Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Every genres has it's pluses and minuses eh. 12 Angry Men is one of my favourite films easily. Just to have stagework and the incredible acting of 12 unglamourous men unfurl on screen was amazing. The crime itself is pretty uninteresting. Just Henry Ford engaging us all with his doubt and ability to place that in his opponents' minds.
I like Con Air too, even if i don't like to admit it. And Teenwolf.
Psychologically you make mention of "obscure" foreign films being not your bag, when all you already know is that they are not obscure because of their calibre, but because of the monetary ruling of mainstream releases. Run Lola Run was cool. You should see El Violin that i saw the other day. Not hidden due to it's depth or zillion artistic layers that no other man could sink himself in, but that it was made in Mexico with an unEnglish tongue and hand.
It's the same as with everything: you get out what you put in. If you follow things and dare to hunt, then you'll find something special. Just as you ideally don't just accept the first woman who happens to fancy you, unless you know immediately she is the real one for you. You look about a bit rather than simply sit and wait for some corporate giant to tell you how she ought to be.
I think now with the increasingly tiny internet-laden world that nothing takes long to look up and discover. But then film is supposed to a passion of mine so i might hunt that bit harder, while with your passions i'll always be in arrears (fnar) and no news story i write from the knowledge i store will be as good as yours.
*waffle*
You speak wisely, bwana. Likewise, I couldn't hold a torch to your uniquely entertaining scribings.