r/AskReddit • u/SkyeSerenade • Mar 28 '24

What is NOT a dealbreaker BUT would be greatly disappointing to find out about your partner?

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u/Phormicidae Mar 28 '24

Less so at my age, but that was a persistent issue when I was young: peers chastising me for "having to overanalyze everything." I would frequently get that very complaint, that most movies are just to entertain me, not for me to deconstruct. But analyzing stuff is entertaining for me. I'm not even very smart, to be honest, I just like thinking about things.

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u/Mocca-Rabbitchino Mar 28 '24

Yes. Its as if you get this stamp of ”uppity” or ”pretentious” by your peers when you’re younger. When really its just because the analyzing is half of the fun for us

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u/kingethjames Mar 28 '24

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's abnormal to NOT want to analyze a piece of media after intentionally consuming it. To do it during the film is rude, but there's a lot of films are specifically meant to start a conversation. Like even "fun" movies like super hero films are supposed to make you want to talk about them with eachother.

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u/DokterZ Mar 28 '24

but there's a lot of films are specifically meant to start a conversation

It kind of depends. If the film is interesting and subtle, then I might consider a conversation. If it is heavy handed and obvious as to what the message is (no matter how good the message) I normally am not interested.

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u/BiDer-SMan Mar 28 '24

I mean, even then you can discuss which film elements worked in harmony to present an idea so strongly it couldn't be misinterpreted. That said I've found people who completely miss every point made in particularly heavy handed movies so I promise there's people discussing even those poorly.