Oh God Sophia. Here are the contradictions in your statements:
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I thought I did but when someone accuses you of being an anti-intellectual and ignorant because you may have differing views on what makes something good has pretty much ended my positive feelings toward him.
What about my view? Why are you getting so vehement about someone else's feelings and ideas about a movie when you yourself say this:
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"I'm sorry butif it is good to an individual, just like any form of art, some may thing it is brilliant while others may not, deal with it."
I didn't accuse you of being anti-intellectual because you had differing views, no sir, please read again:
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That doesn't necessarily mean everyone should agree, but it does mean that everyone should think.
I accused you of being anti-intellectual because of this:
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Not everything has to be an Evan "philosophical" special where elites can discuss all the great information they pulled from the film.
You attacked me for even thinking about the movie at all. Oh, BTW, did you not notice that we have the exact same opinion about the film?
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Really I think this kind of movie is what Bay can excel at, he should focus on the action genre (which I think should be appreciated as much as any other) where he is brilliant when it comes to making some of the best action around while making good use of limited budgets.
Although Bay has huge budgets, everything else here is true. Bay excels at making action movies, they are a valid genre of film, and he IS brilliant. But wait, why is it that when you say it it's okay, but when I say it with a
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flashy exterior that really says nothing
it's not okay?
You're saying two different things here, one, that Transformers is a great film and no one should disagree with you, and two, everyone has a right to their opinions about movies regardless of what the "elitists" say. Shellshock: I like Bay, almost every movie of his I've seen (except Pearl Harbor). He is tasteless, he makes trash, and his movies are brainless. And they're good. My point is that what is typically considered "good" is not necessarily so. But that's because I believe there is such a thing as "good," and it is not defined by the individual.
Having strong opinions is not elitism, and writing passionately about a film does not automatically make it "pseudo-intellectual drivel." You're using buzzwords and prejudiced categorization to dismiss my opinion, and that is one of the strongest anti-intellectual tactics.
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