Some Bull

We're right in the middle of awards season. I've been seeing a lot of movies. I like to think of myself as pretty knowledgeable on the topic. I love movies. Thinking about them...I want to talk about a certain kind of person that I hate. People who say good movies are terrible for reasons that have nothing to do with filmmaking or anything anyone else would care about. They think the movie has some kind of agenda, like the movie thinks it's too good for them, or they think certain types of characters don't feel real, like they could never exist in all of the world, like they've never met a fucking person who was different. I also once read a review of a movie that said it's whimsy felt forced. What does that even mean? It's a movie. It's fake whimsy to begin with. A movie is a singular story. The people in it aren't trying to represent you. If you think they are, then you are an insane person. I saw a critic put Up In The Air on his worst of the year list cause he said it had "bad politics". First, it's not really about politics at all. Second, who the fuck cares what you think about it's politics? Your dumb opinion has nothing to do with whether or not it was a well made movie. I also read some bitch say that The Hangover was "mean". Mean to whom? What the fuck are you talking about?

It's like people just want to hate something cause people who know something about movies like it. Their anti-elitism becomes an even more perverse form of elitism. They think they're better than people who like oscar winners cause they think those people think they're better than them. That's way too much sociological thinking over some goddamn movies. That's not to say I like people who hate on summer blockbusters and ridiculous movies either really. Just like politics and every other thing, people will pick a side like a fucking moron. Give it a rest. Stop using movies as a measuring stick of how great a person you are. Just watch a movie like you're a kid again, like you're just watching a movie...and enjoy it or don't enjoy it, or have mixed feelings about it, based on things like performance....and pretty pictures...and music....and stop pissing me off.

Thank you for your time. I'm sure no one really cared about this, yet you read it all anyway. What a nice person you are. P.S. Crank 2: High Voltage was the best picture of the year.