Anonymooo
05-19-2003, 01:03 AM
Whoo, boy, am I gonna get railed for this.
This is mainly because moviegoers are probably the most opinionated people on Earth--this site is obvious proof of that. However, this is me complaining, not about opinions, but about uneducated opinions.
Think of something you know. Something, anything that you know particularly well, or at least better than most people you know. You've taken the time to learn the ins and outs of it, what works and what doesn't, and the trials and errors of its history.
Then... from out of the blue, people get a small whiff of whatever it is. Just a little information on it, a mere trickle, and WHAM, everybody's an expert.
Which is total bullshit.
Yes, we've all heard the saying "opinions are like assholes, everyone has one."
But we've also heard the saying "think before you speak."
Conflict, anyone?
My real complaint started on the ever-lovin' Matrix: Reloaded thread, when people said the fight scenes sucked. Well, strap some gloves on, and let's see if you can do any better.
Among the people I know who are into martial arts, or who make a living from choreography or stunt work, I respect and hear out their opinions of fight sequences, because they KNOW what goes into it. Yeah, two of my instructors gave the same ol' "unrealistic" statement, but they also said "it's a movie, what do you expect? The public doesn't know shit about real martial arts anyways, it's all blocking and spin kicks to them."
Then again, he IS an aging, high-strung Japanese man who jumped me on the way to the BATHROOM a few years back.
I used to never watch anything that didn't have action or comedy in it... I just didn't like dramas, for the pathetic reason of "there's no action in 'em." But there's an obvious error in this: I didn't know jack about drama. I didn't care about acting, since it was obviously "easier" than the sweat and hard work of training to make a fight scene look good.
Obviously, I WAS WRONG. Acting is a difficult, tedious task, requiring hours upon hours of practice, and enough mental discipline to drop yourself into the character. While I'm not an expert on the subject, I understand what goes into it, giving me another bit of information to help look at film in a wider scope.
All I'm saying is... learn a little bit about how things are before you jump in with an opinion. Just saying "it sucks" or "I just don't like it" gives no weight to it, no reason to make it worth listening to.
The best reviews on this forum, in my opinion, come from people who look at what they know and don't know, and speak on what they know, while being reasonable about what they don't. You know precisely who you are.
Then again, this could also be a "get off your ass and start DOING something if you've got so many solutions" rant. :D
I know I wanna.
This is mainly because moviegoers are probably the most opinionated people on Earth--this site is obvious proof of that. However, this is me complaining, not about opinions, but about uneducated opinions.
Think of something you know. Something, anything that you know particularly well, or at least better than most people you know. You've taken the time to learn the ins and outs of it, what works and what doesn't, and the trials and errors of its history.
Then... from out of the blue, people get a small whiff of whatever it is. Just a little information on it, a mere trickle, and WHAM, everybody's an expert.
Which is total bullshit.
Yes, we've all heard the saying "opinions are like assholes, everyone has one."
But we've also heard the saying "think before you speak."
Conflict, anyone?
My real complaint started on the ever-lovin' Matrix: Reloaded thread, when people said the fight scenes sucked. Well, strap some gloves on, and let's see if you can do any better.
Among the people I know who are into martial arts, or who make a living from choreography or stunt work, I respect and hear out their opinions of fight sequences, because they KNOW what goes into it. Yeah, two of my instructors gave the same ol' "unrealistic" statement, but they also said "it's a movie, what do you expect? The public doesn't know shit about real martial arts anyways, it's all blocking and spin kicks to them."
Then again, he IS an aging, high-strung Japanese man who jumped me on the way to the BATHROOM a few years back.
I used to never watch anything that didn't have action or comedy in it... I just didn't like dramas, for the pathetic reason of "there's no action in 'em." But there's an obvious error in this: I didn't know jack about drama. I didn't care about acting, since it was obviously "easier" than the sweat and hard work of training to make a fight scene look good.
Obviously, I WAS WRONG. Acting is a difficult, tedious task, requiring hours upon hours of practice, and enough mental discipline to drop yourself into the character. While I'm not an expert on the subject, I understand what goes into it, giving me another bit of information to help look at film in a wider scope.
All I'm saying is... learn a little bit about how things are before you jump in with an opinion. Just saying "it sucks" or "I just don't like it" gives no weight to it, no reason to make it worth listening to.
The best reviews on this forum, in my opinion, come from people who look at what they know and don't know, and speak on what they know, while being reasonable about what they don't. You know precisely who you are.
Then again, this could also be a "get off your ass and start DOING something if you've got so many solutions" rant. :D
I know I wanna.