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Yeah, my friends can be assholes sometimes, but isn't everyone an asshole occasionally? I'm friends with these people for other reasons, reasons that outweigh their negativity towards film. The topic doesn't really come up that often, I've learned not to mention anything... but when it does (like tonight) it can really irk me.
I do have a few friends who get where I'm coming from. They're usually the ones I have over for movie night. I've also attempted to sort them into 'groups' :p So I know who to bring to the theatre when I go to see a certain movie (It also gets difficult because I have a wide range of friends, and most of them don't get along with one another. I end up going to movies two or three times with different people.)
So it's not as terrible as I might have made it sound in my little spat of rage.
Rod, I've heard good things about most of those Westerns. I think I'll take the time to watch Unforgiven first, and go from there. I'm still saving Blazing Saddles until I'm more education in the genre.
I get that taste is a personal thing. But like so many, I can't get over that. :p When I like a film, I want others to agree. I find myself liking a lot of movies that are also critically acclaimed. I spread the word to a few friends, all of course who have the same opinion on it - that it's bad - and sometimes they sort of 'gang up' on me... like "We're obviously right because there's 3 against 1."
I usually keep my passion for film out of the topic during conversations, but I do secretly wish (okay, not so secretly...) that I had a group of friends who completely understood this side of me. I guess that's why I'm on this forum, though.
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