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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8559725" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Woah. I think you're missing the point, but I apologize if I was putting you on the defensive.Look, I am a firm believer in the concept that people like what they like. However, I also think it can be helpful to try and understand why you don't like something- especially when it's generally considered "good," or even "great."Take, for example, how you blithely contrast Fury Road (boring, no characters, only dirt) with The Terminator (characters you care about). I mean ... sure.But is that really why? If someone said, "I don't like Lawrence of Arabia because there was too much dirt," that would be weird, right?And the idea that a chase movie (a chase movie!) is boring is almost orthogonal to the whole concept of a chase movie- there are many things people might say about Fury Road, but boring is almost never one of them.The point is- your preferences are fine! You will like (and dislike) anything you want- for a good reason, for a bad reason, or for no reason. No worries there! I will not try and convince you otherwise. What I would say is that, when you have the distinct minority opinion on a film, you might want to interrogate your own reasons a little more if you are trying to convince others that your reasons have validity, as opposed to being idiosyncratic and personal. In essence, Fury Road is a film that, unusually, was incredibly well-received by critics, by popular audiences, and by various year-end awards boards in multiple categories (winning the usual Oscars for an amazing visual film, and even getting nominations for picture, director, and cinematographer).Again, that doesn't mean you have to like it. Tarantino makes amazing films, and some people just don't like them (they don't like violence). Kubrick makes amazing films, but some people find them cold and impersonal. Primer was one of the great indie films of the millennium, yet most people find the acting lacking and the plot difficult-to-follow. And so on.No one will convince you to like something you don't like; but you might want to consider why you really didn't like it. Or not!</blockquote>

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