This has been my experience: Having (or making) at least one good friend who has studied film in depth and can explain what is so impressive about movies that are lacking originality in the "plot" or "characterization" departments (y'know, those old standbys) can be immeasurably helpful in understanding what the critics go for when it doesn't mesh with your interests. It won't necessarily make you enjoy a given film any more, but you might learn to appreciate (if from a distance) something you'd have previously written off as crap. (All the same, I am able to maintain with some authority that most movies are not For Me, as I continue to reject most of said friend's suggestions even when I can semi-objectively recognize the quality in something I don't particularly enjoy.)
For everything else, including that awesome Pac Man adventure game I would totally play, there's always Kickstarter...
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Date: Mon, Feb. 27th, 2012 11:47 pm (UTC)For everything else, including that awesome Pac Man adventure game I would totally play, there's always Kickstarter...