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gementThe following is actually a meditation on my own thought processes, though it appears to be talking about movie reviews. I'm fretting about my sanity, perceptions, and taste. These are, hopefully, topics of general philosophical interest.
So, I thought League would totally suck. I was braced for it to be the worst movie ever made.
Then it wasn't, and I was delighted with it! I didn't go so far as to consider it spectacular, but I considered it a lot of fun to go to, enough to see it twice.
The second time I enjoyed it even more, and forgave some things that irritated me the first time, though I also found fresh irritants.
Then other people's appraisals started pouring in, and I hate being so malleable, but I'm coming to the reluctant conclusion that the movie stank and I just convinced myself to like it because it didn't COMPLETELY stink. (See original expectation.)
But then I remember reviewers are idjits and most people are criticizing the movie for the wrong reasons (i.e. Either it was based on a comic book, so it sucks, or I have the comic book memorized and this wasn't it, so it sucks). No offense to anyone criticizing the movie, of course. At least half of my crits are from the comics as well.
But it's really disheartening to see that the MSN averaged scorecard gives it the all-time lowest rating of any of the 15 major releases this summer. Out of six or seven reviews each, three of the other movies had garnered a single D+. League got a D AND a D-.
So either the world's gone mad or I've gagged and restrained my sense of taste out of loyalty for a story I really wanted to enjoy.
Either way, it sucks, and I'm malleable enough to start agreeing with people about it sucking if I hear it often enough, which bugs me.
So, I thought League would totally suck. I was braced for it to be the worst movie ever made.
Then it wasn't, and I was delighted with it! I didn't go so far as to consider it spectacular, but I considered it a lot of fun to go to, enough to see it twice.
The second time I enjoyed it even more, and forgave some things that irritated me the first time, though I also found fresh irritants.
Then other people's appraisals started pouring in, and I hate being so malleable, but I'm coming to the reluctant conclusion that the movie stank and I just convinced myself to like it because it didn't COMPLETELY stink. (See original expectation.)
But then I remember reviewers are idjits and most people are criticizing the movie for the wrong reasons (i.e. Either it was based on a comic book, so it sucks, or I have the comic book memorized and this wasn't it, so it sucks). No offense to anyone criticizing the movie, of course. At least half of my crits are from the comics as well.
But it's really disheartening to see that the MSN averaged scorecard gives it the all-time lowest rating of any of the 15 major releases this summer. Out of six or seven reviews each, three of the other movies had garnered a single D+. League got a D AND a D-.
So either the world's gone mad or I've gagged and restrained my sense of taste out of loyalty for a story I really wanted to enjoy.
Either way, it sucks, and I'm malleable enough to start agreeing with people about it sucking if I hear it often enough, which bugs me.
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Date: 2003-07-18 03:20 pm (UTC)Did he have higher standards in movies than me? Maybe, but I feel that I have high standards as well. Was I mindlessly giving in to "blockbuster!" and "greatest film of the summer!" propaganda? I doubt it, as I think I can be critical of things I don't like.
He noted the flaws and let it interfere with his enjoyment. I tried to look past the flaws to see what I could enjoy.
Who got their money's worth?