I apologize Professor. I thought by now you'd know my take on movies. I'll go back to my little review on the Pirates of the Caribbean thread. I understand that that movie wasn't perfect, there were a lot of things that I didn't like about it, but instead of dwelling on the things I didn't like and coming out of the theater disappointed, I let it pass that it wasn't going to be so epic and enjoyed it how it was.Attila the Professor said:You're out of line.
And to take off my moderator cap to say a little more, I increasingly don't understand what it is that you think is worth talking about here. Look, for a lot of the people here, the quality of their Indiana Jones product matters to them, and while for most of us it was easy enough to incorporate our mixed feelings about the fourth film into our general feelings on the series, for others maybe it wasn't. It's not like it's just some thing, out there purely for fun that doesn't deserve any further consideration, either intellectual or emotional. Treat them as a simple diversion if you like, but movies mean something, and I'm still not talking about some elaborate theses about hidden meanings. Maybe it's the work of nostalgia, for an earlier time in history, or art, or just in our own lives - to hark back to when we were younger.
And of course you can always find some good in every movie, but don't you care about the diminishing returns? If it's all about grabbing at whatever fun you can, shouldn't you care about whether the movie you're watching is maximizing your fun for you? Or is at all about managing your own expectations so you can manage to have a good time in the face of something that maybe doesn't deserve it?
To what you said about giving false praise to a movie because of this. I will not shout it on the mountain how great Pirates 4 is, but I, myself, will personally like it. You get this confused with Indy 4, that I've been praising all over this board because I think it is one damn good movie. I didn't need to lower any expectations or "find" the good in it, but I guess that's just me.