The Arrow Thread - Page 704

platostotal · #**7031** 1st December 2015, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MacBlayne

Yeah. Just because I like Prometheus doesn't mean I wank off Ridley Scott.

Now, Alien - there's a film worth wanking him off for.

Ha Ha Ha, I tried that, but a Xenomorph popped out and logged onto Facebook and starting slaggimg everyone off....

MacBlayne · #**7032** 1st December 2015, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by platostotal

Ha Ha Ha, I tried that, but a Xenomorph popped out and logged onto Facebook and starting slaggimg everyone off....

keirarts · #**7033** 2nd December 2015, 08:05 AM

There's one person who seems to hate Quntin Tarantino films, almost regularly there would be inarticulate posts with the usual non-criticisms 'plagiarist' (its not when you acknowledge your sources, by that token Martin Scorsese is a plagiarist, as is Dario Argento, George Lucas...) ect ect... and I just thought WHY?

Why bother dwelling on something you hate?

I much prefer the posts where people focus on things they enjoy. The trouble is trying to say nice about stuff is a lot more difficult as it requires you to do a lot more explaining. Slagging stuff off online is easy as the fallback will always be cheap insults. This is why any critic who makes a living hating everything lloses respect in my eyes. The real critics can put a film down expertly without the need for insults, and can inspire passion for things they love.

MacBlayne · #**7034** 2nd December 2015, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by keirarts

There's one person who seems to hate Quntin Tarantino films, almost regularly there would be inarticulate posts with the usual non-criticisms 'plagiarist' (its not when you acknowledge your sources, by that token Martin Scorsese is a plagiarist, as is Dario Argento, George Lucas...) ect ect... and I just thought WHY?

Why bother dwelling on something you hate?

I much prefer the posts where people focus on things they enjoy. The trouble is trying to say nice about stuff is a lot more difficult as it requires you to do a lot more explaining. Slagging stuff off online is easy as the fallback will always be cheap insults. This is why any critic who makes a living hating everything lloses respect in my eyes. The real critics can put a film down expertly without the need for insults, and can inspire passion for things they love.

I used to be like that but I decided to focus on things I like. Instead of bitching about Christopher Nolan films, I opted to rave about films that my friends don't know about. I think people are more inclined to watch those films when you don't use them to slag off the films they like.

That said, I still make the odd joke about Nolan's style

keirarts · #**7035** 2nd December 2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MacBlayne

I used to be like that but I decided to focus on things I like. Instead of bitching about Christopher Nolan films, I opted to rave about films that my friends don't know about. I think people are more inclined to watch those films when you don't use them to slag off the films they like.

That said, I still make the odd joke about Nolan's style

don't get me wrong, reasoned arguments against films or film-makers are cool.