Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on December 20, 2002 at 23:15:19

In Reply to: OK, AuPh, your moment of truth is here! posted by Victor Khomenko on December 20, 2002 at 11:31:19:

The term "good" is, unfortunately, as devisive as GOP code-words for race which mean different things to different people, but that's a topic for another forum. Ratings are like critics (i.e., they're a dime a dozen even with today's inflationary rates); you can find favorable reviews and some sort of star rating system for just about any movie you want. For instance, Clark likes waxing poetic about that "grey poupon" wordsmith Duncan Shepherd who apparently gets about as much pleasure out of watching and reviewing films as the average person gets out of a trip to the dentist's office. It doesn't matter that the vast majority of reviewers for a given film might describe how enjoyable it is, a certain type of film critic will invariably jump on the "look at me" I'm different bandwagon; IMO these critics seem more interested in making a name for themselves than providing interesting and accurate information that the filmgoer can use.

My point in saying that 75% of the good films produced are American films is that only 25% of foreign films might be judged as "good" from an entertainment standpoint by the average filmgoer; the rest would be a disappointment. If you want to use a different criteria for what is "good" (i.e., such as selecting a particular critic you see eye to eye with a majority of the time, as Clark has done, or a particular type of filmgoer with an emphasis on elitist tastes as Victor tends to do) then you can probably find enough examples to justify any percentage figure you want.

AuPh