Warp schrieb:

>   Wait a moment. You base your opinion about movies solely on whether they
> meet the *expectations* you had about the movies before seeing them (rather
> than judging them in their own right, without any prejudices)?

No; if I did that, I wouldn't have enjoyed "Contact".

If you interpret that into my posting, you haven't read it carefully 
enough, or with a bias.


>   I'm sorry to say this, but that sounds just crazy.

Why? If I feel like watching a Sci-Fi action movie, and the thing I pay 
money for turns out to be some splatterpunk or whatever - which I 
wouldn't normally like anyway, and which I absolutely positively /not/ 
feel like right now - then what's crazy about me considering the movie bad?

My judgement of a movie is simple: If I enjoyed it, then I consider it 
good - if I didn't, then I consider it bad. Obviously, expectation /is/ 
a factor affecting whether I like it or not.

I don't give a damn about excellent vs. not-so-good acting so long as 
the movie manages to keep me focused on the story it tells; nor do I 
give a damn about excellent vs. not-so-good plot as long as the movie 
manages to keep me focused on the acting. And the expectations I have 
when entering the theater affect how good a movie can accomplish this. 
If I came particularly for the special effects, I really don't give a 
damn about anything else as long as the special effects are good and 
plenty and the other stuff is good enough to not distract me for longer 
than a few moments.

Anyone claiming to judge movies otherwise, and considering my way to 
judge movies superficial, I'd consider them dishonest, puffed-up 
intellectual farts.

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