> Gee, Jack. Calling a movie "mindless" is not calling those who like
 > it
 > mindless. I think that everyone is aware that "one man's meat is
 > another
 > man's poison." If, in your opinion, I'm going to be insulting
 > someone by
 > calling some movie "crap," what with all the differing opinions on
 > movies displayed here, then we really become limited in what we dare
 > say. Please think this over.
I have thought it over. I was in a bad mood at the time. I could have
phrased my words better than I did.
 > Yes, CONTACT does require a little input from the viewer for
 > involvement. Most really memorable movies do require this. That
 > doesn't
 > mean that "mindless" movies, those requiring no mental participation
 > on
 > the part of the viewer, are necessarily bad - just that for a
 > particular
 > movie it might be bad.
 > I agree with your assessment that STAR WARS was mindless. That
 > didn't
 > step me from seeing it umpteenth times, and I don't feel insulted if
 > if someone calls it "crap." I'd be more than a little over-reacting
 > if I
 > took that to mean someone thinks I have a "taste for crap."
 > Let's not turn this echo into an afternoon tea party where the
 > nicities
 > of courtesy have to be observed to the umpteenth degree. Let the
 > callers
 > "imply" what they will, and harrange those who are up-front
 > insulting.
 > It is, after all, very easy to insult anyone in a manner you would
 > find
 > very difficult to deal with due to its subtlty. For example: "do you
 > understand the point I'm trying to make?" 
 > ___
I think so.
Regards,
Jack
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