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Re: I see you still do not understand

I reviewed my notes on the last 242 films I have watched, 50 of which were foreign films. I agree that as a general rule, they do not use music to heighten suspense, actors act and appear more "normal", etc. I disagreed that those things necessarily make for a better film. I agree that I like a greater percentage of foreign films I see to domestic films I see. The conclusion Tin draws is that foreign films are therefore better. Neither he, nor anyone domiciled in the U.S. cannot drawn that conclusion because there is undoubtedly many bad foreign films that never make it here, and unless one is exposed to the junk in Europe, for example, as they are here to the junk here, one cannot conclude that foreign films are better than those made in Hollywood.

I do not eat the same foods everyday, and doubt I could watch the same types of films everyday. Movie such as Pirates of the Caribbean and, say, Seaside, a French film I recently watched, satisfies different hungers. You or Tin may not have the hunger or desire to see Pirates, but that does not make it any less of a film. Or Seaside any more or less of a film. I would not expect the same acting techniques employed from one to the other, or the same musical score, anymore than I would expect Johnny Depp to act the same in another film, or a person in real life to act the same when walking down the street as they would if they saw their child in a burning building. Essentially, Tin concludes that because Seaside may have one set of attributes, it is therefore superior. When I watched Seaside, I preferred it. When I watched Pirates, I preferred it.

I am not sure calling people who are simply looking to be entertained morons, or worse, advances the debate. As someone who enjoys all types of films, of those fifty films, having seen films from Japan, China, Germany, Denmark, Thailand, Iran, Australia, Great Britain, Italy, South Korea, Brazil, Sweden, Israel, Netherlands, France, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Venezuela, and South Africa, each offers something of value, and are not bad, or good, merely because of their country of origin. Likewise, I believe that it is not fair to dismiss films from Hollywood, merely because they are from Hollywood, and merely because they may be made for no other purpose than to provide escapist entertainment.

Sort of like a die hard tube amplifier reviewer making his or her monthly disparaging solid state amplifier comments, then calling you and asking you to send a solid state amp his way for review. My guess is you would probably defer. I am not sure how dismissing Hollywood films out of hand is any different.


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