@korvus said:
@battlefront23: Being able to recognise good things about a movie has nothing to do with taste. I can recognise good things in a lot of movies I hate. I can dislike a great movie while knowing it's a great movie just because it's not in a genre I normally enjoy.
Well take the word taste, and apply it to what it is normally referred to; food. Now we can objectively say that someone who enjoys a home cooked and authentically made Cuban sandwich (don't know why that came up, maybe I want one! lol) more than a BigMac has better taste, right? And the one who likes BIgMac more has worse taste, even if he is convinced the BigMac is better. The Cuban sandwich, literally, is tastier.
And also, if you know you don't like the genre, that in and of itself means your critiquing or taste on that particular style is jaded. That's why I can't judge a lot of 70s music, including Pink Floyd and the like, as "bad music" merely because I don't like the style. I know it is critically acclaimed, so even though there is something holding me back from liking it right now, I would never call it "bad" music. And this brings me full circle.
TFA is a Star Wars film, which A) are primarily designed for children, and B) almost ALWAYS have recycled elements from previous films. To judge it as if it was supposed to be an Alien film, or a Star Trek film, or some other space fantasy/si-fi film series is unfair. You know what you're getting when you watch Star Wars. TFA just gave us a 2015 version of it, and people are bothered by a lack of originality? Many stories use repeat elements because if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
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