Harsh

Discussing Spiderman 3 I described myself as "usually a relatively harsh judge of films" to which Scott Lemieux replied, "dude, you like Michael Bay movies."

That seems to the point, and actually explains my Spiderman-related perplexity. Introspecting a bit, I think I'm harsher than most movie fans on highbrow indie stuff and also on Hollywood comedies, but also much, much, much more forgiving of summer popcorn movies.

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I.e., (you allege) You judge movies by what they purport themselves to provide, not what some (snob) thinks they "should" provide.

Don't break your arm, film meta-snob. :)

Posted by sherrifffruitfly | May 6, 2007 2:28 PM

Way to be, Matt. Only parvenu snobs and strange people who call themselves "cineastes" turn up their noses to summer popcorn. Movies like 'Spiderman' provide reliable entertainment and occasional art; in my experience most hard indie stuff provides occasional art and reliably sparse entertainment. Soft-indie flicks ('Eternal Sunshine...') and big-budge Hollywood middlebrow ('The Departed') probably have the best batting averages of all.

Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha | May 6, 2007 2:33 PM

Hmm, strangely, you seem to have the movie tastes of a adolescent male. Oh, wait....

Posted by Marlowe | May 6, 2007 2:34 PM

Let me just submit, for the record, how much I dislike the recent offerings of one Clint Eastwood.

A lot.

Posted by Dan | May 6, 2007 2:46 PM

And LeBron demonstrate why Nowitzki doesn't deserve MVP.

Posted by sherifffruitfly | May 6, 2007 3:19 PM

You have different yardsticks for different types of entertainment. This is normal. My literature professor neighbor thinks the Sopranos is hopelessly overrated yet regularly watches -- and enjoys -- Friends reruns. I can't explain that either.

Posted by Joe | May 6, 2007 4:51 PM

So why am I reading this?

Posted by SqueakyRat | May 6, 2007 5:39 PM

"I think I'm harsher than most movie fans on highbrow indie stuff and also on Hollywood comedies, but also much, much, much more forgiving of summer popcorn movies."

I adore well-made summer popcorn movies, which is precisely why I detest Michael Bay.

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