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Re: a few things
--- Don Smith <dasmith at rotse2_physics.lsa.umich.edu>
wrote:
> Sometimes I wonder if it's
> possible at all to evaluate the quality of art
> beyond "I liked it" in any kind
> of objective manner, or if our attempts to define
> standards of good
> craftsmanship are just post facto justifications of
> our subjective preferences.
And then said:
> it always
> strikes me as curious how and when people decide to
> move from "I didn't like
> it" to "it was bad".
and moved on to say:
> but if the statement changes
> to "it is bad", that's a claim about the film
> itself: can it be evaluated for
> the same kind of truth content as "the film is in
> black and white", or is the
> question fundamentally different?
The way I see it, all the things you are saying are
equal. A person can not like the film *and* think it
bad, because everyone has subjective definitions of
what good and bad are. Not everyone has take a film
study class and can use a pre-determined set of rules
to say that due to form or design, a certain film is
bad or good. For most people, watching films is a
form of entertainment and most folks don't apply a
rigorous set of rules to the subject matter when
sitting back and enjoying themselves.
So, I say (for me at least) it seems that people *can*
make the distinction that they did not like a film
because they thought it was bad. After all, aren't
the most base human judgements "good" and "bad"? To
compare the two along with a definitive set of rules
like black and white, or film noir or black comedy
doesn't seem logical to me. I don't know of anyone
who has laid out a set of guidelines stating that if a
film falls into "this" category is is bad, or "that"
category is is good.
just my thoughts,
M
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