For the uninitiated, pour over coffee is a process of making a cup that has its roots back in the early 1900s in Europe. The process involves placing a filter in a type of funnel, and once the grounds are placed inside, pouring water through into the cup below.
Pretty simple stuff.
The reason why I (among countless other coffee fans) love this method compared to traditional drip coffee is that the method lets the grounds and water to breathe, allowing the intricate flavors and aromas that could be lost to truly shine. To let those hints of fruit or chocolate to really come to the forefront, helping the consumer to appreciate a new coffee experience.
That's what this place is for, but with movies too.
My goal is two fold:
First: to help break down and talk about movies in a way that helps us appreciate some of the things that you might not get from a brief Rotten Tomatoes score, or your friend down the way that thinks she knows movies but you and your friends know she really doesn't know what she's talking about.
A lot of talk about film is now like a sporting event: there are always winners and losers. A movie can't be "ok" or "good", it has to be the best ever or worst ever. This is a place to celebrate film in all its glory, but honestly (so yes, sometimes we'll talk about new releases that are just not good, and we'll call them what they are: bad.).
Second goal is a fun one: sometimes it's hard to frame a recommendation, so I want to frame these in the realm of coffee. Each review will end with a coffee recommendation and comparison. If this movie were coffee, what would it be?
An example (the reviews will be longer and explore more of the nuances and fun, but this is a short version).
I watched Birds of Prey recently. This movie looks like something I wouldn't like normally (the sequel to a pretty bad Suicide Squad, and that's coming from someone who loves DC and 5 of the other 7 released DCEU films), and most times I would ignore it. But I didn't, and boy am I glad that I saw it (in a pretty empty theater, so private screening? I THINK SO). On paper, it shouldn't work (again, Suicide Squad was panned, it's rated R, doesn't feature Joker or Batman, and an all female cast? The audacity!!!), but at its core it's an exciting, zany, really fun romp. Lots of compelling and colorful characters.
As a coffee, it would be one I was once given called "birthday cake." On paper, it's not good, right? Birthday cake is to be eaten, not sipped from a mug! But one day I was depserate so I had some. And it was....good?? It's not really cake flavor, it's a fun light roast, hints of vanilla, and it worked well. Should it? Not really, but I'm glad I had it.
Do I recommend both the Birds of Prey and birthday cake coffee? Not to everyone, but to most: YES. Seriously, go see this movie and be surprised.
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I'm sure this will either evolve into something more than just movie reviews (I'm hoping it will, at least), or it'll slowly fade into obscurity. Either way, we'll do this discovering the joys of movies and coffee.
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