Can people not enjoy movies anymore?

[sammysoso]

I've LOVED movies ever since I was very young.

After I took a film criticism course, I started to really analyse movies, deconstruct and criticize them. I would share these things with my buddies, who started to go to the movies with me less and less, it took me a bit to realize but, I was enjoying movies less and less, and it was rubbing off on my friends.

You see, I stopped being able to EXPERIENCE films. The joy of going into a darkened theater and not knowing what fantastical place I was about to be taken to. The anticipation of big moments, the thrill of action, and the raw emotion of good characters. I was approaching them with clinical dispassion, movies weren't FUN anymore.

About a year ago, I swore of film criticism off completely. And my moviegoing experience improved dramatically. Now, it's crept back in, but I've not allowed myself to devolve back into the dull monster I once was.

This year, the Avengers and TDKR have been incredible experiences for me. My friends and I talk endlessly about them.

Does this mean I've lost discernment? I don't think so, I think I can still tell a good movie from a bad one, but ever since I stopped actively searching for flaws I've rediscovered my love of film.

OP, maybe this problem isn't as big as we make it out to be. The internet is a disproportionately negative place. But I at least try and let light in where I can. A movie theater should be a place of joyous escapism, and I try my damnedest to keep it that way.

 

[CrazyBlaze]

I tend to just turn off and go on the rollercoaster ride. Heck, I enjoyed the end of Watchmen despite how upset the fans of the comic were. I read the comic and honestly I thought the ending was more plausible for a big screen film. Nobody else would have got it.

I do my best to avoid any site regarding films unless it's a silver screen title. Everybody is a critic or the next undiscovered yet brilliant director.

I'm with you on the end of the watchmen movie. it just felt so much more satisfying then the end of the comics and made much more sense for a series that wanted to focus on more realistic, more human, flawed heroes.

 

[Vegosiux]

I think the fundamental question here is...

"Did you like the movie because you liked the movie, or did you like the movie because you felt you were supposed to like the movie?"

I'm a rather harsh and cynical one when it comes to deconstructing my entertainment stuff. Still, I am perfectly capable of liking something despite its flaws, hell, I'm perfectly capable of liking something because of its flaws.

But "everybody's doing it" never worked on me, and I don't care if some fanboysandgirls are upset if I tell them I didn't like what they did. And I especially don't care if they're even more upset after they ask me how could I not have liked it and I answer the question.

 

[SkullKing84]

Haven't seen DKR, yet. But, i do plan to this week.

There has been a few Movies i've liked:
Avengers (and films building up to it) were well done.

Cabin in the Woods, loved the stuffing out of this film. 3rd act had me laughing so hard I lost my voice.

Toy story 3... Why you make me cry so much!?

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm not saying whether or not eveyone loved the film, just that the people you see writing their complaints about it are a minority.

The problem is, you're using a logic that indicates there are far more haters than complainers. Still not a useful point to your "point," unless you ignore the whole thrust of the thing entirely and are just quote mining.

Are you quote mining? If so, please let me know and we can end this right now. I made the mistake of assuming you were earnestly misapplying logic.

And you know what? I'll just toss in that there are always more complainers than people who actually write in and complain, so it doesn't even help THAT point.

 

[thespyisdead]

i can enjoy any movie, because it's entertainment, but there is an exception to that rule:the last aiebender. that movie was awful

 

[malestrithe]

Ok, so i went to see Dark Knight Rises last night and...i fucking loved it. It was a good conclusion to the saga and i legitamately did not see the twists and turns coming, also with an epic score, this is just my new favourite movie.

So, opinions aside, it upset me that so many people on the internet are complaining about the smallest details, y'know, the nit-picking and the complaining of unrealistic situations. C'mon, really? you are upset about unrealistic bits and pieces in a film that was inspired by a comic book where a guy dresses as a bat and fights crime?

I admit, there would be a few things i would change up in the film but not to the point that i would despise it,rant and rave about it because i was too busy having a damn good time.

TL;DR, Enjoy your movies guys (and hell, even games) sure there is some shit out there, but really just enjoy yourself and think of entertainment as an experience and not something to critique.

/unpopular opinion.

1. The Nolan movies were advertised and sold as being the realistic approach to Batman. The first two managed to do a somewhat successful job keeping to that false notion. To then veer off into a comic book mentality without using the obviously comic bookish elements is jarring, especially to those to whose been beating the realistic drum for years.

2. You are going to see what a dozen or so movies this year, so chances are you are only going to see the ones you have any interest in. You are already biased towards liking it, why spend the money. Compare that to the professional critic, who's going to see 5 films this week and you'll see the problem right there. They are going to get bored a lot quicker than you and will need to find a few things worth talking about even more.

3. How dare you assume that all people who nitpick did not enjoy the movies they watched.