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Originally posted by: Zebonka

This means that there is no good movie, and no bad movie. It's all in your head.


So its all in my head? Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Howard the Duck, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Plan 9 from Outer Space and EPI and II aren't bad movies its all just in my
head...ya sure right..........

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I can accept that these preferences are my qualities/failings alone. They are not the fault of the filmmaker.


Let me get this straight , If the filmaker makes a movie with bad acting, poor ploting, numerous plot holes and inconsistencies, low Character Development, flat charactes, and too much CGI, its my fault? I think not
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Originally posted by: Warbler

Let me get this straight , If the filmaker makes a movie with bad acting, poor ploting, numerous plot holes and inconsistencies, low Character Development, flat charactes, and too much CGI, its my fault? I think not


No wait... I LIKE THAT THEORY!! Its ALL Warbler's fault whenever a bad movie is made!!!!

That explains it all! Whoo-hoo!

Remember- from now on if you watch it, and it sucks- blame the Warb!!!

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I love that theory, and warbler stated it, its all his fault. i think theory should be a law.
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Citizen Kane wasn't that great a movie, in my opinion...yet for many it's the perfect movie. We can't simply say the idea of a "good movie" or any piece of art being good comes down to just our personal opinion. There has to be a universal standard at work, just as there has to be a universal standard in life. If we simply say that "since it's our personal opinion it's good then it IS good"...the world would be a scary place. Michael Jackson would be allowed to continue molesting kids (although our Courts have seen to that...), our Supreme Court will be allowed to continue to take more freedoms away from us since it's "good" for them (my land is my land!), polygamy would become a standard form of marriage since it's "good" for the guy to have three wives, it would be ok for adultery since it's "good" to the guilty party, and it would be ok and "good" for nations to invade other nations simply because they want more land, oil, wealth, or what have you (note- Bush didn't invade Iraq for oil, whatever CBS tells you).

Do you see my point? There has to be a standard to everything, some sort of rule we can judge and compare things to. I didn't like Citizen Kane...however, it has an excellent story, excellent filmatography (sp), and really great acting.

As for the Prequels...so you didn't like them, that's great. So you did like them, that's great. But are they really that great movies? No, they are flawed compared to others. Whether you enjoy them or not is up to you.

Just try not to get sucked into the realm of thought that says that if you like it, it's good for you. That's just ridiculous.
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

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Originally posted by: Warbler

Let me get this straight , If the filmaker makes a movie with bad acting, poor ploting, numerous plot holes and inconsistencies, low Character Development, flat charactes, and too much CGI, its my fault? I think not


No wait... I LIKE THAT THEORY!! Its ALL Warbler's fault whenever a bad movie is made!!!!

That explains it all! Whoo-hoo!

Remember- from now on if you watch it, and it sucks- blame the Warb!!!





*calls in the clones and has them drag away Greencapt* you will suffer for this outrage!

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warbler how long will it take you to realize you clones can do shit

and its ALL YOUR FAULT
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really? *orders clones to beat up Shimraa. The clone beat up Shimraa, breaking everybone in his body*
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Warbler plz stop imagining things your going to think a bomb is a rattle one day and blow yourself up.
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"Just try not to get sucked into the realm of thought that says that if you like it, it's good for you. That's just ridiculous."

What the hell are you, Big Brother?

Newsflash - if I like it, it IS good for me. How it's ridiculous to like something whether or not it fits your concept of a 'universal standard' is whats beyond me.

And yes Warbler, those bad movies you listed don't have anything really wrong with them in that it's all the same thing. But you misunderstood me as saying it was your 'fault' or a problem with 'you' if you thought they sucked. NOO.
But what it means is that two people can watch the SAME MOVIE and have totally opposing opinions about it, then it's obviously not the movie that's doing it. Think about it - if the movie itself was inherently bad, then everyone would hate it.
But obviously, to one person it had relevance, it related to some experience of theirs, or maybe they just enjoyed the score. To the other person the dialogue was hokey, the actors wooden... whatever. Point being, are you seeing a pattern? It only becomes good/bad when you show it to a person because these concepts are invented by us.

I don't see in any way how that relates to Michael Jackson. 1. He was acquitted. 2. If he did something wrong, then I AGREE that it's wrong and so should everyone else. That's a different kettle of fish to whether or not movies suck! That's a matter of human rights, that kind of behaviour can't be forced upon kids who aren't old enough to defend themselves.
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If Jacko thinks he didn't do anything wrong, that it was in fact ok, then it MUST be right, mustn't it? I mean, c'mon, it's not like WE can judge him? Isn't it WRONG to judge others? Isn't it true that everyone's opinion is their own and is equally right to our own??

Can you not see what I'm saying here?

Guess I need to stop listening to liberals...
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

"Stay back, or Mr...Fett gets it!"
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My apologies to Democrats.
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

"Stay back, or Mr...Fett gets it!"
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Umm...do we really need "subtle" political jabs on a Star Wars forum? Really. They have forums especially for that elsewhere. I've seen threads get ugly when politics get mixed in and I don't want to see this site get tainted with "Liberals are pansies", "Conservatives are evil" rhetoric.

What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.

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*calls in the clones and has them drag away Greencapt* you will suffer for this outrage!


Thank god the clones are all of ROTJ-era Leia and are all wearing slave bikinis! Whoo-hoo!! Thanks Warbler!!
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*calls in the clones and has them drag away Greencapt* you will suffer for this outrage!


Thank god the clones are all of ROTJ-era Leia and are all wearing slave bikinis! Whoo-hoo!! Thanks Warbler!!

My Clones of ANH era Leia wearing ROTJ bikinis are better though...

War does not make one great.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

My Clones of ANH era Leia wearing ROTJ bikinis are better though...


Hmmm... but *I* hired ILM to digitally insert Ashley Judd for ever other one of Warb's clones... I'm a happy greencappy!
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

My Clones of ANH era Leia wearing ROTJ bikinis are better though...


Hmmm... but *I* hired ILM to digitally insert Ashley Judd for ever other one of Warb's clones... I'm a happy greencappy!


*thinks Greencapt has been drinking too much*

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Warbler plz stop imagining things your going to think a bomb is a rattle one day and blow yourself up.


I doubt that.
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Originally posted by: Zebonka


And yes Warbler, those bad movies you listed don't have anything really wrong with them in that it's all the same thing. But you misunderstood me as saying it was your 'fault' or a problem with 'you' if you thought they sucked. NOO.
But what it means is that two people can watch the SAME MOVIE and have totally opposing opinions about it, then it's obviously not the movie that's doing it. Think about it - if the movie itself was inherently bad, then everyone would hate it.
But obviously, to one person it had relevance, it related to some experience of theirs, or maybe they just enjoyed the score. To the other person the dialogue was hokey, the actors wooden... whatever. Point being, are you seeing a pattern? It only becomes good/bad when you show it to a person because these concepts are invented by us.



Ok, find me someone that considers Howard The Duck to be as great a movie I think Casablanca is. ( for those that don't know, I believe Casablanca is the greatest movie ever made)


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warbler its YOUR fault howard was a bad movie
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Mavimao, I agree.
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

"Stay back, or Mr...Fett gets it!"
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Awesome! :-)

Back to Prequel bashing!

What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.

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Originally posted by: Mavimao
...to demonstrate how "wonderful" Jar Jar was, they wrote in captions under a picture: "Look how his fingers curve around the door realistically!" Ooo. How exciting.
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