There are times when reading so much about technology and design overwhelms me, so much so that they tire me, even if they are things I love and am passionate. Yet, when something comes along that is really fresh and exciting, it re-energizes me:
One of the downsides of being a film critic is that we see so many movies, we get a bit hard-hearted. It can’t be helped. We certainly go into every film with the hope that we’ll love it … but after seeing literally thousands of them, that emperor is buck naked, We recognize every recycled plot, every hackneyed bit of dialogue, every lazy directorial trick.
On the plus side, no one is happier to really, truly enjoy a movie than a film critic. And as jaded as I am (my husband jokes that I have a “cold, tiny, black heart” where genres like romantic comedies are concerned) I get an extra burst of pleasure when I see a film like (500) Days of Summer — a movie so charming, so smart, so clever and well-crafted, it reminds me why I fell in love with movies in the first place.