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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1706815" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>Mark, you misinterpreted my little rant from last night. I wasn't saying that movies need to be good. I was accusing movie-goers of being foolish. If you think a movie looks so bad that the only way you can bring yourself to go is if you don't have any expectations of quality, then don't go. If you really do think something will not entertain you, don't subject yourself to seeing it.</p><p></p><p>What I said doesn't apply to you, probably. Most of the time, I'm sure, you enjoy movies that you go see. Hell, I'm not a movie snob thinking that everything has to be a 'film,' or that movies must be Oscar quality. I like entertainment. If a person thinks AVP will entertain him, he should go see it.</p><p></p><p>The mistake that I feel many movie-goers are making is in passively accepting something they're dissatisfied with. The specific opinion a person has is not what I'm arguing about. I'm simply saying that going to see a movie that you cannot muster up some excitement over is like voting for a candidate you don't want in office. You're better of voting for someone else, or even just not voting at all. It's better than supporting something you don't believe in.</p><p></p><p>I do, coincidentally, also think that some movies are just bad, for no good reason. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (billed in the credits as "a Robert Roderiguez Flick") was a great fun movie. It was not serious or deeply meaningful. It was just cool. Shanghai Noon wasn't a 'film,' it was a comedy, and an entertaining one. Big Trouble in Little China was just pure pulpy fun. I loved them all. But then there are things like the new Star Wars movies, that just fall flat. You'd think that with as many people working on them as there are, someone would be able to make them have better quality.</p><p></p><p>Eh, anyway. Fun movies are fun. Kids movies are fun. <em>Disney</em> movies are fun. Bad movies aren't fun.</p><p></p><p>Unless they're atrocious. Then they're <em>great!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 1706815, member: 63"] Mark, you misinterpreted my little rant from last night. I wasn't saying that movies need to be good. I was accusing movie-goers of being foolish. If you think a movie looks so bad that the only way you can bring yourself to go is if you don't have any expectations of quality, then don't go. If you really do think something will not entertain you, don't subject yourself to seeing it. What I said doesn't apply to you, probably. Most of the time, I'm sure, you enjoy movies that you go see. Hell, I'm not a movie snob thinking that everything has to be a 'film,' or that movies must be Oscar quality. I like entertainment. If a person thinks AVP will entertain him, he should go see it. The mistake that I feel many movie-goers are making is in passively accepting something they're dissatisfied with. The specific opinion a person has is not what I'm arguing about. I'm simply saying that going to see a movie that you cannot muster up some excitement over is like voting for a candidate you don't want in office. You're better of voting for someone else, or even just not voting at all. It's better than supporting something you don't believe in. I do, coincidentally, also think that some movies are just bad, for no good reason. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (billed in the credits as "a Robert Roderiguez Flick") was a great fun movie. It was not serious or deeply meaningful. It was just cool. Shanghai Noon wasn't a 'film,' it was a comedy, and an entertaining one. Big Trouble in Little China was just pure pulpy fun. I loved them all. But then there are things like the new Star Wars movies, that just fall flat. You'd think that with as many people working on them as there are, someone would be able to make them have better quality. Eh, anyway. Fun movies are fun. Kids movies are fun. [i]Disney[/i] movies are fun. Bad movies aren't fun. Unless they're atrocious. Then they're [i]great![/i] [/QUOTE]
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