LOWEXPECTATION.COM

"The lines (and the grosses) tell us only that people are going to the movies-not that they're having a good time."
-Pauline Kael, June 23, 1980

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Hello! It is now July 7th and LowExpectation.com has finally been updated for the first time since early January! I've been very busy with work, particularly with Cinematical.com, where you can keep up with my reviews and daily blogging. I have begun archiving all my Cinematical reviews in the reviews section, and I'll try to keep the main page updated with reviews as they're posted, also. Thank you for being patient with me.

Expectation Key

There's no possible way that I will even see this

I'll eventually see this but I'm not really expecting much

Anticipating the release of this one but I'm sure to be left unsatisfied

Such high expectation of this film only leaves room for disappointment

There are so few great films being released these days that we are left with low expectation of them. Even a picture that gets great buzz rarely lives up to its hype. There are those who love movies no matter what they see and those who get to see anything for free so that time is the only thing wasted on mediocre fare. But who is to protect the masses who don't follow every bit of news, criticism and word of mouth? Those who are blindly in need of entertainment pick the movies that appear the most mainstream and likely won't approach this site. But it is our hope to keep people out of awful movies, to keep them from giving their money to the studios making the biggest trash (Paramount, for instance). It is also our hope that people can go into a good film without disappointment from trying to compare their viewing experience with the excited critic blurbs.

There are the occasional reviews and follow-ups to our low expectations, but overall this is a site which looks at movies we haven't yet seen, never will see, or completely denounce the existence of.

-The Film Cynic, September 23, 2003