Yojimbo
23-Feb-2008, 06:11 PM
Like everything the world has to offer, not everyone is going to like things equally and see eye to eye. It does not surprise me that Diary has detractors and champions among our ranks.
How boring a world would it be if we all agreed on things and always collectively liked the same things!
I welcome thoughts from folks like Harold, and Spizz and others who freely express their issues with this film and their general dissatisfaction with Diary, even when their views directly conflict with mine. As long as we can have civil discussions about our views, whether it's that we hate or we love GAR's movie, or whether we are republicans or democrats, pro-life or pro-choice, think football should be called soccer, etc., it indicates that we are not doomed and that there is still hope for society.
I should add, of course, that there are always those folks who will be negative about a topic or a film just because they find it funny to be negative, or because they have some deep rooted need to spew. Perhaps they find it cool to be in the minority view, or perhaps they have some need to be noticed even if it is in a negative light. Before too long their sad desire for attention though invented conflict becomes painfully obvious to everyone around them and, in the end, will have the direct opposite reaction that the complainer was seeking. People eventually ignore the thoughts and histeronics of someone who is being negative in order to gain personal attention solely by being negative. It gets really old really fast and, quite honestly, is a major bore.
How boring a world would it be if we all agreed on things and always collectively liked the same things!
I welcome thoughts from folks like Harold, and Spizz and others who freely express their issues with this film and their general dissatisfaction with Diary, even when their views directly conflict with mine. As long as we can have civil discussions about our views, whether it's that we hate or we love GAR's movie, or whether we are republicans or democrats, pro-life or pro-choice, think football should be called soccer, etc., it indicates that we are not doomed and that there is still hope for society.
I should add, of course, that there are always those folks who will be negative about a topic or a film just because they find it funny to be negative, or because they have some deep rooted need to spew. Perhaps they find it cool to be in the minority view, or perhaps they have some need to be noticed even if it is in a negative light. Before too long their sad desire for attention though invented conflict becomes painfully obvious to everyone around them and, in the end, will have the direct opposite reaction that the complainer was seeking. People eventually ignore the thoughts and histeronics of someone who is being negative in order to gain personal attention solely by being negative. It gets really old really fast and, quite honestly, is a major bore.