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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 215706" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Let's just say I get tweaked over long standing biases against 'popular' entertainment. There is the implication that a 'serious movie fan' cannot possibly be just that and like the drivel the masses enjoy. I called it at release and I'm calling it now, come awards season it is highly unlikely we'll see Mad Max get any love, and yet it had critics gushing over it. And yet inevitably some costume drama will, simply because it 'looked' important. When was the last time a comedy got nominated as a best picture? I mean one that was truly funny, not a Woody Allen movie? There is a clear bias against presumed 'popcorn' movies, even though they can take you through a rollercoaster of emotions just as well as some thinking man's piece.</p><p></p><p>I run into this all the time working on film sets. I'll overhear a conversation of one of the producers or the DP, and they'll be talking in high praise about some obscure film they just saw at the local art house cinema, but they would never lower themselves to seeing whatever is in the top 10 at the box office. Meanwhile the very thing we're working on is rivaling Baywatch in storytelling quality.</p><p></p><p>Believe me, I'm just having a go. If I have the time and the movie is easily accessible to me, I'll watch damn near anything. Except Field of Dreams. Gotta draw the line somewhere! This is what it reminds me of though...</p><p></p><p>When I was in junior high, we had to do book reports. Now there were plenty of books I wanted to read, lots of fantasy and sci-fi, but my teacher hated that stuff. He wanted books that 'have stood the test of time'. That meant lots of "Where the Red Fern Grows" and "My Brother Sam is Dead" type stuff. Books that hadn't been relevant in at least 50 years, and were just painful to a teen. And so I hated reading. I mean I would read some of the things I had wanted, but there was this overhanging attitude that I wasn't reading 'real' literature. Then I get into high school, and we read 'Lord of the Flies' and I think, wait a minute! This was too good to be a school recommended book! I read Dune, Clockwork Orange, and I'm thinking populist stories can be considered great. It dawns on me that some people just enjoy having a stick up their butt, and that's their problem, not mine.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I love Twin Peaks. That show ruined television for me for many years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 215706, member: 134"] Let's just say I get tweaked over long standing biases against 'popular' entertainment. There is the implication that a 'serious movie fan' cannot possibly be just that and like the drivel the masses enjoy. I called it at release and I'm calling it now, come awards season it is highly unlikely we'll see Mad Max get any love, and yet it had critics gushing over it. And yet inevitably some costume drama will, simply because it 'looked' important. When was the last time a comedy got nominated as a best picture? I mean one that was truly funny, not a Woody Allen movie? There is a clear bias against presumed 'popcorn' movies, even though they can take you through a rollercoaster of emotions just as well as some thinking man's piece. I run into this all the time working on film sets. I'll overhear a conversation of one of the producers or the DP, and they'll be talking in high praise about some obscure film they just saw at the local art house cinema, but they would never lower themselves to seeing whatever is in the top 10 at the box office. Meanwhile the very thing we're working on is rivaling Baywatch in storytelling quality. Believe me, I'm just having a go. If I have the time and the movie is easily accessible to me, I'll watch damn near anything. Except Field of Dreams. Gotta draw the line somewhere! This is what it reminds me of though... When I was in junior high, we had to do book reports. Now there were plenty of books I wanted to read, lots of fantasy and sci-fi, but my teacher hated that stuff. He wanted books that 'have stood the test of time'. That meant lots of "Where the Red Fern Grows" and "My Brother Sam is Dead" type stuff. Books that hadn't been relevant in at least 50 years, and were just painful to a teen. And so I hated reading. I mean I would read some of the things I had wanted, but there was this overhanging attitude that I wasn't reading 'real' literature. Then I get into high school, and we read 'Lord of the Flies' and I think, wait a minute! This was too good to be a school recommended book! I read Dune, Clockwork Orange, and I'm thinking populist stories can be considered great. It dawns on me that some people just enjoy having a stick up their butt, and that's their problem, not mine. By the way, I love Twin Peaks. That show ruined television for me for many years. [/QUOTE]
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