>And I don't think i"m dealing in extremes. Homicide is less
>challenging but still is not typical and doesn't fit the
>pedestrian taste of many.

exactly.

and that is the taste/discernment that we are talking about in this post.

and it's not a matter of film students vs. normal people per se... because k_orr pointed out that these people have discriminating tastes in just about every other field... but not movies.

even something like Knocked Up - which is hardly a Pasolini flick - lost them.

why are they attracted only to the lowest common denominator in THIS case? why do they seem to have almost NO discrimination at all in this area? why do they feel the need to see an LCD movie that they *know* will probably suck when they would not eat in a restaurant with a mediocre Zagat score?


THAT is what the argument here is about.