[Boromir88]

Thanks SoNo. Yes, that is rather an over-simplification of my view.~SpM

I think Estel was drawing off of the recent cases which seem to be the thing. But, I do remember way back when believe it or not our roles were switched. I said I did not mind Jackson's treatment of Denethor, because it heightens and dramatisizes Aragorn's arrival and taking the throne. Where I remember you saying something like you did not agree with Jackson on this issue. So, now that I think back more, I agree, but I'll be honest I think earlier cases have come off as anything against the movies is movie bashing.

But there is a tendency here to harp on and on about this or that "disliked" aspect of the films. Sometimes it's intelligent debate but quite often it is simply criticism for the sake of it. And even when backed up by sensible reasoning, when people make the same criticisms over and over again whenever the opportunity presents itself, I call that bashing. Or repeated knocking, if you like.

I disagree with this, now I don't go around looking for threads where I can criticize the film, but if there's a thread asking about this particular scene (for instance as Alatar said the Gandalf vs. The Witch-King, or the Mouth of Sauron) of course I will bring up what I have a problem with up.

As you say "repeated knocking," to me this means continually drilling a point down in the same thread. Another makes there's, I may respond to it a few times, but don't hammer it down other's throats. Make my point and go. That's how I take "repeated knocking," but of course we all have different opinions. If there's a thread discussing this very thing of "bashing the movies" than I will write what I don't like about it.

Sauce, I think the biggest thing is, there's so many threads on what to not like about the movies, so you do get this "repeated" looking thing, where you may here the same thing over and over. I mean I see two threads right now in the top 5 that are about what not to like about the movie. I'm sure the Gandalf/WK thread is on the front page, along with a thread on the MoS.

There is also a tendency on this forum to focus on the criticisms and gloss over the films' many good points.

I agree, but I think it's just because there's so few threads on what's good about the movies. But when they're there, I also contribute to them, on what is good about them, because there are certainly many things good about the movies. But, the reason the "bad" is overpowering the "good" is because there's probably 3 or 4 more times "bad threads."

but I do this to assist in stopping the threads becoming Bashing - Bashing to me is a thread saying how bad a particular bit of the moives (or all of them) are with no 'plus' points or arguments against this~Essex

I agree, there are many things to like about the movies. And bashers simply bash the movies to get attention and get responded to. These threads I stay away from (they're quite frequent on IMDB) because it only adds fuel to the fire.

I don't think I've ever told you, or someone that they were wrong. You like what you like and defend it, I don't like () what I don't like and defend it. That's as far as we can really expect to get.

I think being open-minded is the biggest thing that seperates a basher from a non basher. Bashers don't care about others opinions, again they just want to bash and get attention.

Where the non-bashers (hopefully myself) are always open-minded and I remember me specifically saying on occasion..."Hey, I never thought of it that way, maybe Jackson didn't do so bad here." That's the positives, and what seperates it from bashing. We discuss our opinions to broaden our minds, and possibly see things in ways we've never considered before.