I enjoy serious entertainment as much as the next guy. Some of my favorite movies of all time are The Shawshank Redemption and Good Will Hunting. I have the ability to compartmentalize between the book and the movie, I treat each like its own story. Like two persons going through the same experience but having slightly different stories, due to different vantage points and memory imperfection.sig230 wrote: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:23 pm I rather believe that mine may well simply be screwed. I really enjoyed the Tolkien books and the Kipling books and even the Rowling books and even George RR Martins Fire & Ice novels but can't stand the movie or TV adaptations and have never been able to watch a single Star Wars movie in one sitting.
Most Marvel movies of recent years are mindless entertainment, and some are more comedy than drama. I watched them mostly for cool special effects and CGI. Many are about as entertaining as watching a Disney street parade, I don’t expect anything beyond cool tricks, flashy colors, and pretty people.
Then again I may have an extra wide range of enjoyment. I love jamon Iberico de Bellota costing $200 a pound, but I’m still ok with a Walmart ham costing $3 a pound.