But hating _is_ fun. There are plenty of topics where it is unproductive or harmful, and I remind myself to stay constructive about them. However, what's the harm of having an outlet in hating on a big, objectively flawed movie? As long as you don't think this alone makes you an intellectual.
Very true — I don’t think every argument has to have both positive and negative in it. But I would be wary if I were a writer on movies and found that I never ever offered any riskier, harder, positive positions on them, instead always opting for the easy negative punchlines. Sometimes there just isn’t anything constructive to say on a given movie, but if that’s my entire critical life, I’ve gone astray, if that makes sense.
But hating _is_ fun. There are plenty of topics where it is unproductive or harmful, and I remind myself to stay constructive about them. However, what's the harm of having an outlet in hating on a big, objectively flawed movie? As long as you don't think this alone makes you an intellectual.
Very true — I don’t think every argument has to have both positive and negative in it. But I would be wary if I were a writer on movies and found that I never ever offered any riskier, harder, positive positions on them, instead always opting for the easy negative punchlines. Sometimes there just isn’t anything constructive to say on a given movie, but if that’s my entire critical life, I’ve gone astray, if that makes sense.