clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Trying to avoid having expectations is a much different thing than
> claiming to succeed in that attempt,

I do claim to succeed, not all of the time, but frequently.

> or claiming to judge a movie
> unbiased by one's expectations

Of course, I can make no such claim! :)

> (let alone insisting that you /must/
> abide by these standards to judge a movie). /Those/ are the people I'd
> consider dishonest, puffed-up intellectual farts.

Well, fair enough.

> As I said: A good movie is one I enjoy - be it entertaining, touching,
> thrilling, relaxing, inspiring, or whatever - and a bad movie is one I
> don't enjoy (which obviously depends on the mood I'm in); everything
> else is a lie.

I can recognise a movie as well-made in most ways, yet still not enjoy it as
much as a movie that I recognise as derivative, shallow and poorly executed.
This is something most reviewers fail to do, and in doing so give me no helpful
guidance on what to see or avoid. Of course, I don't *expect* anyone to agree
with me on what is well or poorly executed, or indeed enjoyable. :)

> It's fair to reason why I /do/ enjoy some movie, or whether I /might/
> enjoy some other movie I haven't seen yet - but there's no reason
> whatsoever why I /should/ enjoy some movie I don't (or vice versa).

Of course. I'm actually mostly in agreement with you on this, but I do
understand Warp's position.

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