Hey I like cinema from all over the world - Spain, Germany, Italy, France, S. Korea, Japan, Iran, Australia etc.. I like movies from 80 years ago. Some films I love are definitely up on a hipster's '100 films to see before you die or like... totally get bored of living' list.
It's not clear cut. There will be people who are unfairly labeled a hipster, then there are people that should be labeled a hipster who fly under the radar. But generally those that are trying hard to encapsulate alternative cool with every inch of their behaviour are noticeable. It won't just be their taste in movies, it'll be everything; the way they dress, talk, act, what they eat and drink, what they listen to... They live in a subcultural bubble of superficiality and pretension.
You might be able to tell hipsters are a personal gripe of mine, but that's mainly because I'm surrounded by them all the time due to studying at an Arts university. The repetition and blandness of it wares on me.
Yeah, I have to admit it doesn't wind me up as much as make me roll my eyes at them. Actually, part of me pities them. If they're hanging onto the coat-tails of anything which is seen as cool, how are they even understanding or enjoying all of it? That's such a sad way to live your life.
I like some truly embarrassingly bad things and I like some things that are so avant-garde that I'd be equally insulted for mentioning them. The only things they got in common is that I like them and they mean something to me. You sound pretty much the same.
Actually, when you describe hipsterism as a bubble within which all things are chosen for a certain value, it does begin to sound quite annoying.
P.S. I lied. I've just realised there are two English-language horror films I quite like. Wolf Creek was pretty good too. But yeah, Funny Games is just brilliant. Especially Michael Pitt. I'm trying not to introduce spoilers but the sheer throwaway casualness of the final murder still haunts me.
Is it normal that I had to google what a hipster is?
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Hey I like cinema from all over the world - Spain, Germany, Italy, France, S. Korea, Japan, Iran, Australia etc.. I like movies from 80 years ago. Some films I love are definitely up on a hipster's '100 films to see before you die or like... totally get bored of living' list.
It's not clear cut. There will be people who are unfairly labeled a hipster, then there are people that should be labeled a hipster who fly under the radar. But generally those that are trying hard to encapsulate alternative cool with every inch of their behaviour are noticeable. It won't just be their taste in movies, it'll be everything; the way they dress, talk, act, what they eat and drink, what they listen to... They live in a subcultural bubble of superficiality and pretension.
You might be able to tell hipsters are a personal gripe of mine, but that's mainly because I'm surrounded by them all the time due to studying at an Arts university. The repetition and blandness of it wares on me.
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Yeah, I have to admit it doesn't wind me up as much as make me roll my eyes at them. Actually, part of me pities them. If they're hanging onto the coat-tails of anything which is seen as cool, how are they even understanding or enjoying all of it? That's such a sad way to live your life.
I like some truly embarrassingly bad things and I like some things that are so avant-garde that I'd be equally insulted for mentioning them. The only things they got in common is that I like them and they mean something to me. You sound pretty much the same.
Actually, when you describe hipsterism as a bubble within which all things are chosen for a certain value, it does begin to sound quite annoying.
P.S. I lied. I've just realised there are two English-language horror films I quite like. Wolf Creek was pretty good too. But yeah, Funny Games is just brilliant. Especially Michael Pitt. I'm trying not to introduce spoilers but the sheer throwaway casualness of the final murder still haunts me.