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I sometimes watch Anime. Need I say more?

Casual pleb since late 2013.


My favourite quotes on film criticism

- "Movies made for "everybody" are actually made for nobody in particular. Movies about specific characters in a detailed world are spellbinding because they make no attempt to cater to us; they are defiantly, triumphantly, themselves."

- "A critic should not be a ventriloquist's dummy, sitting on the knee of the public and letting it put words into his mouth. The only critics of any use or worth are those who express their OWN opinions, which the readers are then free to use or ignore. Anyone who believes a critic must reflect the views of the public has not thought much about the purpose of criticism."

- "A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it."

- "Realistic films show the physical world; animation shows its essence. Animated films are not copies of "real movies," are not shadows of reality, but create a new existence in their own right. True, a lot of animation is insipid, and insulting even to the children it is made for. But great animation can make the mind sing."

- "No good movie is too long. No bad movie is short enough."

- "Movies do not change, but their viewers do."

- "Every great film should seem new every time you see it."

- “Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”