Five years I have been here in January - I am still learning.
This summarizes it beautifully :^)
4.5 years for me.
Like you, I am still learning, every single day and that is exactly what attracted me to the blockchain and this 'blogchain', back in the days.
It rekindled my love for learning, at a time when I thought I was fed up with it, after 21 years of education / school and Uni and almost a decade of being a teacher.
It has been quite an amazing journey on so many levels and I know many who have had their life changed here too - and not all are financial points. For me, it was the discovery of writing as a way to express myself - rather than screaming into a pillow. ;D
What did you mainly teach?
Right, I sure can relate to that too, eventhough I have always written ( but most often not for an audience ).
I ( mainly ) used to teach filmmaking.
When you watch films, do you enjoy the film, or pick them apart? :)
Good question. It really depends of the mood that I'm in, how tired I am and how often I have seen a movie before. That, plus whether I am being immersed into the story ( due to good storytelling, interesting characters and so on ).
I most definitely pick up on more than the average viewer, as I analyzed hundreds or probably thousands of films when in Uni but I can still enjoy a film and dive into it, when I really want to and it ticks my boxes.
Do you have a top 5 of "must watch brilliance" - I am always curious, since I don't watch much these days, so when i do - I want it to be good.
I could make a dozen of "5 brilliant movies" lists ( for instance per genre, decade and so on ).
but, from the top of my head here's 5 of my very favorite ones, in chronological order:
Psycho (1960), Don't Look Now (1973), Suspiria (1977), Alien (1979), Blue Velvet (1986)
P.S. I used to blog about movie recommendations, but that's a year or 4 ago. It stopped being fun, as it probably reminds me too much of University ;<)
Thanks!
I have only seen 2 out of the 5 I think. I have been meaning to try to get into some David Lynch films/shows, but haven't got around to it. I don't mind the quirk.
Do you know there is community of movie reviewers? Not sure how good it is all up, but might be fun for you to play there :)
will get back to you tomorrow. A top 5 is tough, as I have a couple of hundred of favorite movies but I'll see what I can do ;^)
I would love a top 5 best movies too, you could totally do a post Vincent. And maybe top 5 black and white movies. As not many watch those anymore, but I would love to know your opinion.