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DaveC426913 said:Not that I want to come down on you like a ton of bricks, but you remind me of many people who seem to feel that movies are an opportunity for showing how clever they are.
They miss a point that everyone else gets intuitively. The act of watching a movie - for all but these types - is premised by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief" . Key word here being willing.
We can all choose to stand outside a movie (or a party for that matter) and criticize what's going on. This is a defense mechanism for those who are insecure. If one goes into it willingly and confidently, one can let the experience carry them along serendipitously without it threatening their intelligence.
Or maybe he legitimately isn't scared by movies and his sense of humor is geared towards pointing out the obvious? If you really think about it, its funny that we can be scared by things that we know are going to happen in movies such as the candle situation.
Many people go into horror movies with a humorous mindset (myself for one because I am always looking for subtle yet obviously funny things, and horror movies are among one of the best places to search for those kind of things). I don't really think its a defense mechanism for being scared in most cases, some people just have a generally comedic mindset.
Similarly, for your above statement someone could make the case and say that you came back at him to prove that you are say... wise, or have a deeper meaning of things than most(and I am sure you could make the same case for my post here). Or maybe that's just actually how you think. its all relative is my point. This isn't an attack btw, I am just pointing this out... or maybe I am trying to sound like a philosopher...
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