This is all good. We're up to different things in discussing films.
Yes. Which should come as no surprise to anyone. The issue has always been you sneering down at how I talk about them.
You seem more likely to want to use the text as inspiration
Of course I do. I don't want to write about anything that doesn't inspire me. But I also use that inspiration from the text to talk about the text.
And personally I don't understand why speaking towards easily observable things regarding plot and themes is somehow the harder way to talk about a film than how I do. It's actually way way easier.
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Art is always therapy. Even for those who just consider it a pointless diversion.
And as soon as it stop being this I'll stop watching them.
a springboard vaulting one into a realm of possibility
I hope this isn't considered some terrible thing.
For me, the prize is not just to find it, but also to be able to prove it.
To prove what? What have you so far proved in your life regarding this? Tell me about the movies you have proved are good? And, if I agree that you've proved it, tell me why this matters.
We're simply at different purposes here.
Only partially. I also consider the worth of a film from the same metrics as you. I can argue on those levels as well. But I also believe there are other things to be looking for in art, which you ignore and I don't. That I try to articulate and you don't. That I talk about and you think aren't worth even talking about.
So, yes, I guess we're different.
The difficulty occurs when we happen to find ourselves discussing films and we disagree. When you press me for demonstration of a claim, you will find my answer stodgy and overly limiting (that I am playing professor). When I press you for demonstration, I will sometimes find your answer too loose to be reasonably justified (my policy is to avoid accepting wooden nickles).
So, wooden nickels in the way that they are valueless. Counterfeits? The kind of things passed off by charlatans?
And you wonder why I get annoyed at you, Professor?