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Reply 13 of 16 (Originally posted on: 04-12-08 04:00:26 PM)
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There is a rather significant difference between unsubstantiated statements of agreement and unsubstantiated statements of disagreement.
Quote: Be honest, you're just cranky because I don't like your new favourite movie.
Since you want me to be honest, I'll go ahead and do so.
Had I come into this thread, being an avid hater of this movie, I probably would have challenged Nickolati's statement, asking him why he liked it and completely overlooked your comments, despite probably still disagreeing with your manner of approaching it. I would have left it alone, there's no big secret or revelation there.
When people are in agreement about something without reasoning be explicit, there is an assumption that they agree on the same grounds. When an actual discussion takes place, they may end up drawing the same conclusions based on entirely different ideas and conceptions, which neither may agree on, but conclude the same thing. As a result, there's really no need for me to challenge Nickolati's comments on liking the movie (or your comments on hating the movie, had I hated this movie), unless the reasons were explicitly stated along with the claim.
Had Nickolati said "I liked this, movie because I like potato chips and I had plenty of potato chips when I watched this movie," I would've commented on that, since that line of reasoning is dumb as fuck. On the same token, had he said, "I liked this movie, because I thought it was one of the most exciting, thrilling, heart-pounding action film ever in the history of cinema!" I would've commented on that, because I certainly disagree with the reasoning, but not the claim. Must I go on?
You, on the other hand, commented on it saying essentially, "I hated it, it was boring, tedious, dull, had no purpose, and the score sucked and was overdramatic." That's offering some backing to your claim of "hating the movie," but what does it really say? Absolutely nothing. It's full of vague opinion, which mean nothing to anyone but yourself and anyone who just so happens to agree with you for reasons of their own. It offers nothing, it's combatative, venomous, and borderline trolling, and since I disagree with the statements and get absolutely nothing of value out of them, it's... worthless. Much like Nick's original comment, all I get out of it is the claim, nothing more. I'm left to draw my own conclusions.
Quote: I thought this thread was about There Will Be Blood, not other movies or genres that I like or my favourite movies. My bad.
I don't even know where to start with this. You've been around long enough to know better than to make a statement like this and expect anyone to take it seriously. You're making it out to seem that every single discussion is a microcosm, entirely dependent upon itself for discussion with absolutely no room for outside discussion or reference. As if it's inconceivable to ever bring up any other topic for comparing or contrasting the current topic.
The only way this comment has any validity is if someone came in here and said, "There Will Be Blood? Never heard of it, but I just watched Austin Powers and holy shit, that movie is hilarious. Oh man! hahahahaha"
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