It's easy to understand why some audience members are only going to think about peeling potatoes or meatloaf or making beds. I'm sympathetic to the boredom. I'm even sympathetic to some of the skepticism.
But it's enraging when you or myself or Takoma or lots of other people can explain why the film works for us and there isn't the slightest engagement beyond calling such people pretentious or phonies or having agendas that have nothing to do with film.
Is it too much to ask, if someone wants to make the claim that a movie absolutely cannot be considered good, that is in fact totally worthless, that they show some basic understanding of what is happening in the film. Be at least vaguely humble to the possibility that they may have missed something? Or that some people simply like different things then them?
I think superhero movies are shit. But I at least don't claim people are pretending to like them. I can at least understand why they do like them. And if I do either of the above, I will take my critical punches because I would deserve them.
But it's enraging when you or myself or Takoma or lots of other people can explain why the film works for us and there isn't the slightest engagement beyond calling such people pretentious or phonies or having agendas that have nothing to do with film.
Is it too much to ask, if someone wants to make the claim that a movie absolutely cannot be considered good, that is in fact totally worthless, that they show some basic understanding of what is happening in the film. Be at least vaguely humble to the possibility that they may have missed something? Or that some people simply like different things then them?
I think superhero movies are shit. But I at least don't claim people are pretending to like them. I can at least understand why they do like them. And if I do either of the above, I will take my critical punches because I would deserve them.
People might be baffled why I’d continue to do so, but in the words of Mark F, it’s simply because they exist.