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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 15, 2020 7:28:50 GMT
Do you think people with less intelligence have worse taste in moves than people with higer intelligence ?
Or has intelligence nothing to do with your taste in movies, tv shows, music and other cultural things ?
And just for the record i consider myself to be among those with less intelligence.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 15, 2020 7:32:25 GMT
I think to compare taste in movies that way is ego stroking in the most useless way imaginable.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 15, 2020 7:34:52 GMT
And just for the record i consider myself to be among those with less intelligence.
Sorry but this line makes me LOL.  Because i made grammar mistake and spelling error ? well i did say i have less intelligence than other people.
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Post by Vits on Sept 15, 2020 8:09:42 GMT
By "taste" you mean what genre or kids of stories you prefer? No. Do you mean the ability of explain why you liked/disliked a movie? Kind of. I mean, you don't have to analyze the writing or review the technical aspects, but you should be able to put your thoughts into words, especially if you're discussing the movie with someone else.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 15, 2020 8:14:39 GMT
By "taste" you mean what genre or kids of stories you prefer? No. Do you mean the ability of explain why you liked/disliked a movie? Kind of. I mean, you don't have to analyze the writing or review the technical aspects, but you should be able to put your thoughts into words, especially if you're discussing the movie with someone else. By taste the OP means smart well made movies vs. dumb movies. I assume that is what the OP means anyway. It is the "go watch your Transformers movies" argument when someone says they dislike a certain intelligent movie that other people like.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 15, 2020 9:23:04 GMT
First you'd have to define what constitutes "worse" taste, so you're already going to run into problems as it's not something that can be objectively measured.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2020 10:53:40 GMT
I think people with less intelligence prefer mind blowing action.
So that’s why something like Transformers 4 makes 1 billion dollars. It’s an entertaining spectacle that you don’t have to put too much thought into.
However, it has to be the right kind of mindless action. Put a handsome male lead, or a sexy female. A couple of cheesy one liners, some funny comic relief guy who is the butt of a joke. An easy plot to follow with a very bad guy who is easy to hate.
That’s why the MCU is so popular among the masses and “The Watchmen” isn’t. In “The Watchmen” (2009) you have a complex, intelligent and deep plot with interesting motivations and a twist ending that is thought provoking. But it requires too much thinking. However, it’s superior to any MCU film ever made.
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Post by The Social Introvert on Sept 15, 2020 11:11:10 GMT
Aside from the fact that "worse" movies is not something you can nessecarily objectively meassure, I don't think there is a corrolation. And how would you even define intelligence? Would a skilled technical engineer or a doctor be regarded as unintelligent because he likes to tuck into his croissants and watch Transformers 4 with his kids, having no time for artsy films?
Even high brow film makers like Martin Scorsese and Terence Malik have strange tastes in films. The latter is apparently a fan of Ben Stiller's Zoolander.
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Post by hobowar on Sept 15, 2020 11:18:42 GMT
I remember reading somewhere that people who enjoyed Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" had above average I.Q. Not sure if it's true, though.
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Post by hobowar on Sept 15, 2020 11:21:20 GMT
Aside from the fact that "worse" movies is not something you can nessecarily objectively meassure, I don't think there is a corrolation. And how would you even define intelligence? Would a skilled technical engineer or a doctor be regarded as unintelligent because he likes to tuck into his croissants and watch Transformers 4 with his kids, having no time for artsy films? Even high brow film makers like Martin Scorsese and Terence Malik have strange tastes in films. The latter is apparently a fan of Ben Stiller's Zoolander. Apparently Christopher Nolan is a huge Michael Bay fan.
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Post by Jason143 on Sept 15, 2020 14:39:39 GMT
In one word; yes.
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Post by James on Sept 15, 2020 14:51:56 GMT
Taste is all subjectivity so I can’t say for absolute certainty, however I do know that less intelligent films appeal to the masses, whereas the higher-class appeals to those that love to critique film. That is simply more common than not, however there is always that one instance where someone intelligent would like a dumb movie, and a “dumb” person would like a smart movie.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Sept 15, 2020 15:00:51 GMT
The best movies should be appealing to the smartest and dumbest people.
It's even better when the appeal is for different reasons.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Sept 15, 2020 16:10:21 GMT
Pardon the grammar natzi in me, but it's "DO" less intelligent people have (i.e., do they have, not does they have).
And I don't think intelligence has a lot to do with it. Tastes are subjective. A less intelligent person can appreciate a beautiful work of art, while an intelligent person may find the same work of art not to his liking.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 15, 2020 17:21:17 GMT
Aside from the fact that "worse" movies is not something you can nessecarily objectively meassure, I don't think there is a corrolation. And how would you even define intelligence? Would a skilled technical engineer or a doctor be regarded as unintelligent because he likes to tuck into his croissants and watch Transformers 4 with his kids, having no time for artsy films? Even high brow film makers like Martin Scorsese and Terence Malik have strange tastes in films. The latter is apparently a fan of Ben Stiller's Zoolander. The people who only/mostly like intelligent movies and scoff at low brow stuff are intellectual snobs. The people who only/mostly like mindless movies are "derp, me like explosion, derp." That is the generalizing that the OP is talking about, I think.
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Post by shannondegroot on Sept 15, 2020 17:26:05 GMT
"Higher intelligent" people will tell you that a movie like Judge Dredd (1995) isn't "good", and that's because it doesn't pass a standard checklist of what makes a movie "good". But a "lower intelligent" person just enjoys the movie and calls it a "good" movie because they like it. "Lower intelligent" people are actually the "higher intelligent" people.
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Post by Vits on Sept 15, 2020 17:31:19 GMT
Pardon the grammar natzi in me, but it's "DO" less intelligent people have (i.e., do they have, not does they have). *Nazi
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Sept 15, 2020 17:34:27 GMT
Pardon the grammar natzi in me, but it's "DO" less intelligent people have (i.e., do they have, not does they have). *Nazi
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Post by fangirl1975 on Sept 15, 2020 18:05:38 GMT
As much as I hate to open a can of worms I'm wondering what having eclectic taste in movies says about someone's intelligence. For example I enjoy the MCU and appreciated Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring and The Seventh Seal.
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Post by bd74 on Sept 15, 2020 18:22:39 GMT
I think that when some people have a more highbrow taste in film, it just reeks of elitism. I remember occasionally seeing people leave a comment on the original IMDB boards saying something along the lines of "If you don't like this film then go watch Transformers!!!!". Personally, I enjoyed the first two Transformers films. I didn't see them in theaters, I saw them years later assuming they would be really silly, but they turned out to be enjoyable. Movies in general are a form of entertainment, and some people out there have no problem watching "mindless" entertainment. They don't really need any kind of intellectual stimulation while watching a film.
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