I am a big fan of Wikipedia, and often use it on my blog to provide greater detail if my readers want to delve deeper in to a topic that I briefly discuss. In the same way, I will use Wikipedia to further illustrate each film I am watching on my scratch poster. One of the main reasons that I choose to use Wikipedia is due to the lack of advertising content. This is very important to me. I even pay a significant sum – in my opinion – to WordPress so that visitors don’t get distracted by adverts and can just concentrate on what I have written.

I originally planned to watch many of these feature films on Amazon prime video, I even added the vast majority of titles to my watchlist. However after ordering Raising Arizona to enjoy one afternoon, I was frustrated to find it did not come with subtitles. This forced me to request a refund from Amazon as I am not in the habit of throwing money away for an inaccessible film. I thought this might be a one-off and a few days later I ordered Sex, Lies and Videotape in the hope of conjuring a little afternoon delight, but this title also did not have subtitles. As I am hard of hearing, I rely on subtitles to keep up with the story of the film. Again I received a refund with no real problem, but I was surprised and disappointed that Amazon do not offer subtitles on every film.

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Like the sign says, “speed’s just a question of money. How fast you wanna go?”

Watched Mad Max: I like a film to tell me a story in a straight forward manner. I am quickly realising that most of the Cult Movies on this Scratch Poster do not conform to the stereotypical rules of cinema that I am common with. I am enjoying some of these films that I have not discovered in the past, but I cannot waste precious time sitting through a film like this that I cannot relate to or understand what the fuck is going on. 

After reading what it is actually about, maybe I should give it a second viewing although I do not really have the time or inclination to do this. I make no apologies for wanting to view films that have an immediate impact, rather than those that I have to read about and decode. 

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Mad Max panel from my scratch poster: