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Originally Posted by neverending
Peple get mad at me when they ask me- "don't you ever want to just turn off your brain and have a good time with some mindless action?" and I answer no. I have a brain, and I enjoy using it. Even when I'm watching guys with huge muscles run, punch, shoot, bleed, destroy vehicles and blow things up I want some component to engage my intelligence- not insult it.
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You don't have to "turn off your brain" to appreciate action flicks, it's simply a different level of enjoyment. Adrenaline pumping films depicting impossible stunts performed among explosions and gunfire are great and serve their purpose well. Sure, you can over analyze them, but when you get right down to it they provide a similar thrill to watching fireworks. Loud noises and choreographed explosions can appeal to people with or without brains.
Anyway, my "number one" over rated film (the one that causes people to gawk at me with amazement when I tell them I don't like it) is American Beauty.