Who is to say that the people voting for these movies didn’t find them both challenging and entertaining?

That list exists. It’s called ‘the box office’, and it comes out every week without fail! If you’d prefer instead to just get a definitive list of the highest grossing - thus, most popular - movies of the 21st century, here you go:

Yeah, I hate those arthouse films like Memento, from some schmuck named Christopher Nolan. And did Mad Max: Fury Road even hit 3 theaters in the US? What was its budget, 12$? Personally, I can’t believe they’re promoting artsy garbage like dystopian sci-fi action film Children of Men, or niche bullshit like Eternal…

I mean, it’s a fantastically well-scripted movie with a number of genuinely moving scenes, sharp direction, and an aesthetic all its own. It’s hard to seriously call it trash, even if you don’t like it. But I’m sure there are people out there who will definitely have a strong argument against it -- nothing is…

Now that is a great, succinct explanation.

For me, I’d have a hard time choosing between Spider-Man 2 (a truly great comic book film) and The Dark Knight (a great crime drama with costumes). But I could ask 20 random people and get any of those answers... which is the point. Consensus hasn’t settled on one excellent comic book movie because there are still…

But then... almost everyone felt that way about Lebowski. It’s the classic sleeper hit, something that takes time and perhaps a few watches to appreciate. It made almost nothing at the box office in part because of that. Hell, I didn’t really like Lebowski the first time I saw it. It’s such a bizarre, formless movie,…

Sure! Popularity isn’t really a metric by which you can sensibly judge art. Is Thomas Kinkade the greatest painter of all time? Is Transformers 2 the best movie ever made? Of course not! We all acknowledge that there are some parts of art that are objective and some parts that are subjective, it’s just a matter of how…

What on Earth would be the point of grabbing a bunch of people who don’t watch a ton of movies and asking them about this?

I mean, you get that they’re choosing the movies they love and think are the best, not things they can ‘hold over everyone’s heads’. You don’t enjoy movies ‘against’ people unless you’re a 10 year old.

This is awesome, thanks!

The problem is, Bastion’s immobility makes him almost unplayable at high levels, Junkrat basically gives free energy to the opposing Zarya, and Zenyatta’s Discord Orb was nerfed down to 30% damage buff. Only Reaper and Mei really thrive in this meta, but even they just can’t do much about Ana’s ult speed. You can…

The problem there is that you’re excusing prejudice. “The cop shot because he was afraid for his life! Why was he afraid? Well, he’s afraid of black guys...”

I’m glad you’ve found the part of our legal code where “Not following orders” was punishable by execution by the state without trial. Care to point the way towards it?

Agreed completely -- and I love your username!

God damn, this movie is great. Awesome write-up, Rich!

Why is it that every time Trump speaks, I have an urge to say that we were always at war with Eastasia?

Sorry, Jonah Hill, I guess Jez has decided that you don’t have the right to have your feelings hurt. Everyone can say whatever they want to you, you’re just wrong. And fat! See how much fun we have together, Jonah?

Competitive tends to be a ‘healthier’ meta because there’s a one-hero limit and at mid-to-high ranks, people often take team comps more seriously - two tanks, two support, two DPS - and there’s more on-mic communication going on. Quick Play is less intense, with fewer people on mic and a lot more dicking around, but…

It would be Hanzo if he were at all a good character or a danger, but he isn’t outside of really great hands, so... oh well!