El Gallo Blanco said:
fig96 said:
People are shocked that folks who pursue a career in film and study it for a living have different tastes than they do. Never change TexAgs.
I would have thought they'd have advanced tastes compared to mine. That their list would have impressed me and reminded me how much better they were at analyzing movies than me. That I would have seen a bunch of great movies on that list that I had forgotten about.
I guess i skimmed through too fast...I genuinely just assumed that this was a list that a couple of millennial or Gen Z hipsters must have put together in 10 min. That esteemed Hollywood professionals could have been so wildly off is just baffling to me.
"More advanced tastes" is a really simple way to look at it though. There's movies I love for all kinds of reasons (and I'd think many others are the same way), some because of performances or cinematography or because they're really artistic or unique while others have fantastic action sequences, great adventures, or are just a really fun ride. Some I want to rewatch often while for others once was enough, but they're all great for different reasons.
This list leans towards the artistic as I'd expect for people who make their careers in film. There's several on here I really love like Children of Men, Fury Road, and Parasite as well as others that might not be my favorites but I can totally appreciate like The Social Network, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Get Out, and Her. Of this list there's only a handful I haven't seen, but of the ones I have even if they're not my cup of tea they've got creative or artistic merit that other people probably love.
This is missing some of my other faves, most of which I wouldn't expect to see on a list like this and that's totally ok (though the lack of love for the masterpiece that is Into the Spider-Verse is disappointing). We've all got different opinions, but just because something doesn't appeal to you or me doesn't mean it's bad.
