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chyron8472
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26-Jan-2018, 4:10 PM

I don’t really watch films/shows or read books to ponder their message about the human condition. I watch movies for the stories and characters in and of themselves, not for what they say about me.

Case in point, my wife and I both really enjoy Harry Potter, and at one point my mother started talking to us about a book she read called “Finding God in Harry Potter”. Both my wife and I internally roll our eyes at the subject whenever it is mentioned, because whether or not such spiritual/religious themes exist in Harry Potter (or Lord of the Rings, for which there is a similar book), that’s not why we enjoy them nor what we find interesting to talk about about them.

JEDIT:

ray_afraid said:

chyron8472 said:

I (will) still use it as evidence that winning Best Picture does not mean I’ll like a film and that therefore I don’t really care who wins it.

Really though, you needed this movie to show that winning Best Picture dosen’t mean you’ll love it?

I already said I watched it on a whim and that using Best Picture as almost the only reason for recommendation turned out to be a mistake.