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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1291279" data-attributes="member: 812">I believe that you do not mean to be, but I assure you I feel condescended towards by somebody who tells me that my way of appreciating art is not as good as theirs.Where do you get this notion that my "not-common approach" to gets in the way of my enjoyment? Are you saying that it is not common to watch movies with some semblance of critical judgement? Are you saying that most people never apply rational thought to stories told to them?Did you read my post on The Sixth Sense vs Fight Club? I meant to be pretty clear that my enjoyment of the latter was in no way spoiled by the fact that I had a notion what the twist was going to be.My enjoyment of a movie is NOT dependent on not guessing the ending. Your argument is based on false premises. Indeed, I agree with you, that if your enjoyment of any story is based on not being able to predict the ending, you're cutting yourself out of a lot of very rewarding artistic experience.I'm happy to take on the mantle of abnormal if you insist. But look, [spoiler]two-thirds of the way into the film we STILL haven't encountered the supposed killer anywhere. He's just not there. So either we're watching a stupid film that's never going to make any sense, or something more than what's obvious is going on. I don't see it as a big leap.[/spoiler]But you're NEVER going to convince me that it's not easy to figure out because it WAS easy to figure out. It took very little effort on my part, and it DIDN'T WRECK THE FILM. Okay? That's not the problem with Identity.Now if you have problems with my stated ideas about the relative value of the different ways of appreciating art (unthinking acceptance vs simultaneous disbelief and critical awareness), I'd be happy to address those. But your post proves nothing about the ideas I put forth.</blockquote>

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