Bashing: vb, hostile comment directed at a particular individual or group...

[The Saucepan Man]

Thanks SoNo. Yes, that is rather an over-simplification of my view.

I have no problem with intelligent debate about the films. I have engaged in it myself many times, expressing both praise and criticism for various aspects of them.

But there is a tendency here to harp on and on about this or that "disliked" aspect of the films. Sometimes it's intelligent debate but quite often it is simply criticism for the sake of it. And even when backed up by sensible reasoning, when people make the same criticisms over and over again whenever the opportunity presents itself, I call that bashing. Or repeated knocking, if you like.

There is also a tendency on this forum to focus on the criticisms and gloss over the films' many good points. Which is human nature perhaps, as controversy is always more likely to provoke people to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) than satisfaction. But it does tend to give a certain impression of people's opinions of the films which is perhaps not always the correct one.

Ultimately, though, I have no problem with critical analysis, bashing or a combination of both. It's just, as I said in one of the other threads, it's so last year.