No need to feel defensive or post scornful comments. Those of more earthy artistic tastes certainly are the dominant force in this world; let those with more acute sensibilities have a little fun apart from the dross for once.
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I read this to myself in Ralph Fiennes' voice. It made me smile.
shareThat's good. It means you get it.
shareBrilliant. Thanks for making me laugh.
shareYou enjoy and sympathise with and support it. To say you 'get it' implies that you fully understand all of its purposes, meanings, reasons for it being exactly as it is which does invite asking you to write an essay on the film to prove that you're not overstating matters.
shareSadly, you don't get it.
shareMy point is prove that you get it. I wouldn't make a post saying I get Fermat's Last Theorem without in some way proving that I do.
shareIf you watched the movie surely you must understand the meaning of "getting it." If you didn't watch the movie then why on earth are you on here demanding essays of people? That I don't get.
shareYeah whatever - I bet you also Think michael moore Has a brain.
shareSurely you meant "palate", mr sophisticated.
shareI've never been so happy to be seen as a burger 'n' fries man!
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
I believe the Dukes of Hazzard still plays on one those old-timey cable channels.
shareThat's a little too basic, even for the unwashed likes of me...
You seem to take comfort from a false sense of superiority, though, so if misconceptions are what it takes to boost your fragile ego, then so be it... I won't shatter your pleasant fantasies; I'll just go back to playing with the tyre on a rope that I have in my yard...
Patronising twonk!
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
Not to put too fine a point on it but, as they say, "You started it." Did I ever imply that "sophisticated" meant superior? I was just informing those who might not yet have seen this that if their favorite type of movie is based on things that cannot happen in real life, such as superhero movies or sci-fi or fantasy, they will not like this. If you make a statement saying you are glad to not be among the admirers of this movie, take the blowback like a man.
shareYes, you did. The opposite of 'sophisticated' is UNsophisticated, implying that those whom it doesn't appeal to are somehow unsophisticated... Couple that with the mention of 'acute sensibilities', and it's a pretty strong implication that you think fans of this movie pick up on things that the rest of us mere mortals somehow don't.
I DO admire certain things about this movie, but I resent the implication that if it somehow doesn't work for someone, then they must be written off as a knuckledragging Neanderthal... You can also be sophisticated, and NOT like this movie. I would never claim to be sophisticated, myself, but I would also never use a movie to distinguish myself, or think that superhero fans only have one speed and are incapable of appreciating anything more challenging... I'm not glad to dislike the movie (I was disappointed to dislike it) I'm only glad if not liking it means I don't have to stick my nose in the air and deem myself to be better than other people.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
You think your humbleness makes you a better person.
shareI don't just think it; I KNOW it does - but I didn't start a thread proclaiming such, did I? I'm only using it as a defence against unjustified arrogance... so actually, *you* started it.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
Proud of your humility (you don't see the irony there?) yet too thin-skinned to let pass by an opinion that declares your taste unsophisticated. I especially liked the meek phrase "patronising twonk."
shareThere is no irony, because once again, *I* didn't start this... The burger and fries thing was a tongue-in-cheek dig at my own supposed 'low culture', but instead of recognising your own elitism, you instead doubled down on the condescension, so I bit back... I see nothing ironic there. There's only so many cheap shots you can take before I respond in kind, and your continued intransigence suggests I was absolutely right to do so... If you started a provocative thread and you refuse to acknowledge it, but instead continue to fan the flames, then you aren't the victim... Evidenced by this quote before anybody had even replied:
No need to feel defensive or post scornful comments.
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You talk like you have a big chip on your shoulder. I say it appeals to a sophisticated palate. You say proudly that you are unsophisticated and don't care for it. What more need be said?
shareLove it! Not everyone needs cinema to spoon feed them. It is for the more eclectic pallete.
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