tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342261658629625705.post79284237504801115..comments2021-09-21T16:21:30.307-07:00Comments on The Writing Rogues Rant: In Defense of the Optimistc Film EnthusiastThe Writing Rogueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529559314318396310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342261658629625705.post-60958615399757048632013-05-19T07:16:11.896-07:002013-05-19T07:16:11.896-07:00Great post Isaac. I am with you. I find criticism ...Great post Isaac. I am with you. I find criticism so much easier than useful engaging commentary. Reading The Shadow of the Wind, one remarkable character, Fermin, states "Between you and me, this business of the seventh art leaves me cold. As far as I can see, it's only a way of feeding the mindless and making them more stupid...The cinema began as an invention for entertaining the illiterate masses. Fifty years on it is much the same." I love this quote for it's characterization of all of us punks who forget to enjoy being the masses.<br />Movies quickly engage, inspire, entertain provide new worlds, educate and sometimes even bore. The conversation the provoke is delicious.B.A. Cootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629425327013203342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342261658629625705.post-36812985980022757672013-05-16T09:09:19.258-07:002013-05-16T09:09:19.258-07:00I find myself shouting to my family (mostly males)...I find myself shouting to my family (mostly males) who cares if the actor is using a gun from the wrong time period--the rest of the movie is great. It's so easy to criticize, but harder to do better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com