Always the list maker, Nate starting keeping track of all of the movies we watch a few years back. He made up his own 1-10 rating scale and assigned each movie a score. Then, when our good friends Sean and Gwyn moved to New Hampshire, Nate and Sean started sending each other movie reviews as a way to keep in touch. Since watching a movie together is pretty much what goes for a date in this house, Nate has written quite of few of these mini-reviews. Keeping with his list-making ways, he thought it would be fun to put them together in an online database that he could add to with each new movie we watch. He’s always wanted to learn more about programming and writing code, and this seemed like a fun way to sharpen those skills. It ended up being a bit trickier than he originally thought, but he stuck with it and has learned a ton. I, for one, am so impressed with the way it all turned out.
Along with the movie reviews, Nate added a section all about home theater. He did an inordinate amount of research when we were building our own home theater. It seemed like a waste to keep all of that random knowledge locked up in his head. This is his way of sharing with the world what he has learned (mingled with some of his own opinions).
My favorite part of the website is the “Home Theater of the Week.” Since Nate does real estate photography, he has access to lots of home theater pictures. We looked at all of them when we were planning our home theater. Some are amazingly cool and some are amazingly ugly. We thought it would be fun to feature a different masterpiece/monstrosity each week.
Nate has no delusions of becoming the next Roger Ebert (especially since we NEVER see a movie before it is released on DVD). This is a just a fun hobby (or a combination of 4 hobbies) for him. He is still working out a few kinks and getting everything up and running, but it is mostly functional. Some of the movies don’t have reviews (just a rating on Nate’s 1-10 scale) and some reviews are just a couple of lines long, but feel free to check it out the next time you are looking for a movie to rent. Maybe Nate will be your Vincent {joke for Seinfeld fans only}.
8 comments:
Amazing! I am very impressed.
It's officially saved on my to-feature list (although tell him to get the blog going). I'll let you know when I put it on Mormon Times.
Emily :)
Impressive! Good job!
That is impressive! I can't wait to use Nate's rating system.
I love this. JD is excited about the theater rooms, hopefully this summer we will be doing ours. He hopes to get lots of ideas of the pictures.
You are a winner on the MMB. Send us your information.
Hey Callie, if you want Nate can burn you guys a CD with all the pictures so you can look through them for ideas.
What an undertaking! We'll be sure to utilize his vast knowledge in the movie/theater world! Good job.
Wuhoo! Go Nate! More than impessive. You both are too cool! Matt liked the site too. We always talk about how much we like you two.
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