Hello! I'm Peter D'Angela, welcome to my page Reel Talk +. At my core I am a die-hard movie fan of all genres, with an increased enthusiasm for superhero content.

I have developed a few phrases that I refer to often when talking about or scoring movies.

"The simple job of a trailer is to increase your anticipation of the movie."

This sounds so straightforward but so often people complain that the trailer didn't show enough or wasn't want they wanted to see for that movie. A trailer is meticulously constructed to attract moviegoers in the masses. The greatest trailers create conversations and as a result organically promote the movie; one of the best being of all time being the Avengers: Infinity War Trailer, which catapulted fan's excitement all while releasing almost no footage at all. On the flip side, a trailer can be technically bad (editing, music choice) or more often than the case that it shows far too much of a movie, at which point the viewers feel that they "have seen the whole movie" and some are deterred entirely. A painful example of this is the second Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer (not even the final one released), coming in at a whopping three minutes and while containing a few great shots, revealed MULTIPLE major 'wow' moments (creation and design of Doomsday and Wonder Woman reveal and combat shots).

"Speculation in movies and TV is a wonderful thing, but don't let your speculation turn into expectation."

The first time I heard a variation of this, it really hit home hard, as I knew I was guilty of this, particularly with some big superhero films. A recent example was Spider-Man: No Way Home, where I was speculating Tom Hardy's Venom being part of the villain team-up; I had convinced myself this would happen and when it didn't I was genuinely disappointed that the movie didn't meet this expectation I had created.

"The difference between a good movie and one you enjoyed."

I usually have some form of debate surrounding this topic among co-workers, friends, or family almost daily. While movies are subjective, there are objective aspects that can be critically assessed, such as a coherent story, editing, visual effects, sensical writing, and convincing acting performances, just to name a few. These different elements can generally result in what the mass majority will deem a movie as (bad, good, great, etc.). The flip side of this coin is what you personally thought of the film. The key is being self-aware that a movie you thought was bad can still be considered as a good film or a film you loved may have the mass consensus of being a bad film, and the majority consensus doesn't diminish the value of opinion in either example. A personal example I use is the movie Van Helsing, a movie I really like a lot, but I am 100% aware it is not a good film, and that is perfectly okay.