How did you get into *worshipping* films, anyway?

I used to watch Ebert & Roeper pretty frequently as a young kid back when it aired on Sunday mornings. It was my first real exposure to film criticism, and I found their rapport fascinating to watch. When AFI broadcasted their Top 100 Movies special, I made a challenge to myself that year to try to watch as many as I could over a summer as I was beginning to understand basic filmmaking concepts from years of E&R, clips of Siskel & Ebert, and reviews Roger Ebert had posted on his website.
Long story short, I didn't make it too far into the list, but I did find Stanley Kubrick's work from attempting it (Clockwork Orange, 2001, Dr. Strangelove). His work, and the few pieces I tried to read about them whenever I got confused, were extremely formative for me. While I was still too fresh to the scene to think about them critically, his films got me thinking creatively. It was exhilarating in ways that I couldn't really get out of other hobbies back then.
Over time I tried searching for Academy Award Best Picture winners and other films that were well received on said shows. I went to Blockbuster every weekend. I was watching things that were encapsulating a wide breath of emotions in me at the time that only kept me coming back for more.
Seven years later, I still feel there's so much for me to learn about the medium and even more to see. I am fortunate enough to not only have theaters near me that show independent and foreign stuff, but also friends with which to talk about them and share our experiences. Ever year I find at least one film, new or old, that reminds me why I "worship" film.

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when are you gonna finish Hidamari Sketch???

I want to let time pass for a while after binging through the first two seasons so recently. Someday!

do you have spillit??

I don't quite know what this is, but it looks like some unholy hybrid of Twitter and Ask.fm.

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Which website or app do you use first in the morning?

Twitter is my lifeblood.

What was the best thing you ever found on the street?

I once found a twenty dollar bill on the parking lot of a Target when I was around 8. I vaguely remember giving it back to the person who originally had it after entering the store. As a reward for my kind deed, my mother gave me the same amount of money in order to buy Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is a terrible game.

What do you look forward to most this year?

The Witness looks like a pretty fantastic example of minimalistic puzzle design crossed with meticulous path finding and open exploration. Basically some of my favorite things in video games.

How did people have fun 200 years ago?

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name me some good cartoons made by the white folk

American cartoons haven't really been my forte in about half a decade, so I don't really feel confident in recommending much stuff that I haven't seen since my teens. I can say that Moral Orel is fantastic, and my appreciation of it grows with each subsequent viewing. Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League: Unlimited have all aged like a fine wine. Also, Home Movies and Futurama are pretty good too.
I'd like to educate myself on the medium sometime in the future, but for now, my main interests lie elsewhere.

your favorite films?

I haven't dedicated much time to forming a top ten of sorts in a long time, largely due to taste changing and working my way backwards at a snail's pace in recent years.
In no specific order I'd consider stuff like A Clockwork Orange, Spirited Away, Solaris, There Will Be Blood, Angel's Egg, Ratatouille, Oldboy, Porco Rosso, Almost Famous, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Wolf Children, Vertigo, Pulp Fiction, Barton Fink, End of Evangelion, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Airplane!, etc off hand.
I really need to see more things pre-80s!
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I like ur cat avatar, where is it from?

DDK
I drew it based on the cat from the WarioWare: Twisted minigame, Mewtroid.
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I got a destiny for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQgd6MccwZc

I had assumed everyone knew this was what I meant!

Show By Rock is the best anime this season, agree?

I've been shirking off on starting any of the new shows this season to be honest. The only things I've taken away from impressions are that the boys are the best part and the CG is above average.

Wait, wait, wait, wait! Wait a second! You're telling me, I flew all the way to Kentucky, to get some of your fried chicken, and--and the Colonel isn't even working today??

He ain't real. He dead.

Are there any white people movies that capture similar nuances as my SoL anime?

Zach Garza
I think Slice of Life is a subgenre that works best, and is most common as a result, in a serialized format on television as that structure can allow a show to move at a leisurely pace over a stretch of time. I don't think I'm nearly as well versed in world film history to pinpoint any strong examples off the top of my head, but I can think of a range of not very old to modern examples that could fit certain criterias.
When I think of Slice of Life, I think of something that is mostly relaxed, quaint, dialogue/character driven, and doesn't entirely rely on drama, or even comedy to an extent, to drive it forward. While my examples may not all fit those points to a tee, I think they all somewhat come from the same tree in a sense.
These are a little more minimalist than the traditional narratives further down, but I feel they get what I think of as SoL the best:
The Before trilogy aka Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight - (the rest of Richard Linklater's filmography could fit this such as Boyhood, Dazed and Confused, Slacker, Waking Life, etc.)
Frances Ha - (Noah Baumbach's recent work fits this sort of idea for me as well. Greenberg, While We're Young, and his soon to be released Mistress America fit this. His earlier stuff might too, but I haven't gone that far yet.)
Lost in Translation - (Outside of maybe Somewhere, I don't believe Sofia Coppola's other stuff fits these criterias, but you really can't go wrong with this one.)
More traditional narratives but still fit some criterias:
Almost Famous - (Other Cameron Crowe flicks, like Jerry Maguire and Say Anything..., might fit this too, though I can't speak from experience.)
50/50 - (This one is probably the most well known of my selections mainly due to the cast. Don't let the cancer fool you, this is very cozy. Jonathan Levine's other stuff like The Wackness miiiight fit this, but I haven't seen it.)
The Deep Cuts:
I thought about going more into a few mumblecore fllms that I've seen, such as The Puffy Chair, Humpday, Cyrus; however, that's when those criterias start to get a little muddier, so I'll just leave it off at. Might be worth looking into as they have certain similarities to SoL, but they aren't as easy to recommend.

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Is Narag the greatest monster known to mortal beings?

I think he gets a bad rap. He's not so bad once you get to know him.
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