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thehefnerFor anyone who has witnessed or, worse, incurred the wrath of Movie Snob Heffie(i.e., ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eldridgeprime), maybe this article will shed some light on my... particular affliction:
"Ultimately, what it all comes down to is passion versus enjoyment. The average film geek is very passionate about films, and practically demands that film be challenging and involving. Rather than just sitting there letting the movie wash over us, cinephiles have a desire to become actively engaged with the events that are unfolding before them on the big screen. Film geeks want to search for the hidden subtext that is hiding just beneath the surface, they want to try and spot all the little homages the director has made to those films that inspired him or her, and they want to hear exactly what message the movie is trying to convey.
The average movie-goer simply enjoys movies for what they are, and goes to the theater simply to be entertained. That’s it. There is no desire to look any deeper than what is on the screen in front of them. To the average movie-goer, film is a passive experience, one that is simply there. Perhaps it serves as a distraction from the drudgery of daily life. They pay their $9.00 (or more) and spend two hours with their brains shut off. They don’t need subtext. They don’t want to be challenged. They just want to be entertained, whether it’s through laughs or big explosions or both."
The whole thing can be read here. It's a great essay, and very eloquently expresses my own POV which, it is becoming increasingly apparent, is a bit different from the casual moviegoer.
Yeah, I know, alert the presses, right?
eldridgeprime), maybe this article will shed some light on my... particular affliction: "Ultimately, what it all comes down to is passion versus enjoyment. The average film geek is very passionate about films, and practically demands that film be challenging and involving. Rather than just sitting there letting the movie wash over us, cinephiles have a desire to become actively engaged with the events that are unfolding before them on the big screen. Film geeks want to search for the hidden subtext that is hiding just beneath the surface, they want to try and spot all the little homages the director has made to those films that inspired him or her, and they want to hear exactly what message the movie is trying to convey.
The average movie-goer simply enjoys movies for what they are, and goes to the theater simply to be entertained. That’s it. There is no desire to look any deeper than what is on the screen in front of them. To the average movie-goer, film is a passive experience, one that is simply there. Perhaps it serves as a distraction from the drudgery of daily life. They pay their $9.00 (or more) and spend two hours with their brains shut off. They don’t need subtext. They don’t want to be challenged. They just want to be entertained, whether it’s through laughs or big explosions or both."
The whole thing can be read here. It's a great essay, and very eloquently expresses my own POV which, it is becoming increasingly apparent, is a bit different from the casual moviegoer.
Yeah, I know, alert the presses, right?
