Anonymous OP 1w

i might not be articulating the second part super well, but the point is: i could not sit down and watch shawshank or interstellar or mr robot (tv but same point) at any time and feel content during and after. its true that after watching them i might say "that was a perfect movie" but perfection isnt usually what truly draws a persons true favoritism.

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Anonymous OP 1w

i ask a friend the plaintext question and they tell me the godfather. but i ask deeper, pinpointing THEIR favorite and out comes something wildly different. like my brother would eventually say happy gilmore, which he's seen like 8 times.

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Anonymous #1 1w

as much as i believe this is a joke, for me to say so would technically be the last point which i made. like its an horridly poorly rated movie, which iirc i didnt like at all myself - but the point of the social pressure thing is that i believe oftentimes people end up believing something which isnt truly their favorite movie (or thing in general) to be their favorite because it receives the least shame

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Anonymous OP 1w

i hear "venom 3 is my comfort movie" and i might scoff because i see it has abysmal reviews, i might go back and say "that terrible movie is your favorite? look at how much is wrong with it! its so bad, so completely thoroughly flawed!" which is putting you down because your taste in movies (things in general) seems weird/bad to me. your preference is "flawed" "inferior" "subpar" -- even if these are said by many people, its entirely subjective.

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Anonymous OP 1w

so psychologically and socially, after hearing that, youre inclined to hide your favorite movie when asked, instead saying "the dark knight" - and after a while it becomes semi-true. you geniunely might believe your favorite isnt morbius or venom 3 or whatever, but the dark knight, even if you dont enjoy them remotely as much.

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Anonymous OP 1w

No actually I watched it on a plane with my dad and we made fun of it, whenever I miss him I watch it again

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