seriousfic

It seems like this post is trying to dismiss everyone who didn't like the film as merely unreasonable. Every critique I've seen legitimately argues it's a poorly constructed film made with a lot of skill which can be more frustrating which can be more frustrating than merely bad. They've found it hokey and implausible on its own terms. The expectation isn't documentary realism, but being plausible within its limits, and it's not. The spacejesus stuff is criticized as misusing religion to make a shallow movie seem deep. The biggest complaint is many good ideas and themes are used in a mediocre and unengaging way (par for the course for the writer of Lost). I don't think it's a matter of letting amovie do it's thing - paying attention to a story means thinking and if a story cannot handle basic audience engagement, it's not because people care more about the best putdown. It's because many movies aren't very good.