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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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Viva La Taste
Date: 2003-07-18 03:34 pm (UTC)Whenever a movie comes out the critics tell you what to think of a film. They have no opinion for other tastes, and usually try to stay within thier peer groups opinions (other critics). (Yes, it's cicular. I still don't get it.)
Now as for wanting the story to be like ther source material, this I can understand. Please note I hated Jurassic Park because it wasn't close enough to the book for me. I thought the movie just sucked.
As you probably noticed this wasn't a popular opinion. Everyone thought the movie was great. That's were i learned to disasociate the movie from the source material. Now I enjoy the film.
I, for one, really liked LXG. It was fun and entertaining. It wasn't the comic. It didn't even have the same mood as the comic. But as a similar story it worked well. (And I just loved Dorian Grey in this film).
It's very hard to hold an opinion of something when you are bombarded with one opinion. It happens. It's like when you hear a some you dislike, but after hearing it often enough it seems to grow on you. This phenomenon it the same with opinion.
We've had discusions where each of us had a different opinion on something. You have a habit of trying to see the other side when you can. But I also know you take this information and make your own judgments.
Your good at making up your own mind. We've danced with differing opinions before. Your good at this dance. If you need a refresher, I can call and dance with you again.