Me Movie Snob; You Apolitical Drone

I can recount countless times that I have been called names. I have been referred to as all varying grades of humanity. But, one recurring name that has been used to label me is "movie snob."

The decision has been made for me to utilize this opportunity to defend myself.

Let us, momentarily, compare the world of movies to the world of food. Because an individual chooses to eat grilled grouper and mixed vegetables over a bed of rice pilaf rather than a Big Mac with fries and a Coke we do not call them food snobs. The movie world is not so different. Big Mac Movies come out every weekend and they set box office records every month. With this surplus of movies, should I be condemned for opting to seek out movies with something different, something meaningful, something thought provoking? Well, all I know is that we do not condemn all these yuppies on their Atkins diets and we do not denounce health food nuts; instead, we praise them for being motivated.

I think of myself as a motivated consumer of movies.

Some people say to me, "What is wrong with just being entertained? I don't want to have to think all of the time." To those people I say thinking is not a burden, it is your way of breaking the bonds of your class, breaking the bonds of your ability, breaking the bonds of reality. Thinking is dreaming; dreamers have more fun; and, most importantly, dreamers affect change.

The reason people have come to consider thinking as burdensome, in my humble opinion, is because the ruling class has always encouraged apolitical masses. Since the outset of modern civilization our societies have had a hierarchal structure. It only makes sense that rulers would find the most effective measures of making the masses over which they rule more docile subjects. One such example: religion. Christianity tells us that "Thou shall not steal," but common sense tells the Peasant Isleepinthestreet that when he is starving and King Lookatallmyshit is up to his neck in chicken legs that he should take some of this surplus so he deosn't die. Therefore, the ruling class created police. They give them the motto "To Protect and Serve," but you never see them protecting one man in the ghetto from the other man in the ghetto, no they are there to protect Dr. Lookatallmyshit's stuff.

This may seem like a digression, but it is not, have faith...........That was a test!!! Never have faith, have thought. Don't believe that someone will handle the journey of life for you, handle it yourself and enjoy it along the way.

Okay, so seriously, the reason I made the whole peasant and police digression was because the reason people think they do not like challenging movies or thought provoking movies, the reason they think they simply wish to be entertained is because they have been conditioned to think that if they are apolitical they are comfortable. Maybe not though, maybe challenging convention can be thrilling, maybe being drawn outside your comfort zone can be sexy.......maybe not, this is only my opinion...............Where does a 400lbs gorilla sleep??????????????????????? Anywhere he wants.