I'm not sure whether you were trying to be funny or that you genuinely haven't seen very many films made outside Hollywood, especially recent ones.
Opinion-wise I agree with some of yours and disagree with some, but that's not why I'm here.
Of the recent additions to our MoFamily, you express yourself pretty confidently but I need you to do something for me - chuck your job in (or at least go on the sick for a week or two) and broaden your movie foundations. Sorry if that sounds faintly patronising but I'm in my dressing gown...
Things like
"Trainspotting (1996)--Never saw it, probably never will" sadden me. If you'd said "Trainspotting - Load of crap, the plastic baby was the best thing in it!" I'd have shaken my head and moved on, but not now. Oh No.
This is a crusade! Free your mind and your arse will follow!
Naw, I'm not the type to call
Trainspotting a load of crap, cause someone out there, you probably, enjoyed it. Me calling it crap passes judgement on your tastes. Why do that? But if I say
Apocalypse Now is a terrible film where the director lost control, I can cite evidence to back up my claim, just as you can cite evidence that it was brilliant.
As for how many films I've seen, I could even guess the number. I'm 64 years old, been watching
and remembering films for at least 54 years. Saw a lot of films on TV since the 1950s. Worked a couple of my teen years at a movie theater where I listen to (and saw many scenes of) films day after day after day. Have read extensively about films, actors, directors, I was even in a film once (nothing anyone here ever saw or heard of), have a large collection of film tapes and DVDs. Have always been fond of foreign films--when they were good.
But I'm not going to get into a spitting contest over who has seen the most or the best films. I saw movies and stars in the late 1940s, 1950s, 1960s that a lot of the "kids" in this forum have never heard of. By the same token, you've probably seen a bigger selection of films made in the last 20 years than have I.
On the other hand, I've seen previews of those films on TV, in theaters, clips shown on talk shows, even TV specials to promote coming films. I remember seeing ads about
Trainspotting at the time it was in the movies. Don't recall now what it was about, but I do remember making a consious choice not to spend my money at that theater that weekend. Maybe I missed something; on the other hand, it wasn't worth risking the waste of 2 hours of my life to find out.
Besides, how many examples of crap must one see in order to recognize crap when one sees it.
Sorry, I just couldn't resist that.