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It was intended to be humorous and poke fun at ourselves as much as you. Legolas Send a noteboard - 15/10/2013 10:27:45 PM

View original postIf you want people to actually pay attention to your review, you might not want to start it out with a snarky comment directed at a large portion of your audience.

After all, for all that Europeans moan and complain about American cinema or its censorship standards, they still watch it in great numbers - and aren't nearly as liberal about such things as they like to think, in any case (I for one go on later in the review to say that I understand those censors in this case as it really is unusually explicit).

But okay, I may have missed the tone I was going for - or it may be more obvious to Europeans who would be more familiar with these sentiments and the feelings of frustration and jealousy that are mixed up with what may or may not be serious points about confused priorities. I'll see if I rephrase it in a more successful way.

View original postAnd yeah, I know you think it's okay to do because you're "right" and all, but I'm just going to point out that I went into this review interested in what you had to say, got pissed off at the first paragraph, and didn't read further because I no longer cared about the review because I was annoyed with you. And while I'm sure you don't care about how I feel, I'll bet you do care if people read your review. Maybe you'll get more of them to do so if you don't start it off by being rude.

Certainly I care how you feel. I think you know me well enough to believe me when I say I don't usually write posts that intentionally insult people, or at least not without provocation - least of all, as you say, in a review that's supposed to make people interested in a movie.

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You know, Legolas - 15/10/2013 09:53:46 PM 691 Views
It was intended to be humorous and poke fun at ourselves as much as you. - 15/10/2013 10:27:45 PM 784 Views
well, maybe I misunderstood then - 15/10/2013 11:07:10 PM 623 Views
Is it better now? - 15/10/2013 11:15:09 PM 593 Views
Yup - 15/10/2013 11:46:11 PM 601 Views
It's obvious to many Americans also. Just saying. - 16/10/2013 12:28:30 PM 681 Views
I think it's silly and thin-skinned to get offended at statements of the obvious. - 16/10/2013 03:07:18 PM 641 Views
I will clarify - 16/10/2013 05:43:32 PM 604 Views
I fail to see any snarkiness, or who would be "irked". - 16/10/2013 10:33:46 PM 609 Views
if they would cut the sex scenes out - 17/10/2013 06:04:21 PM 658 Views
Let me get that straight. - 17/10/2013 06:47:56 PM 650 Views
Imight watch the rest of the movie but probably not - 20/10/2013 11:27:05 AM 634 Views
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What did you make of the movie, though? - 27/10/2013 08:39:35 PM 738 Views
Re: What did you make of the movie, though? - 27/10/2013 11:44:02 PM 627 Views
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Explosions? *NM* - 27/10/2013 10:21:54 PM 316 Views
Hm. None, I'm afraid. *NM* - 27/10/2013 10:43:18 PM 305 Views
I plan on seeing it at some stage. - 29/10/2013 04:39:40 PM 577 Views
Please do. And then comment here. - 29/10/2013 10:32:14 PM 625 Views

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