About Us

What is FilmGuys?

FilmGuys is the product of an intense movie obsession and an intense dislike for almost all movie critics. Tig and I watch a lot of movies, but eventually we realized that, more often than not, we disagreed with most movie reviews we read. Take Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, for example. We were both big fans of Will Ferrell previously, and for some reason the critics seemed to love the movie. We paid our eight dollars to get into the flick, happily anticipating a few hours filled with wacky Ferrell hyjinks. However, when we exited the theater 108 minutes later, we agreed that it was one of the most horrible movies ever made. How could someone give it more than one star? I personally would have found more entertainment partaking in some self-mutilation.

Of course, we refuse to say that Talladega was the sole motivating factor for us making this site; it doesn’t deserve the credit. But it was the final nail in the coffin. We’ve disagreed with critics for long enough. This is our revolution. While we can’t promise that you’ll agree with us, hopefully our (un)biased opinions will reflect those of a wider audience.

-Ian

We created this site for ourselves, and those around us. We have not been paid by anyone (quite the contrary actually...) and will not be "bought off" by any of the movie conglomerates. If you would like to support our efforts, please contact us. We do accept generous (and not so generous) charitable donations.

-Tig

Who are Ian and Tig?

Ian: Ian is 23 years old and is trying his best to be a professional student. He has a degree in Psychology and is currently working on a degree in Studio Art, specializing in Multimedia. He lives in the DC area. Ian’s favorite movies are Seven Samurai (1954), Kill Bill v. 1 & 2 (2003-2004), Children of Men (2006), which is new but fantastic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Young Frankenstein (1974).

Tig: Tig is 23 years old and is currently living in Sarasota, Florida. In late 2007 he started his own design company Digitig Design. He has a degree in Digital Media, and is a very proficient “pixel polisher.” Some of his favorite movies are American Beauty (1999), Rashômon (1950), American History X (1998), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Dr. Strangelove (1964).

Contact Info

Ian: ian@filmguys.com
Tig: tig@filmguys.com

Or you can chat with us on AIM:
Ian: ianfilmguys
Tig: tigfilmguys

How does the rating system work?

As opposed to employing passé rating systems that use stars or thumbs or some variation thereof, we have created our own rating system that, hopefully, makes more sense. Movies get one of five ratings:

– One of the best movies ever: This is an amazing movie. Not only should you go out and see it in theatres immediately, you should see it over and over again. Take out a loan so that you can afford the cost of hundreds of movie tickets, beat up some old lady and take her place in line… whatever, just watch the damn movie.

– Worth seeing in theatres: Not the best movie ever, but it’s still worth your eight bucks. Or, you know, twenty-seven dollars. However much movies cost where you live. Entertaining, enjoyable, etc.

– Rental or Drunk flick: Not that great of a movie. It still passes as some form of entertainment, but you shouldn’t waste money and time seeing it in a theatre. It wouldn’t be all that much of a travesty if you forgot about it during the time period before it hits DVD. High blood alcohol content levels could make this movie passable to see in theatres.

– Wait for it to come to TV: This movie sucks. It’s not worth rental fees, and the Nazi like scissors of the censors can’t do any harm when cutting it for TV. In fact, they might make it better, as cutting will actually make the movie shorter, and therefore you’ll have less to sit through.

– Avoid it like the plague: Do not watch this movie under any circumstance. If one of your friends rents it and invites you to watch it, kick them and flee. This movie will make you wish for death, and death will be a beautiful retreat in comparison. Also, see Talladega Nights.

Design: The design for this site was a mutual effort by both Tig and Ian. However, special thanks goes to Gordon from Linuxinit.net who has provided an incredible amount of help in backend integration. We're forever in his debt.