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As opposed to the other option of being in denial then, right?
...no. See, this is where these discussions always derail. No one wants to temper their arguments with any kind of common sense. it's all extreme black and white stances with no bending.
If I don't like a couple movies by a director, and then I watch one that's good--Why should I hold those other two movies against the one I enjoyed? Why should I completely dilute and sabotage the fun time I had with the GOOD movie just so I can maintain my grump status? What's the point of that? Where's the logic in watching a movie, liking it, and then having to convince myself it's bad by way of bringing up the directors past movies in a way to belittle the enjoyment I just had?
What's the point in that?
I don't have to go to one extreme or the other to make that point. It's a very simple question. What is the point of talking yourself out of liking a movie you genuinely like? What's the point of making excuses to dislike something you had fun with?
Your sports analogy isn't a very good one, either. Let's stick to movies. Let's say, to stick with popcorn actionfests--I don't like Armageddon. I don't like Pearl Harbor. On a whim, someone rents "The Rock" and I watch that. And I think it's a really fun movie, I enjoy the notes it's hitting. What's my motivation to talk myself into thinking I just wasted two hours of my life enjoying the movie and that it's a terrible piece of crap--when I KNOW I DID enjoy the movie?
This is the mindset Reg was saying he'll subscribe to. It's willful dismissal of the movie before he's seen it, regardless of it's quality. That's just as unfair as someone like Jimbo fawning like crazy over every single frame.