Dip My Brain In Joy is a collaborative effort between intrepid UK-based writers Simon Moore (me) and Jan Henden (not me), who met in Finland on a screenwriting course. Jan writes comedy, I write comedy...it was a simple enough equation. Writer + Writer = Work That Actually Sees The Light of Day.
To start with, we’re keeping things simple. Blogs are divided into two categories. First is “Screen Fix”, where Jan and I take a trip to our local cinema to throw popcorn at the ushers and maybe take in a film currently showing whilst we’re there.
“Classic or Clunker?” involves a DVD player, a badass projector and two guys with pens who have absolutely no problem asking awkward questions in the middle of films. This feature is all about making our way through the so-called ‘classics’ that we’ve somehow never gotten around to seeing in our twenty-something years of existence.
That’s it. Two writers rabbiting on about films. No thumbs, no stars. We’re educated men, we know our stuff about films, and we can express ourselves without some arbitrary scoring system. Scores and ratings are not what film is about.
We are not obliged to be polite or reserved in our opinions. If we think a film is god-awful and deserves a punch in the ear, we’ll say so. Equally, if a film deserves praise and plaudits and regular cards at Christmas, you can count on us to tell you.
The name is not there by accident. No sir. Though it is shamelessly snatched from Neil Innes’ terrific ballad “How Sweet To Be An Idiot” (if you’re not familiar with it, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-DgIU4E9Mo&feature=related). The whole point of this blog is to speculate about, commentate on and enjoy film. No academic dissection, no dry analysis; this is designed to be as entertaining as humanly possible.
We invite you to come and (sporadically) dip your brain in joy.
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