From the beginning, we never expected the moovies we were to watch would be award-winning or blockbuster movies. Our choices were limited to the public domain. Many of these we knew were B movies and not known for quality.

I am more forgiving with movies than the rest of the gang. I have in the past tried to like the movies I was supposed to like. Those highly acclaimed films that had won academy awards or garnered rave reviews or spoke of in high regard by film buff friends were, I assumed, were the ones I was supposed to like if I were to consider myself a film aficionado. It was a struggle.

It took many years for me to finally come out. I was confused and consistantly second guessing myself. When the end credits rolled I would think, "Everyone said this was a great film. Why did I not enjoy it?"

 It turns out I am not an film aficionado or film snob. I like to be entertained. Some movies entertain me. Some do not. 

A film maker associate of mine refused to discuss movies with me after I had admitted that I did not enjoy watching The Godfather series, but did enjoy Godzilla [1998] with Matthew Broderick. Gangster films aren't my preferred genre. Watch the humans running in terror from a skyscraper monster? Get me some popcorn!

I won't say that The Godfather wasn't a well made film. It was. I just couldn't enjoy it. There are well made, highly regarded movies I do enjoy. I have nearly memorized Citizen Kane. Years ago, I nearly wore out my VHS of Singing in the Rain. To Kill a Mockingbird still hits me emotionally. Not so great movies can do the same.

In fact, Godzilla [1998] still tugs the heartstrings at the end of the bridge scene. I'll admit, the egg hatching afterward was a bit of a groaner, but it didn't ruin the moovy for me.

I have also seen a lot of moovies that were bad. I mean gut-wrenchingly, mind-numbingly, so-horrible-I-get-physically-ill bad. Yet that is the fun. If it's a genre I like, but I can the strings on the UFO, I don't mind too much. At least it's not a Taratino movie.