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Hi

Just a quick question about what you guys do. Obviously you guys have a big passion for film other wise you wouldnt be doing this, but do you ever find youselves not being able to enjoy a film in your personal time because you find yourselves going back into review mode?

Same goes for hardware reviews, does it ever dissapoint you the fact that sometimes your equipment is not as good as some of the stuff you review?
 
I review electrical products (have done for 2 years now) I take 3/4 products per month which I am able to keep after my review. I find that a lot of the equipment I am reviewing is not as good as my home equipment. I find this easier in some ways as in most cases I can compare products against the 'market leader' As a result though, my garage and loft space are crammed with boxes and gadgets that have not seen the time of day since they were reviewed :smashin:
 
I review electrical products (have done for 2 years now) I take 3/4 products per month which I am able to keep after my review. I find that a lot of the equipment I am reviewing is not as good as my home equipment. I find this easier in some ways as in most cases I can compare products against the 'market leader' As a result though, my garage and loft space are crammed with boxes and gadgets that have not seen the time of day since they were reviewed :smashin:

There's a classified section here you know......
 
Hence the use of 'may'
 
I'm pretty sure Chris McEneany posted in a GC thread a few days ago.

Aye, that's right and what a can of worms my first entry in this forum opened, eh? Best leave off the "real-life" issues in future and stick to my Specialist Subject.

But, yeah, to answer the question from Earthworm Jim about enjoying films and being able to switch off from reviewer mode - well, it is pretty easy, actually. I can't speak for the other guys, obviously, but I am a passionate movie-lover, first and foremost. Obsessional, my wife would say.

From a very early age, they have dominated my life. My best friends either love films almost as much as me or, due to my dogged persistence, have come to, at least, appreciate them almost as much. ;)

Reviewing does, inevitably, mean that you switch to a more clinical and objective frame of mind but, for a pretty recent (actually very recent) example - I've just reviewed the most problematic and controversial BD release so far, which just happens to be my all-time fave movie, Gladiator. Beset with issues, it most certainly is, and a major let-down. BUT, I will definitely be able to kick back and enjoy even this version for the forseeable without worrying about its video transfer from this point onwards simply because I will be able to see beyond those issues.

In my capacity as a disc-reviewer, the technical aspects are obviously of paramount concern, but, as ever, the film comes first from my own personal standpoint.

With regards to the films, themselves ... like everybody else, I will naturally find elements that I like and elements that I don't like. My own innate critical nose will certainly sniff out things in screenplay, characterisation, direction, photography and themes as a matter of course - but if I'm going to actually sit down and write about it, these things will not hamper my enjoyment, or lack of enjoyment for that matter, of the film.

One weird thing tho, when I'm talking to mates about the latest releases, I can quite arbitrarily lapse into jargon-mode about EE and DNR-filtering, colour fidelity and grain structure, but their reactions (which says a lot about this whole reviewing lark, I suppose) tend to snap me out of it pretty quickly! lol.

Hope this answered your question, mate.

Cheers,

Chris McEneany :devil:
 
There's a classified section here you know......

Nothing I review can be resold, it's a condition. None of the products come with any kind of warranty anyway which would make selling very difficult even if I was allowed. On occasions the product may be provided in a box which states its a review copy and cannot be resold.

I occasionally gift products to family members and have used various items in houses I rent out :clap:
 

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