| antfromtashkent said:
i agree, but i feel like a lot of people feel like if they are watching obscure movies they feel like they know a lot more about movies than you do... i have been watching a lot of obscure movies lately and its just not the same as watching a hollywood blockbuster... My dvd collection is now 489 strong and most of them are hollywood hits, not to say that all hollywood movies are good.... not even remotely close.... i love movies but do i have to like obscure/low budget movies as well to be a true movie lover? |
To be a true movie lover, yes, you would have to love all kinds of movies. I mean that doesn't require you to like movies that are bad obviously, but a predisposition towards Hollywood movies shows that you like a particular kind of film rather than film itself. Hollywood has a lot of diversity in it, but unfortunately it does have a stifling influence on the creativity of many a film.
You are more than entitled to think that Hollywood movies are better than non-Hollywood movies, but I don't think that entitles you to claim that other people like those more obscure movies simply because they want to brag about it.
There is nothing wrong with liking just Hollywood films. That is what the majority of Americans do. But a "true movie lover" (whatever that means) would not have an overly strong loyalty to anyone one bastion of cinema.
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