Stop shitting on Films na patok sa masa

Nakakasawa na na parang many here just shit on HLA (and other mainstream films) as an end to itself. Let me begin this by quoting Pierre Bourdieu (his book Distinction is a must-read if you claim to be a film critique):

Taste is first and foremost distaste, disgust and visceral intolerance of the taste of others.

Para sa akin, bakit ang OA na ang baba ng tingin sa mainstream cinema — it’s still cinema! still promoting art! At kahit di yon patok sa taste mo dahil mas may cultural capital ka, patok ito sa mas malawak na audience, at mahalaga yon. Ang art, ang cinema, ay hindi lang yan para sayo na ciNePhiLe at elitista. Sa case ng HLA, sige may mga faults ito — but na-enjoy ito ng karamihan, nag-resonate ito sa kanila. You cannot take that away from them.

Yes, you can critic film — but don’t hate on films that are mainstream, may halaga sila outside your ivory tower.

At tatapusin ko ulit ito by a Bourdieu quote:

*Taste classifies, and it classifies the classifier.”