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Old 09-10-2006, 02:50 PM
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getting defensive over horror movies.

i got a problem with this.

"this movie looks stupid and fake"
"fuck you, get the fuck out of my room, curl up in a corner and die you worthless piece of shit"

anyone else do this? i got a problem with it were a feel like hitting people when they diss a movie im watching.
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:55 PM
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Re: getting defensive over horror movies.

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i got a problem with this.

"this movie looks stupid and fake"
"fuck you, get the fuck out of my room, curl up in a corner and die you worthless piece of shit"

anyone else do this? i got a problem with it were a feel like hitting people when they diss a movie im watching.
i have to confess i am one of these people - as soon as a film loses my interest i start either a) picking out holes in the plot; b) pointing out (loudly) flaws in the cinematography or continuity errors; c) pointing out (even more loudly) the various ways that the film is derivative of some other superior films; or d) counting to 100 slowly and loudly until i'm thrown out of the room

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Old 09-10-2006, 02:58 PM
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no, if the movie is shitty, its justified, but if im watching evil dead for example, someone walks in and says it looks stupid, im gonna go ape shit.

like both me and my firend watched Jungle Holocaust, and i was perfectly comfortable with him ripping on it, because it was a boring sausage fest.
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:00 PM
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A fair point to bring up - but after years of defending the merits of 'bad' films, I now fall back on the comment:-

"OK - stick with what you know".
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no, if the movie is shitty, its justified, but if im watching evil dead for example, someone walks in and says it looks stupid, im gonna go ape shit.
agreed - indeed, to follow the metaphor, i usually fling dung at those kind of people


you'd be surprised how quickly they leave
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no, if the movie is shitty, its justified, but if im watching evil dead for example, someone walks in and says it looks stupid, im gonna go ape shit.
Yah, I'm this way, too.

What makes me the most sick is when people diss older films because, well, they're older.

"That movie's in black and white? What're you, my grandpa?! Go back to the 1800s!"

Oh shut the fuck up and go watch Grandma's Boy.
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Old 09-10-2006, 05:06 PM
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it makes me so mad when i'm talking to one of my friends and i make a horror movie reference or something and they have no fucking clue what i talking about. i then have to spend a half hour of my time explaining it to them. i need to get better friends.
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Old 09-10-2006, 05:12 PM
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i never gave a shit about what people think of the things i like Mind you - although i love horror films my interests are pretty well rounded. (i'd hate to think that there were people out there so limited that horror is all they would watch)

i find that the vast majority of people either dont care about film or only watch mindless pap .. but thats their thing ...

i dont shit on their choices - they dont shit on mine


i am realizing that there arent very many horror fans around though ...
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Old 09-10-2006, 05:14 PM
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I tend to explian the merits of a film to those who may be bagging on it.

If they don't get it right away I continue to film-geek out, ripping into the person's inability to see, define or appreciate quality filmmaking while expressing my deep love of the film's subtext/social importance/influence etc.

Infantile? a little. Effective? hell yeah.
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Old 09-10-2006, 05:20 PM
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its often like explaining quantum physics to a 3 year old.
in english - and the 3 year old is russion.
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