The Beginning!

My name is Gabriella "Gabby" Flores. I've never done a blog before so I think this should be fun.
I have heard so much about how great blogging is but I have never been a blog follower, nor have I ever written one before. I say I am a writer, I have many great ideas but I don't write them down. I hope a blog will change that. I want to do something that I think will keep me interested, I'm giving myself a deadline. I am going to try and watch every big Ralph Fiennes movie before his next movie release in March.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love LOVE movies. I have a few favorite actors, like the handsome leading men in action films and even some great Oscar winning actors. I like to consider myself as one of those Oscar buffs who know the Oscar movies, I dissect movies based on how great they would be at the Oscars and I love the great older actors who can hold their own in big movies. I also like the young men who take their shirts off a lot in action movies or chick flicks that have bad acting and a lack of script. I'm a 20 year-old woman. What can I say???

So, what is this blog about? It is a breakdown of some great movies, from a great actor, Ralph Fiennes. I've seen only a few of his movies. Throughout this blog I will say which ones I have seen, which were my favorites, and even the experiences I have had with these movies. Why Ralph Fiennes you may ask? I think he's a great Great actor. The movies I have seen him in I have never been disappointed with, and it doesn't hurt that he is a pretty handsome older man. Is that weird for a 20 year-old to say? It might be but let's move on.

I've seen his most popular movies like "Harry Potter" with all my girlfriends at mid-night when I was a young teenager (They've read all of the books and it took me a long time to read them, I'll get to that later). I was horrified at the evil he portrayed in Schindler's List and Red Dragon, I felt such sympathy for him in The Reader and The Constant Gardener and I fell in love with him in Maid in Manhattan. So what I'm going to do is this: I will try to watch his most popular movies, starting with Wuthering Heights.

The goals I hope to accomplish with this blog is to become a better writer (#1), get a better understanding of what is considered a good movie, see some of Ralph Fiennes' best movies and even determine some favorite actresses, since I don't really have any. I have 36 of his movies to view and criticize, and 13 weeks to watch them all. My posts will most likely happen on Thursdays and Saturdays, and during my Spring Break, I will try to do a movie marathon. I have until March 30th to complete my movie experience.

Wish me luck and I hope to find more Fiennes fans.