I like movies. I don't see a lot of them these days, although several days ago I saw The Jungle Book and I thought it was really good. Another point for Disney.
But right now I have another movie in mind; the upcoming epic fantasy Warcraft, based on the hit video game series by Blizzard. I first heard about it around the end of 2015 and I couldn't wait for it - not because I'm a Warcraft fan but because I'm a sucker for fantasy, video games, and special effects. It comes out in about two weeks, and to my dismay the early reviews have not been promising. I've seen scores as low as a 3/10, and others around 6.5, which is admittedly really good for a video game movie (to be fair, these are professional critics, and I've seen several casual reviews on IMDB that are much higher).
Don't get me wrong, I understand the importance of forming my own opinion on things instead of holding up others' opinions. Take Jurassic World, for example: apparently a lot of people didn't think it was good, but I really liked it. Not enough for a second viewing, but I enjoyed the movie.
But as I said, I like movies, and I want the ones I spend my time and money on to be both enjoyable and good. I've seen plenty of horrible movies experience success and even sequels (Alvin and the Chipmunks, anyone?) and the sad truth (or maybe I'm just cynical) is that seeing a movie and complaining about it online still means that you paid money to see it. With that in mind, I feel like every time I see a bad movie, regardless of my own opinion on it, I'm endorsing the further production of bad movies. I've held that view for a while now, and it's made enjoying movies a lot harder because now I feel like I'm doing an injustice by seeing them.
I guess it'd be nice if I had somebody to talk to about this. I do have a friend who's a big movie buff, but ideally I'd appreciate a plurality of viewpoints for this, Maybe at IUPUI I'll find a movie club or something, but for now I guess I'll have to be satisfied with venting on my blog. I hope it was enjoyable, at least.
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