Saw a film this weekend, Hansel & Gretel, something that was clearly not meant to be taken seriously. Both my wife and I enjoyed it, despite the efforts of the idiots sitting behind us. Sure the film is nowhere near a serious drama and had an obvious plot but the end result was a film that is fun to watch. No need to stress your brain working out what is going on (even though people around us were determined to try and guess what the obvious thing happening next was going to be and getting it wrong some times) and just enjoy the spectacle happening on the screen. Just goes to show you should ignore what reviewers say most of the time since so much is relative from what you are expecting from a film.
I suppose that goes for all forms of media and entertainment. I've seen a lot of so called nerds and geeks online complaining about The Big Bang Theory recently. It has become trendy in those circles, due to the fact the show pokes fun at the type of person, to complain that the show is bad TV. So what? You can't take a joke? The jokes actually make sense and understand what nerds and geeks enjoy. People need to stop being offended by things that poke fun at stuff, everyone can be made fun of. My wife has a habit of taking a seemingly normal sentence someone says and making it sound dirty. She can do it with just about anything. It is possible to turn anything in to anything else intent wise. People take these things far too personally, just because you identify with some character and something happens to that character that you personally wouldn't like doesn't mean it is a bad thing. If you don't enjoy it so what, you are becoming as bad as the people that complain about and ridicule the nerd/geek culture in the first place. If you can't recognise that you are an intolerant fool.
No comments:
Post a Comment