Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on December 22, 2003 at 10:32:54

In Reply to: "As for Mr. Ross's opinion..." posted by clarkjohnsen on December 22, 2003 at 09:27:52:

If you want to put down folk's tastes in films by quoting a stuffed shirt music critic's opinion, then what value should we attribute to your own? I'm not an especially big fan of the New Yorker's film appraisals anyway, but the fact that this is coming from a music critic provides even less value.

>>> "He (Mr. Ross) writes for a musically-literate audience, presumedly one that's familiar with the Ring operas, not an audience who plays video fantasy games or reads low-brow literature." <<<

Allow me this one digression: I would imagine that by your own standards my wife is more musically literate than your critic; perhaps you as well! I say that because she is a classically trained musician and just out of college played clarinet in two regionally renowned symphony orchestras. Her opinion mirrors mine in regard to Peter Jackson's brilliant envisioning of Tolkien's classic Ring trilogy. Additionally, she is an author of mysteries and fantasies, well respected in the writer's community and with growing public prominance, but I'm assuming that you and Mr. Ross would consider her novels low-brow literature so I'll set aside her literary credentials to avoid the condescending remarks.

The bottom line: IMO, for you or your Grey Poupon music critic to make such a sweeping denouncement of this series of films as well as for you to ridicule people's tastes suggests a REAL lack of class rather than demonstration of it. Perhaps the both of you should be strapped into Eame's chairs and forced to watch a pretentious film such as The Royal Tenninbaums on continuous loop for several weeks; if THAT didn't cure the snobbery, at least it would make both his reviews and your posts more amusing to read. ;^)

AuPh