Very true. And it has a lot to do, at least for me with my mood and what is going with me at the time.
What may seem like sentimental treacle to one person, may be moving and beautiful to another. What may seem brilliant and thought-provoking and emotionally resonate...may seem pretentious and self-indulgent to another.
A perfect example is the film Tree of Life. Some people are moved by this film, it plays with their minds, and they find it beautiful. Others find it unwatchable sentimental treacle and pretentious in a very off-putting way.
Another? Moulin Rouge - some love it to pieces, others consider it akin to being stuck with a marachi band in a small elevator.
It fascinates me why one person will love something and another hate it. I'm still trying to figure out why my flist thinks Breaking Bad is the BEST!SHOW!EVER! and I found it unwatchable and dreadfully dull and insanely violent after the first season. Is it what we do for a living? Is it our backgrounds? I worked in criminal law for a bit, and defended people who were put away for much lesser violations than the characters in Breaking Bad, who happened to be black not white. And have had close relatives die brutally of cancer. Also know that area of the US fairly intimately. I don't know.
Same deal with the flick The Departed - film critics love it to death, and I thought...this is boring, obvious, and cliche. Yet it won the Oscar. (shrugs)
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Date: 2012-03-15 12:23 pm (UTC)Very true. And it has a lot to do, at least for me with my mood and what is going with me at the time.
What may seem like sentimental treacle to one person, may be moving and beautiful to another.
What may seem brilliant and thought-provoking and emotionally resonate...may seem pretentious and self-indulgent to another.
A perfect example is the film Tree of Life. Some
people are moved by this film, it plays with their minds, and they find it beautiful. Others
find it unwatchable sentimental treacle and pretentious in a very off-putting way.
Another? Moulin Rouge - some love it to pieces,
others consider it akin to being stuck with
a marachi band in a small elevator.
It fascinates me why one person will love something and another hate it. I'm still trying to figure out why my flist thinks Breaking Bad is the BEST!SHOW!EVER! and I found it unwatchable and dreadfully dull and insanely violent after the first season. Is it what we do for a living? Is it our backgrounds? I worked in criminal law for a bit, and defended people who were put away for much lesser violations than the characters in Breaking Bad, who happened to be black not white. And have had close relatives die brutally of cancer. Also know that area of the US fairly intimately.
I don't know.
Same deal with the flick The Departed - film critics love it to death, and I thought...this is boring, obvious, and cliche. Yet it won the Oscar. (shrugs)