When I started Bitter Balcony I had two goals in mind:
1. Give John a platform to do his journalism in a proper platform.
2. Start a conversation.
I succeeded on the first goal, but mostly failed on the second point, which I wasn’t very happy about. When I review a film I try to make points that are accurate to my personal perspective on the film. I also use my knowledge of filmmaking to point out obvious and some not-so-obvious flaws in the particular film. I have always been open to, and hoped for, differences of opinions to be pointed out for discussion. This happened a few times and those few times were great. However, those few times were few. Despite not starting a conversation there were other unexpected side benefits that I was able to use to my advantage from Bitter Balcony.
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