{"id":12238,"date":"2017-07-03T12:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12238"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:41:57","slug":"film-blogathon-0017-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12238","title":{"rendered":"Film Blogathon 00\/17: round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly from a personal point of view, this has been an interesting challenge.<\/p>\n

And ‘challenge’ has certainly been the right word.<\/p>\n

In the writing, I have enjoyed experimenting with the narrative ‘voice’, and using cross-styles.<\/p>\n

Reviewing films that were unwatchable rubbish alongside films that would be on the Top Hundred list of most people, has been interesting.<\/p>\n

Finding the time, and originality needed, to make a review worth reading has been another part of the challenge.<\/p>\n

And poor old Barry Norman dying, part-way through, almost seemed like an omen.<\/p>\n

No, not Barry Cryer, as the Daily Fail put it:<\/p>\n

\"Daily
Daily Mail getting it wrong again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one. The real one:<\/p>\n

\"Barry
Barry Norman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I got a couple of tips from Young Masher<\/a>, that have been added to my ‘watchlist’.<\/p>\n

And Kennamatic<\/a> gave us his view of the view of a couple of films worth looking at.<\/p>\n

But it was a challenge.<\/p>\n

And no, I wouldn’t do it again.<\/p>\n

Thank you to my two co-conspirators for their support along the way.<\/p>\n

But I’m out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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