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In Reply to: Re: Ok, I went and looked. posted by Victor Khomenko on March 17, 2004 at 14:19:18:
Ok, let's go sentence by sentence, as you like to do.
---***[i.e. I didn't see the film nor will ever see it, but I know it's crap because I'm the infallible vessel of intellect and you're not],
Interesting. Are you saying you never presume a particular quality based on your previous experience with that maker, director, writer, composer, singer, PLUS based on seeing clips and hearing other people's opinions, ***PLUS*** reading reviews by people you respect? What if all these sources, plus your predilection and insight tell a consistent story?In that case, if you're really really sure that it's going to be bad and have no desire to watch a certain film, [generic] you may as well chose 1.Some sort of an arguement pointing to your experience with a certain movie-maker/actor etc that would justify your opinion or 2.Stay away from the thread in question.
---I don't know why you keep beeting this empty drum - seems like with your rather broad experience in many things you should be able to make quick assessments based on the information from several sources... plus that thing called experience.
For the life of me I can't figure out what does being able to judge something without directly experiencing it have to do with - as you put it: being "infallible vessel of intellect".Read above.
---Would you say I should reserve my judgement on the next book by Ivan Shevtsov? Why? Because he might all of a sudden stop being a rabid anti-Semite, and suddenly learn to write? Would refusing to read that new book also make me an "infallible vessel of intellect"?
I have no clue who Shevtsov is, and he sounds like a nasty mother, but he doesn't really matter in this discussion.
---Why would you deny others the right to be able to judge the LOTR in the same way? I presume your criticism stems from that LOTR discussion. Because I don't recall any other such incident, but in the LOTR case, for instance, my reaction came from several reliable sources, my own eyes, thirty years of experience, plus my own twenty minutes of suffering - if you feel I am not qualified to call it kaka after that much, then I wil take you to my opening paragraph and to Ivan's books.
Perfect case for staying the hell away from a thread. Does not having anything positive to say about a film others praise gives a visa to crap on it? For example, I have fondness for the Groundhog Day and you don't. I don't start ripping my shirt open screaming bloody murder a-la Auph. I move on. But I think posters here would at least appreciate some solid reasoning behind the kaka labels. Some people may even perceive the dismissiveness as an insult.
---I dunno... it sounds like you are being less than open on this one.
I call this episode of my life being as truthful as I can be without being brutally honest.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Ok, I went and looked. - Dmitry 14:48:16 03/17/04 (4)
- Re: Ok, I went and looked. - Victor Khomenko 15:01:25 03/17/04 (3)
- I don't know why you're stuck on LOTR. - Dmitry 15:25:31 03/17/04 (2)
- Re: I don't know why you're stuck on LOTR. - Victor Khomenko 15:33:55 03/17/04 (1)
- The little voice inside my head is getting louder and louder - Dmitry 16:38:33 03/17/04 (0)
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