Cinephile is a common term that is used to describe people who love movies or are obsessed with watching movies. While being a cinephile is not a bad thing at all, it is seen as one due to the behavior of some people who claim to be a cinephile or a movie buff.
Cinephiles are people who have affection towards movies. These people have interest in watching films made all over the world. You can be alucky person if you are friends with a movie buff because they will recommend you all the best movies and can help you in figuring out what to watch according to your mood. However, in the influence of social media and internet, many cinephiles have developed some habits which could be frustrating at times. Let’s take a look at some of these problematic habits.
Rejection of mainstream
It is a known fact that mainstream cinema does not invest really in the storytelling. It is show business which makes movies to make money. The industry aims to increasing their profits but one cannot ignore the fact that they have produced some of the great movies of all time. Hence, one cannot entirely neglect them or reject them. Instead, there is a need to address the problems and issues in the mainstream cinema so that people can make more compelling movies. However, there are many cinephiles which completely reject the mainstream cinema. Even actors and filmmakers of indie cinema have claimed several times that not all indie films are good and not all mainstream films are bad, but there is a huge section of cinephiles who refuse to accept mainstream movies.
Defaming less knowledgeable
One of the most irritating habits of cinephiles is they laugh and ridicule people who have not watched a movie. Not all people have watched the same numbers of movies and not watching a movie is not a crime, which is something cinephiles need to understand. They laugh at person and sometimes defame them for not watching a move, as if everyone likes watching movies.
People have different taste
One should understand the fact that we all are different from each other and we have different likings and taste. Like we have different choices and favorites in foods, colors, drinks, tourist places etc, we can have different taste in movies too. It is not necessary that everyone should like a critically acclaimed movie. One can love mindless action or comedy film or they can like a romantic mainstream movie. What cinephiles do at times it they find it hard to digest that people can like different movies.
