NWR: yet sort of wine related

"A snob is a person who brandishes borrowed notions of distinction, whereas I — by temperament as well as by profession a critic — have devoted much of my life to the disinterested application of true standards of excellence."

I just can't.
 
"What I’m trying to say is: Yes, fine, I am a snob. I revere the formal achievement of the first and most recent 'Mad Max' movies. I sneer at most biopics and costume dramas. I like my pleasures slow and difficult. I would rather watch a mediocre film from South America or Eastern Europe about the sufferings of poor people than a mediocre Hollywood comedy about the inconveniences of the affluent. I look up in admiration at models of artistic perfection, sound judgment and noble achievement [my emphasis, because, WTF?], and I look down on what I take to be the stupid, cheap and cynical aspects of public discourse."

And somehow, I like some of this guy's reviews.

This is the worst kind of mishmash. Earlier, he adheres to "true standards of excellence" but now he champions watching "a mediocre film from South America or Eastern Europe." Du charabia complet.

The "formal achievement of the first and most recent 'Mad Max' movies"? What even is this?
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
On a different but related note, I hope all here are faithfully reading Manohla Dargis, the bright light in film criticism.
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There is the matter of her enthusiasm for Edge of Tomorrow to contend with. That is 113 minutes of my life that I will never get back.
 
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