Posts by goldenhound32

dustyscout53 said:What am I supposed to do with that?

"Film criticism is merely a platform for explaining one's own worldview," they tell me. Personally, I find that notion utterly absurd. I shouldn't even have to justify my skepticism; if you actually want your opinion to carry any weight at all, you are obligated to provide a rationale first.

The general moviegoing public is quite dim-witted; if they weren't, the blockbusters would never be the things everyone watches.

So, if someone views a movie purely as a way to unwind, they're considered stupid? Give me a break.

So I'll say it again, if you happen to have some kind of formal education in film...

I have no idea where you're pulling that from, or how it relates to anything we've discussed thus far.

Case closed.

What do you mean, 'case closed'? If you make a claim, expect a rebuttal. That is simply how forums function, and not just here in the States. 'Case closed'... honestly, look at this guy...

dustyscout53 said:Film criticism is essentially just a platform for people to justify their own personal worldviews.

Is it only yours, though?

Charles Taylor10 said:Jesus, have you even seen the movie?? That guy who comes by to tell her her brother is coming home from the military? He ended up marrying her when she was only fourteen.

I apologize for not being more specific earlier. When I used the word "stupid," I was referring specifically to the segment where you discuss the assault. In just one sentence, you seem to overlook the entire runtime of what that ex-husband actually did in the film.

Charles Taylor10 said:If they could, they would. Honestly, most wealthy people operate that way; where have you been living?? 🤣

In our protagonist's case, the situation is entirely different. The wealthy individuals you're talking about didn't really have an alternative to working. She does, and she took advantage of it. Which, frankly, is fine.

Anthony Davis6 said:Someone should organize a petition or a protest, or whatever else works...

Hilarious... "someone."

Charles Taylor10 said:And then some idiot with four kids married her when she was fourteen, and he most likely forced himself on her.

Please, spare me the nonsense.

Charles Taylor10 said:They are both just two people I would personally despise; I’d tell him to get a job, and I’d tell her to get a job.

Why bother finding employment if there is no necessity? Would you work if you didn't have to?

(Though I suspect she would have married that Argentinian if they hadn't arrested him.)

I think she would... and besides, the man is Brazilian.

wearyowl29 said:After we step away from a place like a hospital, there’s this heavy silence that settles in. It's hard to put into words what we're actually seeing.

True, for a brief moment. But once that fog lifts, we’ll go right back to being the people who "lose our minds at a red light." I suppose the only true perspective shift comes from an experience like what this user went through with their newborn. It has to be something visceral—something that hits you directly, or strikes someone incredibly close to you.

boldsailor32 said:Perhaps something along the lines of... a traveling Juggler?

Are there any jugglers out there—I mean professionals making a living, not just hobbyists—who aren't constantly on the road?

I was simply trying to determine, and I still am, how one actually sustains a life through this craft.

Katelyn said:I suppose one could argue that someone lacking any sort of roadmap... is simply existing.

But how exactly does such a person manage to pay the bills?

bluecobra9 said:Thank God not everyone is Steven Spielberg.

Indeed.

so I won't be taking this frustrated, baseless, and illogical critique of yours seriously.

It seems to you the issue isn't that he failed to provide any reasoning, but rather that his opinion was negative. If lack of substance truly bothered you, you would have pointed out all the other forum members who have contributed almost nothing to the discussion about the film.

Taylor Swift said:take this scenario—you absolutely love calamari. you overindulge on it until you feel physically ill. you spend the entire night getting sick, seeing nothing but pieces of squid. after that, you can't even stomach the thought of it ever again. just the mere idea makes you nauseous.

I know people who have actually gone through that, yeah.
For a while, I was eating calamari every single week—two or three times a week, really—and then suddenly, I just stopped. Now I’m stuck wondering if it was simply because I got bored with it and wanted to branch out, or if it was some deep-seated sense of revulsion. (Though, I'm honestly not sure if it's the same kind of disgust we're talking about regarding the toilet brush thing.) The weird part is, whenever there isn't any chicken available, I find myself eating calamari again, which leaves me even more conflicted about whether these two feelings are actually the same thing or not.

clarice said:I’m not being contradictory; salt is an absolute necessity for soup, otherwise, you're just eating tasteless liquid.🙂

In that case, she really ought to rephrase that to "except for whatever I personally deem necessary," because there's someone over here (me) who never puts any salt in their soup at all. :|

sp@mmerica said:why can't you people just respect someone else's musical taste?

The problem is, I actually do.

restlesshound40 said:sure, why the hell not.

I honestly can't wrap my head around where you think I've been "coloring my emotions" regarding the subject at hand.

Precisely.
If I find myself sitting in a coffee shop where someone else is smoking, that person becomes an immediate nuisance to me. Barring a complete ban on smoking, my only real recourse to stop the irritation is to simply get up and leave.

restlesshound40 said:it is quite irrational to assume we make most of our decisions based on logic.

And who exactly are we talking about here?
I can speak for myself, perhaps, but I cannot claim to know what drives everyone else.

Quincy:

especially when dealing with matters where we already possess some level of experience and have already allowed emotions to cloud our judgment. 🙂

Does that particular caveat—that part about being "especially" prone to it—actually apply to this specific situation?

clarice said:Besides, I’m not one for unnecessary additives in my food, so I’d probably pass on the broth too!

I think I follow your logic, though your reasoning seems somewhat contradictory. Even salt isn't strictly necessary for survival, yet I suspect you'd find that broth quite palatable if someone had bothered to season it first.

viviana said:😕 Not me. I actually find it quite uplifting seeing people like that out on the streets. It’s something I genuinely enjoy witnessing.

The core issue is whether you grasped my actual point.

Quincy:

Prejudices regarding certain groups are one thing, but the visceral repulsion tied to that specific experiment you detailed in your opening post—well, that is an entirely different matter altogether.

The common thread here is simply a total failure of reason.

I haven't actually sat down to watch this one yet,
but I find it rather peculiar that a war drama would carry such mild ratings; it seems hardly any of them even touch the R-rating.

Are you suggesting we’re dealing with someone else's lack of taste?
Yes.

viviana said:whenever I have the option, I’ll decline anything that requires the mental exertion of overcoming my visceral aversion to it...

For me, that supposed "exertion" isn't even worth calling effort.
Take those people you see out on the street in the bright orange robes—you know, the ones chanting—and if your first, knee-jerk reaction (which, let's be honest, depends heavily on the neighborhood you grew up in) is to smirk or roll your eyes, that's just instinct. But a second later, once you actually give it a moment of thought, everything settles back to normal.

viviana said:That sort of rational perspective would only manifest under circumstances where hunger finally overrides one's sense of repulsion.

Don't you think that logic is flawed? That whole "only under certain conditions" caveat...

Quincy:

Then there is the second matter: we have no way of knowing if someone, say at a diner, made a similar joke behind the kitchen partition before serving us the soup, yet we simply consume it without a second thought. 🙂

I suspect someone here might have watched Fight Club.