# Equipose, we know you're a movie snob, get over yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874 "2012-06-12T03:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/41 "2012-06-12T19:10:23Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Since when is walking distance the criteria? For someone who doesn’t drive, as I don’t, or someone who doesn’t wish to drive a long distance. FWIW the theater in question is just barely closer than the nearest bus stop, and I don’t live in a tiny village or anything (Greensboro, NC). Thank heavens for Netflix. > [@](#): > > Are we going to have to revive the [“not intended to be a factual statement” meme?](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/not-intended-to-be-a-factual-statementhttp://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/not-intended-to-be-a-factual-statement) I’m not the slightest bit familiar with that nor do I wish to indulge in links to internet-funny websites. But since when did did it become necessary to write en pointe to avoid confusing those those who cannot, or do not wish to, discern clear hyperbole? If local theaters show _very few_ watchable films that are neither sequels nor in franchises, **Twickster** ’s comment was clearly meaningful (if perhaps too boldly stated). It’s one thing to encourage others to seek out smaller-budget or independent films, but quite another to berate such persons for browsing the traditional venues and judging the offerings to be underwhelming. That’s blaming the victim. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/42 "2012-06-12T19:16:59Z")
How is it the film industry’s fault you chose to live somewhere with poor theater selection? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/43 "2012-06-12T19:34:22Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > For someone who doesn’t drive, as I don’t, or someone who doesn’t wish to drive a long distance. FWIW the theater in question is just barely closer than the nearest bus stop, and I don’t live in a tiny village or anything (Greensboro, NC). Thank heavens for Netflix. I don’t drive, and never have. But even in Kansas City, Missouri I can get to theaters showing _The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel_, _For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada_, _Crooked Arrows_, _Bernie_, _Monsieur Lazhar_, _Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding_, _Salmon Fishing in the Yemen_ and _The Kid with a Bike_ just by taking one bus. > [@](#): > > I’m not the slightest bit familiar with that nor do I wish to indulge in links to internet-funny websites. But since when did did it become necessary to write en pointe to avoid confusing those those who cannot, or do not wish to, discern clear hyperbole? If local theaters show _very few_ watchable films that are neither sequels nor in franchises, **Twickster** ’s comment was clearly meaningful (if perhaps too boldly stated). The meme was Senator John Kyl flat out lying when he claimed that “well over 90% of Planned Parenthood’s activity is devoted to performing abortion”. When the untruthfulness of this was pointed out, his staff released a statement that his claim was “not intended to be a factual statement”. It was a real breakthrough in the ignoble history of lying. > [@](#): > > It’s one thing to encourage others to seek out smaller-budget or independent films, but quite another to berate such persons for browsing the traditional venues and judging the offerings to be underwhelming. That’s blaming the victim. Way to move those goalposts. **Twickster** claimed something ridiculous and provably false was a FACT and **Equipoise** called her on it and gets a totally undeserved load of shit about it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/44 "2012-06-12T19:40:12Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipoise_%28album%29), actually. Happy Rhodes. You’ve probably never heard of her 😉 I have heard of her, actually. I met **Equipoise** for dinner just prior to a Happy Rhodes concert. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/45 "2012-06-12T19:58:25Z")
Really poor pitting. I don’t think **Equipoise** can be fairly accused of being a movie snob, she seems to like all sorts. On the whole I like reading her posts. It’s actually OK for someone to have an interest in something and express it. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/46 "2012-06-12T20:04:03Z")
> [@Myrnalene](#): > > Equipose is occasionally annoying but she was correct in the linked post. > > twickster seems to think the movies that are shoveled at her at her local cineplex are the only movies that exist. That is lazy thinking, and she is wrong. Equipose was pointing out that um duh yeah, there are plenty of other movies out there. My feelings coincide with this with a dash of this: > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Equipose does get very pretentious when blathering on about films though. Perhaps **Equipose** doesn’t understand how pretentious and condescending she seems when she gets going about movies. IME people who are seriously passionate about things aren’t always aware of how they present that particular topic. Whether its the superiority bleeding through or the not knowing when to stop (coughHappy Rhodescough) or whatever, they usually aren’t doing it on purpose. They’re just talking about what makes them zing and are unaware of how it looks to their audience. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/47 "2012-06-12T20:09:02Z")
I think they’re both right, in a way. The complaint was made in a Tony Awards thread. The Tony’s celebrate achievement on Broadway. Broadway shows are high cost, high risk endeavors, the summer Blockbuster of the theater world, and are known for favoring adaptations over completely original works. The real original works are all going on Off Broadway, where budgets and risk are low. Movies are similar, a huge percentage of your big budget, blockbuster type movies are sequels or adaptations of successful works. Yes, there are tons of original works, low budget art house movies, the Off Broadway of movies. What’s rare, in both worlds, is a completely original Big Budget Broadway Blockbuster. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/48 "2012-06-12T23:38:30Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’ve become occasionally irritated in the past by some of **Equipoise** ’s apparent condescension in movie threads, but i also figure that many people often seem that way when talking about things that they spend a lot of time on. They sometimes give the impression that the rest of us are somehow inferior for not taking as great an interest in their obsessions as they do. I’m sure i’ve come across that way sometimes on certain topics. I’m on board with this. Very often she really rubs me the wrong way. But I just figure it’s her passion overtaking her. > [@Myrnalene](#): > > Equipose is occasionally annoying but she was correct in the linked post. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/49 "2012-06-12T23:50:27Z")
I’ll take her review/recommendation of a movie over Ebert. I can’t name a person more knowledgeable about movies and the cinema. Your “condescending” is just “passion” in my view. Go ahead, ask me about the difference in professional quality tools or Irish /Scottish/Breton music and you’ll be calling me condescending in less than 5 minutes too! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/50 "2012-06-13T02:02:29Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Perhaps **Equipose** doesn’t understand how pretentious and condescending she seems when she gets going about movies. I wouldn’t say “pretentious.” I think she’s loquacious\*. \*He said, pretentiously. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/51 "2012-06-13T03:33:11Z")
Oh my, I just saw this thread. Sorry, I was at the movies, blowing some guy in the back of the theater for the 5th time today. I haven’t read the Tonys thread since I posted this morning, I said what I wanted to say, and I wasn’t going to post in this thread but, well, I can’t help myself and I really do have to thank all those kind people defending me, those who like me, and those who find me annoying but defended me anyway. That’s so nice of you all. > [@etv78](#): > > Once again, Equipose can’t help but criticize people for their heathen movie tastes. He’s taking people to task fo having audacity to complain that Broadway is following movie’s lead of retreading material. You know perfectly well I was not criticizing anyone for their movie tastes. If you got that out of my posts you need to work on your reading comprehension. What’s really silly is being Pitted and thought of as a pretentious “superior” snob based on a couple of posts in a thread about Broadway plays. I’m annoying, orphan, but it does come from passion. If you think I’m always sticking my nose in it/up in the air you haven’t been paying attention. No reason why you should, of course, but believe me, I don’t post about movies anywhere NEAR as much as I could. I often don’t have a lot of time, but I even tend to avoid most movie threads. Contrary to seemingly popular belief I don’t want to be considered a Know-It-All with an opinion on EVERY movie. Too late, I guess, but I honestly do keep my mouth shut most of the time. I don’t start threads about movies I love anymore. If you’re tired of me giving my opinions every now and then, and defending movies when the situation warrants it, I’m tired of being snarked at because I love movies, and Happy, and **Attack The Block** (too bad for **A Monkey With a Gun** , we don’t own a toaster.) I’m not going to go looking for for the post, but aren’t you the one who said something in that other thread about mentioning a string of movies no one’s ever heard of? That’s pretentious? I’d good-naturally accept being called a pretentious snob if I always went on and on about movies like Melancholia, Tree of Life, Citizen Kane, Jean-Luc Goddard, French cinema of the 1930’s, and other such high-brow stuff. I like those things but good god man, my favorite movie of last year was **Attack The Block**. Not any of the Oscar nominees, not the ones that are always on critics Top 10 lists, but a low-budget alien invasion movie. How snobby is that? Other favorites from last year and recently were often low(er)-brow genre comedies and martial arts movies. The Guard, The Raid: Redemption, 13 Assassins, Troll-Hunter, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, …oh wait, maybe you haven’t heard of these, in which case I don’t want to sound all pretentiousy. I should find something you may have heard of that I liked. Um…er…maybe you’d better tell me the movies you’ve heard of and I’ll tell you if I liked them. [QUOTE=Paranoid Randroid] It’s one thing to encourage others to seek out smaller-budget or independent films, but quite another to berate such persons for browsing the traditional venues and judging the offerings to be underwhelming. That’s blaming the victim. [/QUOTE] I have nothing but sympathy for those who would love to see smaller, original independent films but can’t because they live in places where those types of movies are rarely shown, or for other reasons, such as having children or being a broke student or whatever. I have no sympathy for someone like **twickster** who lives in a big city with dozens of choices, and ignores them. Don’t misunderstand, if someone’s not into movies and not interested in seeking out those films, that’s fine. But don’t say, don’t state as if it’s a fact, that _all there is to see_ is sequels and prequels and remakes and reboots, when it’s so clearly untrue for someone who lives in a large cosmopolitan city. With pretty good public transportation too. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/52 "2012-06-13T03:49:26Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > So there _are_ movies out there other than _Battletits_, _Men in Black Men 3_, and _Snow Wet and the_… well, you get the idea. Wake me when _Salmon Fishing in the Semen_ starts. ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/53 "2012-06-13T04:30:45Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Oh my, I just saw this thread. Sorry, I was at the movies, blowing some guy in the back of the theater for the 5th time today. See, that’s awkward, because once the movie ends you have to ask him about all the scenes you missed. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/54 "2012-06-13T05:29:05Z")
> [@mister\_nyx](#): > > See, that’s awkward, because once the movie ends you have to ask him about all the scenes you missed. Nah, I’ve got it down to a science. I can watch the screen at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/55 "2012-06-13T06:24:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Also “movie snob”. Seriously? Equipoise is a person who sees a _lot_ of movies. A “movie snob” only sees the “right” movies. Her list included Sasha Baron-Cohen’s _The Dictator_ for fuck’s sake! That is hardly the list of a “snob”, but of someone who sees a whole shitload of movies. This is only too true, and invalidates the whole pitting, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/56 "2012-06-13T06:33:17Z")
\*\*Equipoise \*\*is most certainly not a movie snob. She is, however, a movie enthusiast, and like all enthusiasts, is often perceived - rightly or wrongly - as someone who looks down on dilettantes. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/57 "2012-06-13T06:46:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > \*\*Equipoise \*\*is most certainly not a movie snob. She is, however, a movie enthusiast, and like all enthusiasts, is often perceived - rightly or wrongly - as someone who looks down on dilettantes. I am new here so I don’t know what is in this forum the definition of a movie snob. I have come across social snobs though. Based on this a movie snob could be a) a person who thinks s(he) knows which movies are good and which aren’t and looks with disdain those who dont share her/his choices b) a person who disdains those who don’t know so much about movies as s(he) does or thinks s(he) does c) a person who calls:rolleyes: arty movies ‘films’ d) a person who only watches non-Hollywood movies e) all of the above ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/58 "2012-06-13T07:05:32Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > **Equipoise** sounds familiar…like the name of a horse-steroid or something close. 😕 Interesting username… > ETA: Yep, I _knew_ it sounded familiar. > [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=equipoise%20horse%20steroid&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CF8QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fexpress-press-release.net%2F32%2FWhat%2520Is%2520Equipoise%2520Steroid.php&ei=8sLWT9ekDOnf0QGi0u2iAw&usg=AFQjCNFe8VOtVy-vkuhnwdbmVVicagqNdg) well, Equi means that pertains to the horse (‘equine’ ) it also means ‘equal’. Poise means being in a state of balance, so equipoised could mean to be in a state of equilibrium There was a famous horse called Equipoise so, hm maybe the Equipoise in question is a self-confident mare who writes (and maybe talks, No! that was Mr Ed) and is a movie (film) buff. By the way, quantity is not the same as quality. Watching every movie in town doesn’t mean you are a movie expert or that your are opinions are more worthwhile than the rest of us, it simply means an obsession with dark places and plenty of time in your hands and your mouth according to her. I thought watching a movie with subtitles was multitasking but I stand corrected, watching a movie, reading the subtitles and giving a blow-job THAT is multitasking Maybe she was also chewing gum :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/59 "2012-06-13T07:09:58Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > \*\*Equipoise \*\*is most certainly not a movie snob. She is, however, a movie enthusiast, and like all enthusiasts, is often perceived - rightly or wrongly - as someone who looks down on dilettantes. I thought a dilettante was someone who does nothing and for instance sits all day watching movies i.e. doing nothing Of course it also means someone who is only superficially interested in a topic, sort of half-hearted. so yes, then according to this she is not a dilettante when it comes to movies ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874/60 "2012-06-13T07:31:01Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > My feelings coincide with this with a dash of this: > > Perhaps **Equipose** doesn’t understand how pretentious and condescending she seems when she gets going about movies. IME people who are seriously passionate about things aren’t always aware of how they present that particular topic. Whether its the superiority bleeding through or the not knowing when to stop (coughHappy Rhodescough) or whatever, they usually aren’t doing it on purpose. They’re just talking about what makes them zing and are unaware of how it looks to their audience. (…they usually aren’t doing that on purpose.) I just wish you’d spelled that _poipoise._ aka Curly/the Three Stooges. whup whup whup whup whup [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equipose-we-know-youre-a-movie-snob-get-over-yourself/624874.md?page=4)