'Never Leave Me'
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
So, you're holding in contempt an entire class of people
Critics are a "class" now?
I have a very low opinion of the profession of film critic, for which I was offering an explanation, but for which I do not intend to apologize. You are, of course, free to disagree and take in any stray critics you find cowering in the streets, victims of my class warfare.
Isn't John Rhys Davies the biggest guy in the movie--other than our Maori orcs?
RotK--yes. Christopher Lee is a few inches taller than JR-D, IIRC.
Ted, you were the one that started with the word class, for the record.
Connie -- John was the tallest of the Fellowship. But I'm pretty sure Christopher Lee is taller.
I'm pretty sure Christopher Lee is taller.
Powers of ultimate evil are supposed to be tall, I think it's in the rules. How else can one loom effectively?
I've always had a bit of a problem with food critics. Because you can say that something wasn't prepared according the the receipe, but you can't say that it didn't taste good. Or, more accurately, you can only say that you didn't like it. Who knows what the next person will like.
Media critics, as well, can only really say that they enjoyed a movie, or that they thought it was good or bad or the best movie of the year. It's all opinion, all subjective. It is frequently not presented as opinion, but fact.
Well, there's according to the recipe, and there's authentic, for instance. If a restaurant makes a mockery of Jamaican food, I'm not going to go there for a taste of home, and I don't mind knowing that up front.
If I'm in the mood for a nice adventure movie, and something being sold as one fails to meet genre criteria that the critic tells me about -- I've been done a service.
Ita-true, and I shouldn't have. (That's what comes of switching back and forth between this board and another where I've been arguing about Bushonomics.) Still, I think the word used in the phrase "entire class of people" takes on a different meaning, as if I was oppressing some historical minority group.
I can't apologise for what you inferred from it, since those are the words I meant to use, and I don't get that subtext from it.
Well, sure, ita. But you'd have to know the critic to take their opinon, wouldn't you? On food, film, fun.
I wasn't looking for apologies, from you or Sean. I was merely expressing my general disdain for professional film critics. I suspect that is a minority view around here-though apparently not entirely a solitary one.