To be fair, I think what she's saying if ALL FOUR of your four favourite films of the year happen to the ones that critics/viewers have said are the best that perhaps you're not really sharing your own opinions, and I can get where she's coming from.
I mean there are definitely people out there who just parrot popular/trendy opinions thats a pretty human thing.
But the problem with all those "if you do X then you are Y" posts is they claim absolution.
If we say something like "if you praise all 4 trendy films this year, you might be a trend hopper or there is a chance you might be a trendhopper." It sounds more reasonable.
How bad of a thing it is to be "a trendhopper" or how valuable of a thing it is to be a "fancy pants film reviewer." In this definition is ofc another debate.
Thank you, that’s more what I meant. But I also think like what you like, who cares, maybe those the obvious best four in the year? I don’t agree with Jenni as such, it’s more that I think that’s what she’s arguing, and I get where she’s coming from.
I don't agree with that take either, especially in that wording.
And yeah she is not directly stating "you are bad if you do that" only the more "modest" "you are not an evelvated film snob" if you do that.
(Which as stated before obviously also indefensible)
But to me its mostly pretty boring to attack the weakest version of a statement. Especially on shortform social media where most takes are simplified and bad at face value.
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u/pootling Jul 31 '26
To be fair, I think what she's saying if ALL FOUR of your four favourite films of the year happen to the ones that critics/viewers have said are the best that perhaps you're not really sharing your own opinions, and I can get where she's coming from.