That you would wish to avoid a direct attack on what you believe. That is certainly fair enough.
But such attacks do not in of themselves make a movie bad . I believe Dannymac's argument is against people who immediately declare a movie is rubbish simply because they took offense or perceived a personal attack. This might be a reason to avoid a movie for an individual, but it does not make the movie of poor quality.
Being generally against raping the earth of its resources and taking advantage or butchering the local inhabitants of a land, I, of course, had no reason to avoid it, but I did not enjoy the movie because it spoke to some of my values. I enjoyed the movie for its excitement. As an equestrian, I was enthralled with the sheer notion of a biological method for communing with ones mount (I cannot lie; this in itself could almost entirely redeem the movie for me
) I loved the vivid and alive world it showed. A world that's sorely lacking from mine. THAT is why I found it to be a good movie. Not its politics.
In anycase...my point is only that politics should not be the determining factor in a movie's quality.
But such attacks do not in of themselves make a movie bad . I believe Dannymac's argument is against people who immediately declare a movie is rubbish simply because they took offense or perceived a personal attack. This might be a reason to avoid a movie for an individual, but it does not make the movie of poor quality.
Being generally against raping the earth of its resources and taking advantage or butchering the local inhabitants of a land, I, of course, had no reason to avoid it, but I did not enjoy the movie because it spoke to some of my values. I enjoyed the movie for its excitement. As an equestrian, I was enthralled with the sheer notion of a biological method for communing with ones mount (I cannot lie; this in itself could almost entirely redeem the movie for me
) I loved the vivid and alive world it showed. A world that's sorely lacking from mine. THAT is why I found it to be a good movie. Not its politics.In anycase...my point is only that politics should not be the determining factor in a movie's quality.
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics
- 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM
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I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies.
- 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM
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I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family)
- 09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM
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LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~
- 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM
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Just judging him based on what he writes...
- 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM
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Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal.
- 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM
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Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap.
- 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM
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trespasses against persons is subjective.
- 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM
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Actually, it isn't.
- 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM
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ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term
- 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM
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Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be?
- 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM
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what about those not capable of walking away?
- 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM
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Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way?
- 10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM
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Re: trespasses against persons is subjective.
- 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM
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but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage
- 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM
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Civics & economics 101
- 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM
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That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism.
- 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM
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Duh.
- 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM
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The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing.
- 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM
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I'll agree to the trespass against persons
- 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM
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What bullshit you write.
- 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM
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He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM*
- 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM
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So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ?
- 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM
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That's just the point.
- 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM
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indeed. they are not "soldiers"
- 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM
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that's a weasel script
- 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM
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I completely disagree with you about Avatar.
- 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM
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would you have felt better if they were albino aliens?
- 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM
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You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks.
- 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM
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Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters.
- 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM
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It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company
- 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM
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You know what it is for me...
- 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM
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That's understandable
- 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM
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That's totally what it is, hah
- 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM
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See...that's where I'm different.
- 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM
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Uh oh, you used the "c" word...
- 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM
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I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher
- 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM
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- 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM
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Aw, I liked some of those sentences.
- 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM
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Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM*
- 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM
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That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy.
- 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM
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Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM*
- 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM
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Ok, so apart from political subtexts,
- 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM
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You have to admire the world building though
- 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM
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And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!>
- 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM
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Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
- 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM
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You're looking at it from the outsider point of view
- 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM
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I don't buy it.
- 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM
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Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have!
- 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM
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if there were all these hotshot warriors trying
- 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM
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Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
- 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM
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It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things
- 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM
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