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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8203430" data-attributes="member: 16586"><p>[USER=7021420]@fearsomepirate[/USER]</p><p></p><p>I think we should acknowledge what Marvel films do well, especially standouts like the Winter Soldier. We should also engage in criticism. That some critics are overly critical of material made for the mass is true, but that's not evidence that criticism is worthless. It's evidence that sometimes the biases of critics get in their way of properly evaluating a piece of art/film.</p><p></p><p>I often see the reverse as well though. Some people have a disdain for anything not made for the mass market or them specifically. The make an aesthetic judgement based on what they think something is like with absolute confidence. Not talking about just not being interested or satisfied with the media you like here, but like making emphatic judgements or relative comparisons based on pretty much no evidence. If you talk to them about an independent movie you just saw they will assume the worst at every point. Maybe even argue with you about a movie they have never seen.</p><p></p><p>That's really what feels off to the tenor of discussion on much of this site. The sort of aesthetic judgement without effort I see. I get good enough. I have watched John Wick about 20 times probably. I just do not see why people need to go from this suits my purpose fine and I don't feel need to look outside of it to <em>actually here's why it's better than all this other stuff I have no real knowledge or experience of.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 8203430, member: 16586"] [USER=7021420]@fearsomepirate[/USER] I think we should acknowledge what Marvel films do well, especially standouts like the Winter Soldier. We should also engage in criticism. That some critics are overly critical of material made for the mass is true, but that's not evidence that criticism is worthless. It's evidence that sometimes the biases of critics get in their way of properly evaluating a piece of art/film. I often see the reverse as well though. Some people have a disdain for anything not made for the mass market or them specifically. The make an aesthetic judgement based on what they think something is like with absolute confidence. Not talking about just not being interested or satisfied with the media you like here, but like making emphatic judgements or relative comparisons based on pretty much no evidence. If you talk to them about an independent movie you just saw they will assume the worst at every point. Maybe even argue with you about a movie they have never seen. That's really what feels off to the tenor of discussion on much of this site. The sort of aesthetic judgement without effort I see. I get good enough. I have watched John Wick about 20 times probably. I just do not see why people need to go from this suits my purpose fine and I don't feel need to look outside of it to [I]actually here's why it's better than all this other stuff I have no real knowledge or experience of.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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