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Bumblesquatch_Prime t1_je1ac8r wrote

Reply to comment by MarcusXL in The Godfather movies are so relaxing to watch. by AndyKaufmanSentMe

This is a very hostile way to shove your opinion in my face. I understand that this movie is very highly regarded, but it's just not a flavor I enjoy.

I don't like seeing horrible, bad, evil people get away with doing horrible, bad, evil things. There is enough of that in real life.

Your post has immediately reversed the other posts that made me think about giving it another shot. This smug self-righteous bullshit tells me more than enough about the type of people who like this movie with fervor. I want to be as little like you as possible.

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MarcusXL t1_je1bvak wrote

By the way, your original comment doesn't just say you didn't like the movie. You say you don't understand why it's so highly regarded.

How would you even know? Watch the fucking thing.

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Bumblesquatch_Prime t1_je1ek7f wrote

Fair, 30 minutes is typically not enough time to get a feel for something, or perhaps I should have said "30 minutes after the title sequence".

I do understand that it IS highly regarded, but I do not understand WHY... Choosing what words mean to support your argument has drawbacks.

I also never said I didn't like the movie, I said I don't understand it. I like the movie just fine. See another thing you're intentionally ignoring is that it's so ingrained in cultural saturation that pieces of it get picked up on here and there.. I'm over 30 years old, people have talked about this movie my whole life. I know who 'Fredo is and what he does...

So even having a somewhat obscured "by proxy" knowledge of this movie, it didn't help. I often wonder if that's more reason why I can't get into it than not, but it's whatever. I don't think people are stupid for liking it, I just don't get their perspective. Maybe give me some of that instead of being a petty bully about it.

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MarcusXL t1_je1mp6e wrote

>I also never said I didn't like the movie, I said I don't understand it.

How can you understand a movie if you have only seen 30 minutes of it? It's a piece of art. You cannot say you know all about it by hearing about it second hand.

I didn't watch the movie until I was 30. I "knew" parts of it from references people made, but I had no idea what the movie was about until I actually watched the damned thing. The whole thing. It absolutely deserves its reputation as one of "the best movies ever made." There is no such thing as enjoying a complicated piece of art by proxy. But you'd have no idea why unless you watched it, and part 2 (but not part 3, which sucks).

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MarcusXL t1_je1b08l wrote

You didn't even watch the goddamned movie but you still talk shit about it. You're being ignorant. You don't even know what you're dismissing out of hand.

You're entitled to your opinion but that doesn't mean your opinion has any merit.

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Bumblesquatch_Prime t1_je1boea wrote

"Every time I try to watch this movie".

Literally the first thing I said.

I've given this movie 4 attempts, set aside a few hours for it, and everything.

Notice how at the end of my post I didn't like... Trash OP for liking the movie?

Be like that, don't be a cunt because somebody doesn't enjoy some of the artwork you like. I think Picasso was a fucking troll, others think he was a genius. I don't want them to fucking die in a hole because I don't get their position/perspective.

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MarcusXL t1_je1c6qr wrote

Well the movie doesn't have any aliens or laser-beams, so I suppose it has that working against it. That's often an insurmountable flaw for people who are/act like they are twelve years old.

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Bumblesquatch_Prime t1_je1exhp wrote

Ah yes, because having a different style of taste immediately means I am an uncultured manchild.

Are you even capable of respecting anyone other than clones of yourself? You're one of the most self-righteous presumptuous cunts I have made the mistake of arguing with in some time.

Interesting you call other people out as childish when you literally cannot give some sort of "wisdom" without it being smothered in your superiority complex.

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MarcusXL t1_je1nwmo wrote

My point is, some kind of movies offer instant gratification. Lasers, space-battles, non-stop action. They are fine for what they are.

Others are a slow burn, they demand close attention, they save their impact for later, once you understand the characters and the world they live in. They engage your intelligence, they challenge your sympathies and make you think about who you are, about morality, loyalty, and difficult choices people have to make. They have things to say about what it means to be human, to be a son, to be a father. It's the difference between forgettable pop-culture schlock and high art that sticks with you forever.

The first kind are childish, because children don't know how to delay gratification. They want the candy NOW, they want the toy NOW. Grown-ups should have learned that delaying gratification results in a better reward, and that the best things in life require some patience.

I don't have a superiority complex. Art is available to anyone who takes a moment to appreciate it. If you decide to miss out on it, it's nobody's fault but yours.

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Bumblesquatch_Prime t1_je1r5gy wrote

I just watched The Dig recently and I fuckin loved that movie. Almost no action whatsoever. The slow burn is not a problem for me, sometimes I even prefer it.

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