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Growing up, I always read Roger Ebert's reviews, and I always appreciated his willingness to review movies for what they were (if it's a dumb action movie, is it a good dumb action movie?), and I try to appreciate things the same way. Like, with Marvel and Star Wars, I have a certain baseline hope for fun and a good story with cool characters, and I'm really happy when something goes above and beyond that, but I also don't expect it each time, because that's not how these kinds of things work.
 
LeSamourai said:
Growing up, I always read Roger Ebert's reviews, and I always appreciated his willingness to review movies for what they were (if it's a dumb action movie, is it a good dumb action movie?), and I try to appreciate things the same way. Like, with Marvel and Star Wars, I have a certain baseline hope for fun and a good story with cool characters, and I'm really happy when something goes above and beyond that, but I also don't expect it each time, because that's not how these kinds of things work.
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Exactly, is it successful in what it’s aiming to accomplish? If the answer is yes then the project is probably worthwhile.
 
LeSamourai said:
Growing up, I always read Roger Ebert's reviews, and I always appreciated his willingness to review movies for what they were (if it's a dumb action movie, is it a good dumb action movie?), and I try to appreciate things the same way. Like, with Marvel and Star Wars, I have a certain baseline hope for fun and a good story with cool characters, and I'm really happy when something goes above and beyond that, but I also don't expect it each time, because that's not how these kinds of things work.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Exactly, is it successful in what it’s aiming to accomplish? If the answer is yes then the project is probably worthwhile.
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The flip side is sometimes I see people wield that same logic as a cudgel against criticism. “Stop expecting entertainment to be art,” or “so what? Fun is fun,” even when the very complaint is the lack of fun or entertainment.
 
Bull Shannon said:
The flip side is sometimes I see people wield that same logic as a cudgel against criticism. “Stop expecting entertainment to be art,” or “so what? Fun is fun,” even when the very complaint is the lack of fun or entertainment.
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Oh I agree with that too. The scope of the criticism matters. If a movie or show is boring or poorly executed for someone to come back with “who cares? It’s not high art” response it doesn’t really hold water but if people are improperly judging a property against something it never claimed to be then yeah it’s a bit unfair too.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Amen. I still stumble upon actual fun stuff on the web every once and a while.

You ever visits this site…

neal.fun

The Deep Sea

Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.
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No! But deep sea life is pretty interesting. You'll find some of the strangest things on Earth at the deep bottom of the ocean.

I had no idea an Emperor Penguin could swim that deep! Why am I only like 1/8 of the way down???
 
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