I LOVED Big Fish. It hit all the right notes of quirky and emotional for me.
However, I can totally understand why someone wouldn’t like it.
Example, the emotional impact worked for me. I could see someone considering it maudlin. I enjoyed the twist, and though it was pitch perfect. But I can wrap my head around someone…

I haven’t read this Vox piece. (I’m an ass for commenting anyway, I know.) But I can’t really recall a moment in the first 7 movies in which they reflect on the violence or constant state of war. Duh, it’s always being shown. The battle scenes are bad ass. But I can reasonably see where this opinion would come from.
The…

It’s almost like they shouldn’t try to treat them as either fluff or deep cultural texts. Rather they should just treat them as smarter than most blockbusters.

Folks had no problem talking about the new Mad Max. Then again...I didn’t see many folks calling it empty fluff, or a political epic for our times.

Finally, if…

It’s that wonderful time of the year where people shit on other people’s best of lists, for the most tenuous of reasons (which are usually just some sort of cover for gut feelings or biases.)