Unpopular Movie Opinions

[Alex]

[malice]

i've realized that the thing that irks me about LV is that there is nary a "call me crazy, but...," "i know i'm outnumbered here," or a "this might rub you the wrong way" contained within his brazen declarations. there are times we must qualify our statements, so as not to let the confidence of our comments attract ire. when words are uttered as if in a void, there is a presumption of objectivity to them.

I don't believe in defining my opinions against what others think.

neither do i, yet you have no problem telling me i'd be wrong to disagree with you...

Sorry, I came on a bit strong. The "You'd be wrong." was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek. My apologies, sincerely.

But let me ask you this: If you take in a work of art you think is great, but then find out after the fact that the artist is a Neo-Nazi who made the work with racist intent even though that doesn’t come across to you at all in the work, is the greatness of the work now invalidated?

i've had this argument already with kevin davis in the N&D forum.
he's never spoken to me since.

What are your feelings on Hitler's dog art?

why'd you think he killed all those jews? because the art critics laughed at him and his paintings. that's why

[malice]

i hate being bottom paged

[holdtightthething]

Never mind.

[Heathen]

i've realized that the thing that irks me about LV is that there is nary a "call me crazy, but...," "i know i'm outnumbered here," or a "this might rub you the wrong way" contained within his brazen declarations. there are times we must qualify our statements, so as not to let the confidence of our comments attract ire. when words are uttered as if in a void, there is a presumption of objectivity to them.

I don't believe in defining my opinions against what others think.

neither do i, yet you have no problem telling me i'd be wrong to disagree with you...

Sorry, I came on a bit strong. The "You'd be wrong." was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek. My apologies, sincerely.

But let me ask you this: If you take in a work of art you think is great, but then find out after the fact that the artist is a Neo-Nazi who made the work with racist intent even though that doesn’t come across to you at all in the work, is the greatness of the work now invalidated?

i've had this argument already with kevin davis in the N&D forum.
he's never spoken to me since.

What are your feelings on Hitler's dog art?

why'd you think he killed all those jews? because the art critics laughed at him and his paintings. that's why

If only he had a LV back then.

[malice]

Never mind.

coward

[holdtightthething]

Never mind.

coward

*cowlette

[malice]

Never mind.

coward

*cowlette

i'm so done.

tommylennyalexbalki

[LoathedVermin72]

For the record, malice - I'm self-taught as well. I've never been to film school and have not arrived at where I am by studying theories. My beliefs about art were formed almost entirely by lots and lots and lots of time spent thinking about the subject. They were formed by my own passion. I'm not saying I'm unfamiliar with a lot of theories or that I haven't read the work of people who are far more knowledgeable about film than I, but that's not what informs my views.

[Alex]

a jack of one trade

[LoathedVermin72]

If that one trade is film, then sure. I'm cool with that.

[Alex]

a masterful jack-off of one trade

[LoathedVermin72]

No need to be a dick, man.

[Alex]

it's not about you, it's about the wordplay

[Kaius]

[Iholdthepain]

No need to be a dick, man.

If this is true, then why'd you change your avatar?!

[BigRedLedbetter]

it's not about you, it's about the Ryan Adams

[epilogue]

it's not about you, it's about the wordplay

Mystery solved. Alex is Jason Mraz.

[@SkitchP]

The Quality of Die Hard movies decreases with each one.



This is specifically related to Die Hard 2 being better than 3.

[Alex]

it's not about you, it's about the wordplay

Mystery solved. Alex is Jason Mraz.

well that was rude!