Yeah guys. If you don’t like the thing you already saw, just don’t see it. Duh.

The problem with your theory, RABR, is truly enlightened people don’t dismiss entire genres, so they don’t know what to avoid based on the inherent value-lessness of something we haven’t even seen yet.

People watch movies and like to talk…

He’s talking about masturbation, right?

I think folks like you and the OP conflate the idea of something being good and you personally liking it.

I agree with your overall, point. But, man, do us advocates of comics need find more and better examples than Maus. (I found it to very much reinforce a lot of the things people snobbishly put down about comics.)

Holy shit, did you epically not understand the comment you replied to.

Cool story. How does this habit of yours make any of those movies good movies?

That doesn’t make them good. I’m not entirely sure what point it is you think you’re making.

You’re just not “truly enlightened”, that’s all.

“Visual and auditory enjoyment can be part of what makes a movie great.”

No one is disagreeing with this point...except the guy with the idiot opinion you’re defending who doesn’t think those things are PART of the enjoyment. He thinks those things (which you yourself say are only PART of what makes movie good) should…

“But hey, you’re the enlightened one.”

No. He’s just a garden variety troll.

Guy who tells others to expand their horizons declares an entire genre devoid of intellectual engagement and incapable of producing genuine value.

Troll of the day. This guy is great.

This is an ENTIRELY different argument from your initial comment.

Move those goalposts!

As an adult engaging with other adults, you should accept the fact that sometimes people disagree with you.

No, bro...A “truly enlightened mind” doesn’t mirror your comments exactly.

YOU need some perspective if you think that your opinions are those of a truly enlightened mind.

yeah...the people who are advocating movies that challenge the watcher are the one’s who need to “expand their horizons”.

You’re LITERALLY telling everyone to narrow their horizons and accept shit as manna, dude. You don’t get to turn around and pretend to be the diverse, cultured, open-minded one. With your opinion,…