Dumbing it down

[Bêthberry]

You know, one of the things I have always found interesting about our movie/book discussions is how very different is Saucepan's method in each debate.

I seem to recall that on the Canonicity thread, SpM insisted upon the right of every reader to make his or her own interpretation, even if this interpretation went against the grain of the majority.

Yet on the movie thread, Spm's main point always depends upon this huge majority who enjoyed the films, as if the minority view somehow does not matter because it is outweighed by the sheer number of those happy with the films.

Perhaps our SaucepanMan chooses his method depending upon what shall make the most noise.


Seriously, though, Sauce, there are always those who disagree with the opinions of award judges and popularity lists. And sometimes, in the long run of history, those dissident voices are actually shown to have some merit. Not all popular films hold up over time, nor are all Oscar-winning movies remembered.

For my part, my qualms about the movies were based upon their filmic qualities and not upon their relationship with the antecedent text.