Enjoy the Best, Not the Latest, Media

Post by croissants » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

ex3xu wrote: post #51

A similar sentiment from one of Haruki Murakami's characters in Norwegian Wood: The better I got to know Nagasawa, the stranger he seemed. I had met a lot of strange people in my day, but none as strange as Nagasawa. He was a far more voracious reader than I, but he made it a rule never to touch a book by any author who had not been dead at least thirty years. “That’s the only kind of book I can trust,” he said. “It’…

Post by kubanczyk » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 6:12 PM UTC

Fnoord wrote: post #35

conception wrote: post #29

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Your mention of taste is interesting as https://www.criticker.com engine basically recommends movies based on other people who have liked and disliked the same movies as you liked other films and it’s really effective!

Good way to enhance your bubble. I like to be thought provoked at times.

Post by auggierose » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

schwartzworld wrote: post #11

It feels like a bit of a false dichotomy to me. I love watching old shows and movies, including Mulholland Drive which I've seen a dozen times. But I also enjoy new things. Isn't that normal? Now, that said I haven't gone to see a summer blockbuster in a decade. I don't like Marvel movies or Star wars sequels. There was only one good star wars movie in the original trilogy anyway.

Post by alexilliamson » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 7:07 PM UTC

seg_lol wrote: post #55

alexilliamson wrote: post #39

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This is why I used to love Rotten Tomatoes: between the audience score, the critic score, and the top critic score, you get three telling data points about what sort of person us likely to enjoy the movie. I have read a lot less film criticism since Roger Ebert died though. It seems like recently anything remotely enjoyable on rotten tomatoes gets above 90.

Most critics are jerks, passing off attitude and masquerading opinion as deep domain knowledge. The comic book guy trope from the Simpsons or Sponge Bob. Roger Ebert [1] and Gene Siskel [2] were my introduction to analysis and argumentation. Watching two adults getting into a argument and discussing something using some sort of rules-of-engagement fascinated me. That they viewed a piece from so many angles, criticism…

Post by rhizome » Sat, Oct 03, 2020, 7:15 PM UTC

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #48

pessimizer wrote: post #43

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I would argue that it is a very popular film released by a major studio, and directed by one of the most popular directors in history. Mulholland Drive is not a film that only "film buffs" saw. I'm not sure if I've every met anyone who hasn't seen a David Lynch film, and I rarely meet anyone who hasn't enjoyed a David Lynch film. He's a multi-millionaire in high demand that entirely dictates his own work conditions.

Count me in your second group. I've seen several David Lynch movies, never enjoyed a single one of them. There's something about his film aesthetic but also about his view of what the world really is that just doesn't sit right with me. When I do see them it's because one or more film nerds I respect has raved about it, and I think I should give it a chance. But ... nope, same film aesthetic, same worldview that I ju…