Grumbling in the Fandom

[Diamond18]

Fact of Life: Humans love to grumble. Complaining actually makes us feel good!<P>We all grumble about different things (for instance, grumbling about other people grumbling). Personally, my favorite things to grumble about are: my job, writer's block, the slowness of my internet connection, computer problems, car problems, the dog, and the fact that my alarm doesn't always go off when I set it. I hate to be told not to grumble about these things (you could say that I grumble about being told not to grumble. )<P>So, I've stopped bothering to complain or "correct" people who grumble about things I like. Because art forms such as literature, movies, music, clothing/hair styles, etc. are all subjective and no one has to like everything. I do get annoyed when people speak as though they hold the ultimate truth as to what makes a good or bad movie/book/song, and that anyone who disagrees is stupid or brainwashed. There's no need to get ugly and make death threats against people who create things you don't like, even if it's an adaptation of something you like. And it's just plain childish to attack or degrade people who happen to like or tolerate what you don't like. But I see no reason why one can't at least complain about it in a civil fashion, especially amongst other people who will complain about it with you (or at least nod and say "mm-hm" ). It's releasing. I'd still be mad about Faramir if I hadn't been able to complain about it on this forum.<P>Personally, I enjoy many popular movies today and think that Stanley Kubrick is synonymous with "mind numbing form of torture". But that doesn't mean I expect everyone to agree with my tastes, or am petitioning for the destruction of Kubrick's movies.<P>Grumble and let grumble, I always say...