Quote from: oberonqa on May 03, 2017, 07:24:23 PM
While I agree with you here to a certain point, I also would ask whats wrong with just liking a movie? Does liking something need to be quantified with hard facts to avoid being labeled a fan boy? Does the same apply for people who don't like a movie and being labeled a hater?
My fear is that people have already made up their mind one way or the other and are just waiting to pounce on anyone who doesn't agree. I fear the next couple of weeks will be very toxic and it will all boill down to preconceived judgements and viciously attacking opposing viewpoints. Haters vs Fanboys if you will.
On the subject of fanboys and haters; I vehemently dislike fanboys and I vehemently dislike "haters" (a word I'm not too keen on, in and of itself, as it's only ever used by fanboys to dismiss any and all criticism, even if it's completely valid - but I do dislike the principle of hating something as an automatic response), as they're both extremist points of view, loving or hating something not based upon a case-by-case basis of individual merits but rather because such types have a predisposition to either love or hate something in order to support their blinkered perception of a certain form of media and/or art. Such extremist reactions stem from a place of willful ignorance, which is the worst kind of ignorance.
As for your implication that I'm judging people who say that they like the film based upon their viewing of the preview screening; I never said that they were automatically being disingenuous. I simply pointed out that based upon previous experience, it's easy to become wrapped up in the excitement of an event and lose perspective to a certain degree. Therefore; some people who see the preview screenings of
'Alien Covenant' will feel that they've just witnessed a brilliant piece of cinema, which they loved and in that particular moment, feel that they will continue to love forevermore but they may later backpedal on that statement with the benefit of hindsight. Others will feel that they've just watched a brilliant film and will continue to hold that opinion because, you know what? Maybe it's just a brilliant film. Period.
I feel that you had misconstrued my thoughts and I hope that I have now clarified them for you. I'm certainly not judging anyone or bashing anyone's opinions. I merely possess a healthy amount of skepticism, given my knowledge of how the effects of hype and excitement can lead to clouding one's initial judgement of art or entertainment. I myself have experienced the very thing of which I speak; I attended a studio recording for a television programe and in that moment, of sitting there with a fellow audience and seeing something play out in front of me, full of excitement; I found the show to be of the highest caliber. I then watched the final broadcast of that show weeks later and came to the realisation that it was absolutely rubbish and that my inital opinion had been heavily coloured by the experience of the evening's excitement in general. Such is, or rather can be, the nature of getting caught up in the moment.
No judgement here, not from I. I'm merely exercising optimistic caution in relation to the initial reviews, once again; based upon past experience. It is my view that a small amount of skepticism is healthy and at the very least, may save one from bitter disappointment and maybe even leave one feeling pleasantly surprised.
