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[deckardcanine]

I was thinking of choosing my favorite movies of the last decade by genre, so as to avoid (to a point) comparing films too terribly disparate. But I quickly ran into a stumbling block: selecting a favorite comedy. I haven't seen many outright comedies from the Aughts, and the ones I have seen didn't excite me.

Truth be told, my biggest laughs tended to come from movies you probably wouldn't find in the comedy section of the video store. I suspect that this connects to my growing liking for Web comics that aren't pure comedy. They have the advantage of being unpredictable in terms of when they try to be funny, and they don't feel that a cheap joke is better than an extended lull in the humor.

But the same isn't as true of comedy films in other decades. I have to wonder: Were comedies in the last decade less likely to amuse me, or did I just not see the right ones for fear of more dreck? It's a safe bet that I wouldn't think highly of Wedding Crashers, but they weren't all like that. Maybe I just have to wait and see what apparently stands the test of time.

Incidentally, today I read this good article against snarking what we haven't seen. I plead guilty to watching very little TV, hearing very little music, and assuming that there was practically nothing in either medium in the last decade that I'd like. I shouldn't be a fogy at my age.

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[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

My main complaint with the "don't knock it 'til you've tried it" philosophy is that you end up with a lot of very bad experiences and contribute a lot of your money to people who don't deserve it, just for the sake of saying that you actually saw it and are now morally justified in critiquing it.

The third option is to avoid what you don't think you'll like and then not speak against it.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Then when someone says "Hey, this Republican-bashing movie is the greatest movie ever!" I either have to shell out money to Michael Moore or shut up and let the Democrats have free reign, sigh....

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Hating the message is a special case, because you could find out all you need to know indirectly.