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Is it because I don't think that films that intended to entertain first and foremost are inherently inferior to "deeper" films?

I never said or intimated this. You inferred (incorrectly) from what I wrote.

Look, pal, its been proven that after a long day of hard work and stress that people need to unwind and relax. Goofy, fun movies are one way to do that if, especially if you're too tired for anything else. So, yes, they DO have value.

I never said they didn't have value. I like to turn my mind off and watch TransFormers in a nostalgic daze from time to time. I really don't see why you're getting so upset. I never once said anything to the effect of "films by David Lynch and other 'artistic' auteurs are superior to films made for entertainment by the likes of Spielberg and Abrams." But that certainly seems to be what you're inferring here. I think this says more about you than me.

I know that after a long day of putting up with disgruntle customers who blame me for things I had no control over, I like, no, NEED to unwind and laugh.

As do I. I work in a call center and have people yelling at me all day long, and I need to unwind at the end of the day too. In fact, the last few weeks I have been steadily working my way through the MCU films to prepare for Civil War. I often buy tickets for big summer blockbuster on the first day they're out and this year I treated my friends to tickets to CW.

So don't give me that crap about how I'm narrow minded, because I'm not. You're the narrow minded one, if anyone is, since you seem to buy into the idea that films have to comment on the human condition or some crap we've seen a million times to be looked at as film.

Once again, I never once stated that I feel films should only be artistic or a commentary on human interaction or whatever. These are all things that you inferred from what I wrote and once again I might add incorrectly assumed about me. The fact of the matter is, the several posts you've made on this subject show you to be intolerant of the way others process information, which led me to make the narrow-minded comment. When you call a person dumb for having their own way of looking at the world, I'm sorry but I see that as pretty narrow-minded. When you belittle a person because they look at something or categorize something differently than you do, once again, that comes off as narrow-minded to me.

Dude, I've also been to college, and in fact, been done with it for years. I also studied film, and unlike you, I didn't come out of as some wannabe film critic.

I don't understand why you're assuming these things about me. Nothing in my posts gave any indication of the sort. I do, for my own personal edification, have a classification system of what I think of as "artistic" or "entertaining" films - and both have value to me. And yeah I took film and theatre classes because I want to make films. As yet I have not made a break into that area but I like to come to IMDB to discuss a variety of films that I love (or even the ones I didn't like). In that regard, aren't we all wannabe film critics on here?

I'm arguing with you, because you're taking the side of the guy who's basically said that Guardians has less value because its aim was entertain instead of hit us over the head with some message we were already aware of.

Well excuse me for "taking sides" against you. I just felt you were being unduly harsh on the guy because what I read of what he said did not indicate to me he was saying one was better or worse than the other. If you want to have a discussion about the subject at hand, I did find BvS to be an excellent film with a little bit deeper or more layered quality to it than Guardians which is to be honest pretty straightforward in its intent. This isn't to say one is necessarily better than the other. BvS has a pretty specific goal, which is to perhaps be a commentary on the nature of a cynical society's response to a hero with god-like powers, while GotG and other Marvel films are just trying to have fun with it and please audiences. I feel that both approaches to CBMs have their value and I appreciate them for what they are.

I don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things. I killed Ben Linus.
--Sayid

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