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Poll: Five 'stages' of reaction to defend your favorite movie ...

Similarly to the famous 'five stages of grief' (without taking the words too literally) which of these immediate reactions is the closest to yours when someone (on IMDb or elsewhere) 'attacks' your favorite movie?

Discuss here

Results of 981 votes:

  1. 1.

    Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

     
    ACCEPTANCE : Well, what else can be said? It takes all sorts to make a world, you certainly have your reasons and I guess there's no need to get on an argument to know who's right or wrong. We can't l…
  2. 2.

    Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson in Schindler's List (1993)

     
    BARGAIN : All right, you're entitled to your opinion, but we can discuss it, can't we? Surely there are things you like about this film, what are they? As for the things you didn't like, can you pleas…
  3. 3.

    "It's A Wonderful Life" Jimmy Stewart 1947 RKO / **I.V.

     
    ANGER : What the hell you think you know about movies to be so negative about this one? How many times have you seen it? If you have some personal bias or issues, that's your problem but I don't need …
  4. 4.

    Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in Persona (1966)

     
    DENIAL : No, it is not. It's not even a matter of taste, the film is great, period. Say what you want, there's no way anyone can hate this movie, I'm not saying this because it's my favorite, but beca…
  5. 5.

    Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)

     
    DEPRESSION : So, you're telling me that the film I revere the most, the film I dedicated most of my time to, is just a piece of garbage? Why so negative? Why do you feel the need to ruin someone's ent…

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