Are women just bored of the rings?

[Femerus the Gnecro]

I'm sure it also doesn't apeal to highly intelligent women who don't read fiction at all, perfering popularized science and occasional political analysis, but that wouldn't be as insulting and dismissive, would it?

Given the *highly* condescending and self-important tone of the article itself, I find Buttercup's comments to be pretty appropriate in terms of tone.

Honestly... can you really argue that the article is written from an objective viewpoint? It seems pretty clear to me that this reviewer entered into the theatre with her opinion already in mind, if she in fact even watched the movie at all. A good movie review should at the very least mention something about the plot or the characters, if only to prove that the reviewer actually blew 8 bucks for her job. This article, however, is the worst kind of movie review, i.e. one that doesn't actually inform the readers. For alll of the drivel she spouts, her review ultimately boils down to "if you have breasts, you'll hate this movie."

What. Utter. Drek.

Is it too much to ask that the world's movie reviewers actually be literate? All it takes to enjoy this movie is the capacity to enjoy a good story. Period. Ask your parents about LOTR sometimes... this phenomenon extends way beyond the "geek" culture... it always has.

-F

 

[Buttercup]

As she says, "No man wears dirt as well as he does."

Heh. That's true. However, I've got a strange hankering after Theoden too. (I think the actor's name is Bernard Hill. Never heard of him before this.) Weird, huh?

 

[Buttercup]

... a vomitous mass of words spewed forth from a head whose cranial cavity is most likely a bone-barrel of sloshing fluids.

I love it when you talk dirty.

 

[Buttercup]

I'm sure it also doesn't apeal to highly intelligent women who don't read fiction at all, perfering popularized science and occasional political analysis, but that wouldn't be as insulting and dismissive, would it?

Psst. That was irony in my post.

 

[Umbran]

Is it too much to ask that the world's movie reviewers actually be literate?

It is probably too much to ask that every last one of them be literate, yes. In any reasonably sized collection of human beings, you're goning to get some with whom you have disagreements so strong that they make you question their intelligence. That's okay. At the same time, they're questioning your intelligence

All it takes to enjoy this movie is the capacity to enjoy a good story. Period.

Femerus, don't be dim. There is no accounting for taste - meaning that there is no formula, no certainty in any artistic creation. You can't please everybody. And while I don't really agree with the lady's article, I think you're blanket statement there - which is effectively, "those who dont' like it lack the ability to enjoy a good story" - to be pretty darned narrow-minded. At least as narrow as the offending critic. Why don't you actually leave some room for differences in tastes?

I mean, cripes - "enjoy a good story". As if "good story" had some simple definition that applied objectively to all? Gimme a break.

 

[Wormwood]

My wife is an intelligent, thoughtful woman with a great love of film.

Her geek credentials include occasional gaming, years of active RenFest and SCA participation, and her second favorite film is 'Conan'. Plus, she married an Ur-Geek like myself.

But she loathed the trilogy.

1. She realy disliked Fellowship. The novelty of being amused by the trickery involved in shrinking the Hobbits wore off rather quickly. "Xena on steroids" is a direct quote.

2. If she disliked Fellowship, she hated Two Towers.

I could easily list all of her complaints (or even invite her in to do so herself), but I'm not interested in the resulting flame-war.

I've fought it too many times in real life

 

[Pants]

Psst. That was irony in my post.

I can't tell irony from a Klingon or a Jedi.

 

[Buttercup]

But she loathed the trilogy.

My sympathies. It sounds like your feelings about the trilogy are as disparate as my husband's and mine about Bob Dylan.

 

[Richards]

Because of the movie trilogy, my 14-year-old granddaughter asked for the book trilogy for Christmas. Even if it was only due to a sudden infatuation with Orlando Bloom, I can't help but see this as a good thing.

Johnathan

 

[Pants]

My sympathies. It sounds like your feelings about the trilogy are as disparate as my husband's and mine about Bob Dylan.

Yeah, but for in order for that analogy to work, Bob Dylan must have fans.