{"id":21150,"date":"2012-04-27T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=21150"},"modified":"2014-07-14T13:56:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T17:56:58","slug":"do-you-get-into-fights-about-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=21150","title":{"rendered":"Do You Get Into Fights About the Movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think <a title=\"M. Night Shyamalan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director_smart.asp?search=M.+Night+Shyamalan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">M. Night Shyamalan<\/a> is a genius; others think he got lucky once or twice and sank into frustrating mediocrity thereafter. Maybe you spend hours arguing over whether or not today&#8217;s movies are as good as the classic films of yesteryear. What happens when someone impolitely dumps on a favorite film of yours&#8230;or overpraises a production you find to be sorely lacking?<\/p>\n<p>Irv not only writes a lot about movies, he gets to talk about them a lot\u00a0with people, too; what happens when he encounters disagreement?<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQevyY9KBsg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Art generally produces arguments among those who care. Irv and I just had one such discussion about <em>The Cabin in the Woods<\/em>. We kept it civil. (<em>Because he knows I&#8217;m right<\/em>) How bad do these contentious talks\u00a0get when <em>you&#8217;re<\/em> involved?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think M. Night Shyamalan is a genius; others think he got lucky once or twice and sank into frustrating mediocrity thereafter. 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