I don't wanna hijack Holden's tremendous thread here (though you kinda did that yourself with the moderately disingenuous response), so if you want to reply to the below I'm going to spin this off into a new thread somewhere:
Okay, so the standard "I like it when people have the same opinions as me."
"Watch some more films" is a very presumptuous thing to say to almost anyone, and I think we have ample evidence that Holden's seen...uh...quite a few. I'm gonna say more than you.
OR consider the possibility that he's picking what he likes, and not especially concerned with all the image-making stuff you're referencing above. I think most people make these lists just to talk about what they like, and don't see them as an opportunity to show people how special they are by picking things they wouldn't otherwise. The goal isn't to shock people, the goal is to, ya' know, actually honor the art.
You misunderstand. This is obviously reasonable, and I do it all the time (particularly since I love high concept films).
But I'm assuming--correct me if I'm wrong--that you both a) did not know about every single film on that list and b) did not immediately rush off to Google the premise of each before dumping on the list as a whole. Correct?
a) something like "Wow, this dude gets it!" when their list contains the majority of picks I agree with and no picks I find ridiculous in other words if I can greatly relate to the taste of the person
It's like "your favorite film ever" thread. When somebody says it's Satantango you feel the first. When somebody says it's some obscure film from Bangladesh you never heard about it's probably the second (even if they sound like a poser). However, if they say something like Shawshank Redemption you're all like "Man, that's such a boring pick it's top 1 IMDb atm. You like it fine but why don't you watch some more films".
OR consider the possibility that he's picking what he likes, and not especially concerned with all the image-making stuff you're referencing above. I think most people make these lists just to talk about what they like, and don't see them as an opportunity to show people how special they are by picking things they wouldn't otherwise. The goal isn't to shock people, the goal is to, ya' know, actually honor the art.
I think you can imagine stumbling upon a film you either never heard about or maybe heard about only once from a movement or genre you love and deciding "I was supposed to watch another Pabst today, bot nope - change of plans - I'm watching THIS instead". And then movie-watching is all nice and exciting again even after 10k films seen.
But I'm assuming--correct me if I'm wrong--that you both a) did not know about every single film on that list and b) did not immediately rush off to Google the premise of each before dumping on the list as a whole. Correct?