Boring
I never cared and was relieved when it ended so I could wake up and do something enjoyable.
And something meaningful, like telling the millions of people who don't care that you didn't like a movie?
shareProbably the same millions of people also dont care about your opinion of another person opinion.
this is a movie forum. If you dont like to read people's opinions about movies, just dont enter to them.
Well, actually, I do have a few million people who do care about my opinions, but that's just a lucky fact of my occupation. I don't mind reading other people's opinions, but I like opinions of substance, rather than "I was bored. I didn't like it." Any idiot can have an opinion like that. I read these boards on occasion in hopes of finding intelligent discussion, not inchoate dismissal. Any pinhead can pop a balloon.
shareAny pinhead can pop a balloon.Sad, isn't it? And many are eager to show just how quickly they can dismiss a movie like The American, that makes the grievous error of assuming that a viewer has a modicum of intelligence and patience, with a single word.
It's been over two years since I last saw The American, but (like others on this board) I find I'm unable to forget it. Really a bewitching little movie, but you've got to give it your full attention.
Many of these complaints are a bit like griping that meditation didn't do anything for you, yet you spent the entire time trying to glance at your iPhone. I mean, watch the movie or don't watch it, but it shouldn't be background noise.
Last night I sought out Corbijn's Control, having been so impressed with this and his most recent venture, A Most Wanted Man. He's really quite a confident and singular filmmaker, and he's got a terrific eye.
Glad to see you about, Mr. Beaver. share
Bravo to you both.
The ability to substantiate one's opinion is always where the "rubber meets the road."
If this wasn't a requirement for a legitimate opinion, why then would we take anyone's word for anything?
Snarky comments are one thing but the ability to actually bring pith is another entirely.
If someone can't even submit a cursory effort toward that end, what Asimov said ultimately rings true;
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Agreed.
Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is laziness. So stop being so lazy!
"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
- John F. Kennedy