Comments on: DON’T CALL ME PRETENTIOUS… OR, GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU MIDDLEBROW DICK http://awesomelife.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/don%e2%80%99t-call-me-pretentious%e2%80%a6-or-go-fuck-yourself-you-middlebrow-dick/ Life Was Meant To Be Awesome Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: christine http://awesomelife.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/don%e2%80%99t-call-me-pretentious%e2%80%a6-or-go-fuck-yourself-you-middlebrow-dick/#comment-27 christine Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:21 +0000 http://awesomelife.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-27 oh yeah! i get pretty worked up whenever i hear the sentence “ oh it was sooo pretentious” in relation to some film. it is a film! of course its pretentious. somebody somewhere went through a lot( and i mean a LOT) of trouble to share their very own vision on how a certain story should be told. so, without further elaboration, it doesn't mean anything. its a bit like saying “ that music is loud” or that “ a photo captured a moment” or even your boots are red. as an adjective i find it redundant and as a reason for disliking a film i find it lazy. personally i don't see why anyone should even bother to make anything unless they are proud owners of a colossal ego. What could possibly motivate any human to go through all it takes to produce a piece of work other than being sure that you are the best person to do this your way? obviously you can be wrong. but hey! my dad has opinions and so does my mother and both my sisters, we shall discuss them over Christmas dinner and probably turn the whole thing into a full blown argument. My point is, i guess, that Pretentiousness(as everything else) is in the eye of the beholder, one sees what one can or is willing to. I will leave you with one of my favourite quotes: I hate peas I hate the idea of liking peas because if i liked peas i would surely eat peas and i so hate peas oh yeah! i get pretty worked up whenever i hear the sentence “ oh it was sooo pretentious” in relation to some film. it is a film! of course its pretentious. somebody somewhere went through a lot( and i mean a LOT) of trouble to share their very own vision on how a certain story should be told. so, without further elaboration, it doesn’t mean anything. its a bit like saying “ that music is loud” or that “ a photo captured a moment” or even your boots are red.
as an adjective i find it redundant and as a reason for disliking a film i find it lazy.
personally i don’t see why anyone should even bother to make anything unless they are proud owners of a colossal ego. What could possibly motivate any human to go through all it takes to produce a piece of work other than being sure that you are the best person to do this your way? obviously you can be wrong.
but hey! my dad has opinions and so does my mother and both my sisters, we shall discuss them over Christmas dinner and probably turn the whole thing into a full blown argument.
My point is, i guess, that Pretentiousness(as everything else) is in the eye of the beholder, one sees what one can or is willing to.

I will leave you with one of my favourite quotes:

I hate peas
I hate the idea of liking peas
because if i liked peas i would surely eat peas
and i so hate peas

]]> By: Matilda http://awesomelife.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/don%e2%80%99t-call-me-pretentious%e2%80%a6-or-go-fuck-yourself-you-middlebrow-dick/#comment-18 Matilda Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:59:06 +0000 http://awesomelife.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-18 Any guy that isn't interested in the Dark Knight is a faggot. Any guy that isn’t interested in the Dark Knight is a faggot.

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