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Originally Posted by Frownland
You're expecting it to be more like a romantic comedy yet you're not going into it with incorrect expectations. Right. You sound very mature.
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I'm not really whining. All I'm saying is, for a "romantic comedy," I'd like a little more romance for the first half-hour. That's not immaturity, that's opinionated. I think I'm correct in assuming a romantic comedy should take less than a half-hour to seem romantic. The rest of the movie was very romantic, and I was quite pleased, but the majority of the flaw of the movie was that it took a bit too long for me to be romantic, especially since these two pen pals who've known each other for a full year before the film started didn't really do anything that romantic for the first half hour.
And you just said I'm not going into it with incorrect expectations, so do you mean I'm right about the movie?
Plus, as an aspiring critic, it's not going to be my job to agree with everyone. That's why critic is used as a derogatory term for people who are judgemental to an annoying point. If you find my critiquing to be annoying, you could just suck it up because I'm quite picky about movies. Strangely enough, I'm also optimistic to the point where I'll defend "bad" movies I like, like Good Burger. Critics hate it, I like it.
Also, that first post was talking about the first half-hour, not the whole movie. I was expecting the movie could either get romantic soon, or maintain as little emotion as possible. And yes, I was pleased with how it lived up to its romantic comedy status during the remainder of the film. It gradually got better. As a critic, I need to not let any fanhood of specific directors cloud my judgement. I love James Cameron's directing capabilities, but I'm not going to say I love Avatar. Decent movie. If you want, I'll watch it again sometime. But for now, I'd like to get to another movie.
Also, this may sound immature, but given how you handled our best vs. favorite discussion, I wouldn't really go to a trollish moderator for maturity advise. I'd go to a different moderator. You know, one who acts like a moderator.