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Originally Posted by piratehunter
And, no, I don't think Brokeback Mountain is a CF. I think the term itself is insulting, because it labels films a basic set of criteria that have nothing to do with what the film is. You cannot put "Aquamarine" and "Brokeback Mountain" in the same category, IMO.
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I haven't seen BBM so I can't comment on whether I think it's a CF. My initial reaction to Wikipedia's listing it was "really?" I would not have considered it a CF but I haven't seen it yet so I might change my mind later on.
I don't think the term CF is insulting since I think our views on it are fundamentally different.
You associate CF with "lack of substance" and I associate CF with "lots of romantic/emotional substance". Given that difference, it makes sense that you would consider the term to be insulting where I do not.
Now, I certainly do agree not all movies categorized a certain way are necessarily equal and I can't address your BBM vs Aquamarine comment since I haven't seen Aquamarine either.
Would you consider Terms of Endearment to be a CF, and therefore lacking substance (using your view)?
Peace...