Prologue

My name is Dain Goding, and I am a senior in the Cinema Studies department of Tisch School of the Arts in New York University. Since June of 2004, I have seen 841 separate, individual feature films. (I have a seventeen-page Microsoft Word document to prove it.) Some of these I liked enough to watch twice. Some of these I barely remember anything about. Some of these I have seen ten or fifteen times. Most of these, however, I have seen once and remember a few highlights about, like where I saw it or who I saw it with, or like who starred in it or who made it or what the story was about.
But I would like to record more of my immediate reactions -- what did the film look like, which actors struck me in it, and how did the movie make me feel? Was the film worthy of more thought, a second watching, and copious discussion or argument? Or was the film enjoyable but lacking the depth to warrant a commitment of any additional time or mental energy to it? Or was the film a waste of even the time that I have already put into it?
I will try to be diligent about recording my thoughts on and impressions that I take away from films that I see. I will also write about music or books that strike me, or occasionally share something on the web that might be of interest. Thanks for taking a look.