[quote=Yoda]No worries. In case there was any doubt all my responses there were cheery and not at all contentious.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio][quote=Yoda][quote=Mr Minio]Anyway, these are just fun & flippant shoutbox 
shouts tantamount to Twitter hot takes, not some weird introduction to philosophical debates on art that you always take them for.[/quote]
Just as your flippant shouts can be ignored if someone wants to ignore them, my attempted philosophical debates can be likewise ignored if that's not what you're interested in. :)[/quote] Fair. It's always nice to engage in discussions with you, though, so I can hardly miss an occassion![/quote]

[quote=Yoda][quote=Mr Minio]Anyway, these are just fun & flippant shoutbox 
shouts tantamount to Twitter hot takes, not some weird introduction to philosophical debates on art that you always take them for.[/quote]
Just as your flippant shouts can be ignored if someone wants to ignore them, my attempted philosophical debates can be likewise ignored if that's not what you're interested in. :)[/quote]

[quote=Allaby][quote=John W Constantine][quote=Allaby]How does one tell if they are a normie?[/quote]
Someone else tells you because they know it all. It's a rather simple process.[/quote]

Will someone tell me if I am a normie?  I need to know.[/quote]

[quote=John W Constantine][quote=Allaby]How does one tell if they are a normie?[/quote]
Someone else tells you because they know it all. It's a rather simple process.[/quote]

[quote=FilmBuff][quote=Mr Minio]My point was that making a distinction between critics and regular viewers was pointless.
[/quote]

No, it is not pointless, because critics are usually the only ones voting for the more prominent 'best of' lists that are out there. 

For example, it was critics who ended Citizen Kane's 50-year reign at the top of the Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films of all time, and now Vertigo is the film that has been voted "best film of all time".

I would agree that a regular viewer probably wouldn't choose Citizen Kane *or* Vertigo as the greatest movie ever made... but still, those lists carry weight, because a lot of people pay attention to them and listen to what the critics said.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]I SHOULD be more of a poser but I'm too sincere for that.[/quote]

[quote=Allaby]How does one tell if they are a normie?  Is there a self assessment test that people can do?[/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19][quote=Mr Minio]My point was that making a distinction between critics and regular viewers was pointless.

Then again, if I imagine an actual normie, they're well below the critics in terms of taste, so who knows.[/quote]
That’s usually the case. Even with ciniphiles.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]My point was that making a distinction between critics and regular viewers was pointless.

Then again, if I imagine an actual normie, they're well below the critics in terms of taste, so who knows.[/quote]

[quote=FilmBuff][quote=Mr Minio]Many critics are posers and normies anyway[/quote]

There are many different kinds of people that enjoy movies. 

If the studios had to rely on cinephiles for business, then the industry would just collapse. ;)[/quote]