Definitely. I just saw Crazy Heart tonight and (for once!) I didn’t want to spoil what I thought was a great introduction for the main character, so I said it was awesome and left it at that.

I had several people tell me that they were looking forward to my reviews as recommendations for what to watch

Haha, I hate it when people tell me that. Make your own damn decisions!

We’ve actually been agreeing on a lot of films lately, I’m surprised.

Yeah, it’s weird. I’m sure the world will fall back into alignment soon.

Ugh, yes. Which isn’t to say that I can’t admire the style of, say, Roger Ebert. But a LOT of the more famous critics have very little appeal to me. I enjoy your reviews, but I know that you’re very spoilery, so I don’t read them as much as I otherwise would. I had several people tell me that they were looking forward to my reviews as recommendations for what to watch, so I tend to feel like I can’t be quite as explicit as you are. Well, and I think some movies you can spoil and some you can’t, if that makes sense.

I have this moment of anxiety for every post here where I can’t see the rating until I start to scroll

LOL. We’ve actually been agreeing on a lot of films lately, I’m surprised.

I combat this by going out of my way to spoil! But I think that’s because I’m the kind of person who reads reviews only after I’ve seen a film. And it’s funny, because I want to read reviews that have opinions on specifics in the film; so many of the ones you find in standard places are glorified plot synopses with bonus info on how the actors or director fared. I want details, damnit! Which explains my own writing style.

Also, I have this moment of anxiety for every post here where I can’t see the rating until I start to scroll, and on the ones that I loved (like this movie), I’m always “Oh god, I hope she liked it…”