Welcome 2012 !

Well here we are folks, 2012 is finally here. This is it! The big one. This is the year that the world ends on. Any day now we can expect the skies to open and a few horsemen ride on down bringing a wave of pestilence and death unlike the world has ever seen. Don’t think the world is headed down a decaying path due for celestial judgment? C’mon man, this is the one the Mayans predicted about and anybody who knows anything about Mayans knows they had direct contact with alien super beings that mapped out the entire galaxy for them (though you’d think they would said something about all that baby sacrificing they did) Considering the year started off with a bunch of dead birds dying (again) and another earthquake hitting Japan, you might want to reconsider denying this end of world stuff. Now before we all get swarmed by locusts and the oceans turn to blood, let’s look at what we have to look forward to before Dec 21st. 2012.



2011 was a great year in film, despite a few stinkers and what I like to call cinematic abortions™ the year had plenty of solid entertainment. We got films that offered pure escapism for people looking to forget how bad 2011 has been. With Tsunamis, countries going bankrupt, there was a need for good films and Hollywood answered. It seems Hollywood is finally be taking more care into finishing their products and that makes me even more excited for the films in 2012.

I’m sure you all have your most eagerly anticipated films , Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Hunger Games, The Hobbit but what I look forward to most is how I plan to approach these films. Let me explain. On Sept. 30th 2011 I made the announcement that I will be retiring my channel and no longer be reviewing films. It was a hard decision to make especially seeing the film fan community I help start starting to flourish. But it was a necessary move and since my retirement I am a new man, a stronger man, a healthier man and…a calmer man.




I started to feel a difference in my movie going experience. I had more fun with movies I knew we crap and I found myself more critical toward movies that were really …really bad. Movies like Abduction, Columbiana or Straw Dogs had me spitting obscenities as I fervently expressed how much of a cinematic failure these movies were on IMDB boards. I was more vocal about the flaws now that I didn’t have to make a review for it. I found myself less objective and more..critical.

Then it hit me. I found that there had become a big difference between Fury of the Film Fan the critic and Fury of the Film Fan…the movie goer. I realized that as Fury of the Film Fan I often found myself holding back a lot of the criticism and saying things that were more socially acceptable in the film fan community, often not risking rocking the boat. I was more concerned with being objective and providing a safe review for people rather than dissecting the film properly for audiences. I mean, I thought I was doing that but it wasn’t until retired that I realized I just wasn’t doing enough. People spend their time to see a movie, they pay money to see a movie, they deserve to hear the truth about a film and dammit…I was holding back.

But where I lack I also find happiness. I started making videos on you tube to find the answers to this very issue. I came on in 2007 to find myself, the critic I am and the critic I’m destined to be. After experiencing the highs and lows of film criticism it’s now that I finally realize…who Fury of the Film Fan truly is, a man who balances subjectivity and objectivity for its target audiences. The man who brings reviews BACK to the people has now been fully realized.

So I welcome the end of the world for I have never been more at peace with myself. I feel…accomplished.