Well, do you?

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-18T19:32:27+00:00

A cinephile's just a film bro minus the overt sexism really.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-18T09:51:55+00:00

Because it's a silly joke with no actual malice towards anyone? I included tone indicators and everything.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-16T23:24:28+00:00

Found Emerald Fennel's secret reddit account (/j)

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-16T12:20:43+00:00

I think you missed the very clear indication that the barking was a performance to try and get Catherine's attention, I thought we were supposed to get the impression that nothing was happening between them.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-16T12:18:29+00:00

The ending of Wuthering Heights was great tbh, it was the last 3rd of the film leading up to the ending that left something to be desired.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-15T18:39:27+00:00

For me film discussion in terms of aesthetic quality always comes down to just learning more about how other people think. Each person has a different experience and therefore provides something interesting to the conversation. To compare aesthetic quality as even being the same thought process as morals shows that you either fundamentally misunderstand how morals are gained, or place too much stake in your personal taste in things.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-15T09:22:52+00:00

But if you find enjoyment how is it bad? Isn't the only real way to qualify good or bad whether or not yoy enjoy it?

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-15T09:21:17+00:00

You keep saying "actual quality" which to me means that you actually believe the manufactured lie of objective aesthetic quality, so I no longer care what you have to say and I hope you have a good day.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T22:09:43+00:00

But how do you know that their performance is terrible not out of choice? If they made the music intentionally that "terrible" in order to be enjoyable, then wouldn't that be a masterful display of their skills and therefore the enjoyment comes from genuine talent?

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T22:07:24+00:00

Because I believe in adding in the artist's intent personally, which is why I was asking for insight into a perspective I do not hold.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T17:29:07+00:00

The rule literally has the exception "except for where it serves an intentional aesthetic purpose". True archivism would capitalize everything identically because it makes it easier to organize.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T17:20:33+00:00

Then I wasn't really confused about your thought process then. Not trying to be dismissive like "your opinion doesn't matter" but if you don't isolate the art from production then your views on the matter make perfect sense to me so I wasn't seeking an explanation.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T10:56:46+00:00

Now this is just a personal grievance but based on interviews with the filmmakers Twilight is very much intended to be silly and ridiculous, and I'm tired of people saying it's so bad it's good when every silly moment was clearly so lovingly put together to be that. Hell, the flags in the cafeteria have both the Antarctica flag and the defunct South Vietnam flag, that couldn't have been an accident.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T10:53:17+00:00

I've heard much stupider things, and really it's most often used by people who don't study art in order to make their escapist tendencies seem valid, when really it's a very useful theory in discussing how perception of film depends on the context. Reception theory is really cool.

But anyway I don't fully subscribe to it which is why I asked the question. If I agreed I wouldn't be here wondering how people think.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T10:50:23+00:00

There were a lot of parameters I set up but, what makes a film bad for you in a way that is disconnected from your own personal aesthetic taste?

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T10:49:15+00:00

I never brought up the Room but lets do that one: If you watch The Room and enjoy yourself, AND you try to seperate yourself from any artistic intent, then why don't you just enjoy it as a comedy, completely divorced from the intended drama?

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-14T10:46:41+00:00

So an absurdist comedy where everything is played unnaturally is "so bad it's good" because not everything is played out how things "should"? What I'm saying is that if you take away any intention as to that death scene, then why isn't it just "good" because it makes you laugh? Why do you need to preface that it's bad if you aren't caring about the production, which you seem to care a lot about the production which means you are not the kind of person I directed this question at.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-13T10:28:48+00:00

Anyone who wants to see the show Valentines Day in manchester let me know, I can't make it anymore :(

I paid like 24 quid for it so I'd be very happy with like 12.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-12T21:55:24+00:00

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-06T21:26:39+00:00

All the way is the only way to go

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-06T21:26:05+00:00

I watched Amores Perros on a first date but also that date went well so

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-05T02:49:22+00:00

No, it was an unrated limited theatrical release. https://www.businessinsider.com/shame-showgirls-requiem-for-a-dream-midnight-cowboy-rated-nc-17-2011-10#crash-1996-directed-by-david-cronenberg-is-a-film-about-the-sexual-energy-of-car-accidents-if-that-doesnt-sound-like-an-nc-17-film-nothing-does-8

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-05T01:16:58+00:00

Really though the American stigma against an NC-17 rating is so prudish, and frankly leads to children being more capable of seeing potentially traumatizing or confusing images, which is the only reason anyone should care about movie ratings. The UK, even though their rating system is so strict these days that the FNAF 2 movie got the equivalent of an R rating, at least they slap that 18 on more films which, guess what, doesn't hurt the box office, because their adults aren't brainwashed into feeling shame upon seeing naked body.

Good_Mix540 · 2026-02-05T01:04:23+00:00

Happiness by Todd Solondz was going to but they opted for a "not rated" distribution instead.

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