart form the mass confusion of the world...a meeting place for the great minds of our generation! WE aren't here to obsess over Vincent Vaughn or complain about how sickening it is that Jennifer Love Hewitt manages to show about 90% of her chest in every single movie she's ever graced with her bucksome presence. WE're here to inform! To save others the heartache of a night *wasted* at the Cinema. To give motion picture insight to a crowd who understands our warped analyzations and supports them in the name of truth, justice, and the American Way!!!!!
" And I'm prooooooooud to beeeeeeee an Americaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... "
=Yawn.= How much of that was true?
Eh. About half.
Whatever we want it to be, I guess. NEGATIVES can judge a movie by director, plot, acting, cast, script....lemmings....anything at all, really. And don't try to tell me that isn't good enough. So what if one can't tell the difference betweeen Emilio Esteveez and Charlie Sheen (or spell their names correctly) ? A person doesn't need a certificate from 'Critic College' ( just go with it ) to tell cubic zirconia from gold. All she needs is a good pair of eyes and a little common sense.
For example. A movie might have an adequate director, cast, and script. It might be raved about on every streetcorner, written about in every magazine, and plugged on every late night talk show. It might even win a few Oscars.
And anyone with half a brain could tell you that it still sucks.
Hmmm...interesting. Tell me, can I ask you a question and get an honest answer?
No.
...I can't ask or I can't get an honest answer?
You don't have to ask.
How---?
Because I'm psychic, remember? I already know the question. You wanted to know where we got the name, right?
Uh yeah, actually.
Movies = Filming. Filming results in negatives. Lots and lots of....negatives.
Ah....so would that be the negatives on which the pictures are recorded, or the negatives with which critics like you rebuke them?
=) Now you're catching on, K
Now that you know all about us, be sure to check out our first-ever review: Forces of Nature. It's by me, of course, as Sara is (a loser who pretends to be) buzy with her hectic, collegiate schedule.
Have fun, and remember...
They may be flimsy, they may be transparent, but you can't have a movie without NEGATIVES.
Sincerely,
Karla Davis
(Your editor)
...Karla also loves speaking in the third person, apparently.
