Anytime I look up a forum thread of a movie I’m watching/wanting to watch (spoiler-free), at least half of the comments are “this movie was trash and you should feel bad for liking it.”
And the other half feel the need to justify why they liked it to the half that hated it for reasons they literally can’t put into words (if they do it’s always the most contrived/overused excuse in critiquing).
The whole internet is full of contrarians. I don’t know why so many movie-goers are so determined not to enjoy anything
There’s an xkcd pointing out that it’s a lot easier to hate something everyone else likes, than to love something everyone else hates, and that honestly really changed the way I view popularity and contrarianism. I respect contrarians who can love what is hated but I’m totally dismissive of anyone trying to criticize what is popular.
Anytime I look up a forum thread of a movie I’m watching/wanting to watch (spoiler-free), at least half of the comments are “this movie was trash and you should feel bad for liking it.”
And the other half feel the need to justify why they liked it to the half that hated it for reasons they literally can’t put into words (if they do it’s always the most contrived/overused excuse in critiquing).