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akuma587 on 04 November 2008
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JaggedSac said:
akuma587 said:
JaggedSac said:
How can one's personal opinions/enjoyments suck?

Very easily actually.  Probably 70% of people don't have good taste in just about anything.  Look at the music that tops the Billboard charts, look at the music that tops the box office returns.

And don't try to convince me that popular stuff is automatically good.  Writing a good pop song/album is definitely an art, and some pop artists are phenomenally talented.  The same goes for your big budget directors.  But crap is crap, no matter how you look at it.  The average song/album and movie is completely uninspired.

 

 

Enjoyment is relative to the individual.  Your idea of crap is relative.  Is it not better to be able to enjoy %80 of what is released than say %10?  Say someone enjoys Beverly Hill Chihuahua and Punch Drunk Love.  Isn't that better to be that person instead of someone who only enjoys Punch Drunk Love?  There is exponentially more means of enjoyment for someone who tends to be very relaxed about what they do and do not enjoy.  I absolutely loath the idea of BHC being #1 at the box office, but I, in no way, should judge someone's opinion of the movie.

I am all for people enjoying as much as they can, but there really are so many "good" movies and so much "good" music out there that you really don't even have to waste your time with that mass-produced vanilla crap. 

I am simply astounded to this day by how many good movies and how much great music there really is.  That being said, I am also astounded how many bad movies and how much bad music is out there.



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