USER EDITORIAL: The Arrogance Of Outlandish Opinions

USER EDITORIAL: The Arrogance Of Outlandish Opinions

Why another movies success doesn't bother me, and shouldn't bother you either.

Editorial Opinion
By Thanos005 - Jun 03, 2012 06:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Other

Opinions are fine and dandy. We all have them. Some may be the general consensus, and some may be outright offensive, but alas, we all have them.

I will illustrate this with a personal example. My favorite CBM (until the Avengers) was The Incredible Hulk, I am an avid Hulk fan with a collection of Hulk merchandise on my wall. Now, The Incredible Hulk came out the same year as Iron Man, and The Dark Knight. Both of those films destroyed the Hulk in the box office, and Nolans film destroyed Iron man as well. But it never bothered me, I even liked Iron Man more than the Dark Knight. (Taboo, I know) But seeing The Dark Knight smash records never bothered me. Maybe because I did in fact enjoy it, but I still liked Iron Man and TIH more. However, I never questioned it, or thought it deserved anything less. Hell, the only thing that bothered me was how Two-Face was completely overshadowed by the Joker, but even then, I never said "Heath doesn't deserve the Oscar" and no, not because he passed, if he was alive I still would not have questioned it, because who am I to say that? And don't get me wrong, Heath was amazing in the Dark Knight, but I thought Aaron Eckhart deserved his fair amount of praise as well, just my opinion. And like I said, opinions are good, and they do matter. These days people let other people speak for them all the time, so it is good to see someone make their own mind up. Even if they disagree. But there is a proper and improper way to do so. Saying that the movie deserves less than what it has earned because YOU were not blown away is frankly the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. I cannot comprehend the logic behind it. How big an ego does someone need to have to say that?

Okay, YOU were not impressed. Guess what, YOU are not everyone. What you say is not law. What you say is not fact. If you were underrwheled, well damn. Sorry to hear it, better luck next time. It is impossible to please everyone. But just because you didn't like it, does not mean that we all have to share your feelings. Same way you do not have to share ours. That's the beauty of opinions, nobody is right, but nobody is wrong either. It's just the way people handle them that makes the difference. Saying you didn't like a certain movie, or it didn't astonish you like it did everyone else is fine. People have said on this site that the Avengers was not their favorite movie, but so long as they were respectful, they weren't bashed. At least I haven't see that happen, but I've seen people be respectful of the opinions of others. But back to the point, saying that it deserves less than what it has earned because you did not like it is like saying "The movies success should be dependent on how much I, and ONLY I, liked it. My opinion is fact, and everyone else is wrong if they disagree with me" It doesn't even say anything about the movie, it just makes people look like arrogant tools whose egos could rival Kanye Wests.

It is early in the morning, I haven't slept yet. So this may be a bit harsh, Hell, it may not even make sense. But it is something I see often on this site that bothers me to no end.

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EdgyOutsider
EdgyOutsider - 6/3/2012, 7:04 AM
Agreed although at times I tend to be guilty.
Good write up :)
GoILL
GoILL - 6/3/2012, 8:54 AM
Totally with you man, really don't see why people can't enjoy these movies without taking shots at the others.
SHHH
SHHH - 6/3/2012, 9:04 AM
Its Why I Don't Comment Too Often..
SCOURGE
SCOURGE - 6/3/2012, 9:37 AM
I hated both The Dark Knight and The Avengers for a multitude and vastly different reasons. I saw the Avengers three times to figure out what it was that bothered me so much and what I would change if I could. The same is true with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I have seen Nolan's first two movies and will see the third one to see if he figured out what he did wrong in the first two movies and fixed his mistakes or not. I want good comic book movies I have just been let down lately.
golden123
golden123 - 6/3/2012, 10:10 AM
Don't let random people off the internet make you angry because they are proclaiming what movie deserves what level of success. All you half to do is ignore those people.


By the way, you have a truckload of run-on sentences in this editorial.
ManWhoLaughs
ManWhoLaughs - 6/3/2012, 10:16 AM
The two things I didn't like about BB was the waste of the scarecrow and the look of Gotham. TDK I didn't like the thlird act that much and the fact I knew Heath Ledger was dead so I couldn't have more Joker. But all in all both good films, the fact that Raz Al Gul in the first one was awesome and Liam Neeson is incredible as a bad guy. Each to their own. Except the Tim Burton Joel Schuemaker Batman films, there is a special place in hell for those flicks.
MrsTonyStark0507
MrsTonyStark0507 - 6/3/2012, 11:13 AM
I could not agree more! I still can not, for the life of me, understand what the point was of the post that inspired this one! What was he hoping to accomplish? Was he just wanting to piss in our cereal? Hate to break it to him, but he didn't change my opinion of the Avengers one tiny bit. I loved it and no amount of Nolanite hater-aid is going to change that.
95
95 - 6/3/2012, 4:02 PM
@Firg

I had to screenshot that. That was brilliant. Excellently worded. Completely agree. (I couldn't have said it any better.) We all have to understand the job of the director and how difficult it is- in such an opinionated business.

@SCOURGE

Nothing against you. In fact, more power to ya! I understand the feeling of being disappointed (which I- as well as you) have been lately. Sometimes I like to voice my opinion but it gets lost in the applause.
SCOURGE
SCOURGE - 6/3/2012, 5:45 PM
No...I was super excited for the Avengers, until I was about 20 minutes into the movie I realized how terrible it was. As far a Batman goes, Warner Brothers makes the same mistakes no matter who the director has been.
ThunderKat
ThunderKat - 6/3/2012, 6:22 PM
I agree with you. Just take the high road. The internet, unfortunately, is a voice for people that are cowards dying to be bullies. I say ignore once they go off base, and, or become insulting.
Priest
Priest - 6/3/2012, 6:39 PM
@ Scourge,

Kinda makes me wonder what kind of movie you where expecting. If the movie is so terrible, why is it so successful in box office records and critical reviews? I would think that if the movie is so bad, it wouldn't have so many positive reviews and people wouldn't go see it more than once.

You must have a rather unique taste.
Supes17
Supes17 - 6/3/2012, 6:42 PM
@SCOURGE: You are the first person I have seen on this site who hates the both Marvel AND DC's CBM juggernaut...
lol
interesting...........
Supes17
Supes17 - 6/3/2012, 6:42 PM
Hey, it's his opinion... I STRONGLY disagree




But I respect it
MercMatt
MercMatt - 6/3/2012, 11:24 PM
I can't, for the life of me, figure out what article(elongated opinion) sparked this article. LoL... Nice read, man. And agreed! TIH was, imo, the best MCU movie released, pre Avengers. Cheers!
Minotauro
Minotauro - 6/4/2012, 12:41 AM
Great article.
Oxion
Oxion - 6/4/2012, 1:05 AM
Probably mine :) Nice article btw but here's what get's me.
"Okay, YOU were not impressed. Guess what, YOU are not everyone. What you say is not law. What you say is not fact. If you were underrwheled, well damn. Sorry to hear it, better luck next time. It is impossible to please everyone. But just because you didn't like it, does not mean that we all have to share your feelings. "
That is true but then what makes what YOUR sayin important? Is what you saying fact? Why does your opinion outweigh those who don't agree with the majority? You may not share our feelings, so is that wrong? You gotta be upset because we don't share your feelings? I mean if everyone on this site was to be 100% honest, every one of them has had a time when they were that little voice no one agreed with or wanted to hear. Tons of people weren't impressed with Green Lantern yet there were those small few who to an extent liked it, yet, because they didn't agree with all the lantern bashers they got the usual treatment from the individuals on this site who prefer to be disrespectful than just voice their opinion. A voice is a voice, in my opinion, how you respond to it is what makes the difference.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/4/2012, 4:50 AM
@ NextHero

if it really was your article that sparked this one, then we have some serious hypocrites running rampant.

Look at MrsTonyStark's comment in here. Acting like she agrees with this. Now go back and read her first comment in your article. It totally bashed your article and was disrespectful.

The funny thing is, your article did not attack ANYONE. Your article only stated your opinions, and gave very detailed reasons as to why you had those opinions. You were not trying to change anyone's minds or anything. Yet MrsTonyStark, and plenty others, began bashing you for no reason.

In essence, they were doing exactly what this article is talking about. They were hating on you because your opinion was different than theirs, and basically saying that you were wrong. And again, not once did you tell anyone they were wrong for THEIR opinion. In fact, I believe you went out of your way to say something along the lines of, "if you liked Avengers, then more power to you", or something similar to that.

I just don't get it. People around here are so "holier than thou".
SCOURGE
SCOURGE - 6/4/2012, 1:03 PM
I will post a detailed breakdown of everything that is wrong with the Avengers one of these days ( I may have to wait untill it comes out on blue ray first to make sure I don't miss anything).

As far as the Batman movies go, I not a fan of the casting---Gary Oldman as Gordon is the only decent choice, retread villains (Joker, Catwoman, Harvey Two Face, and Bane), and to many villains in one movie (Ras and Scarecrow, Scarecrow, Joker, and Harvey Two Face, Bane, Ras, and Catwoman). It makes for a terrible movie. Iron Man 2 suffered from Batman movie syndrome. Are batman's Rogues so weak that is Warner Brothers can get more creative than rehashed villains?
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