It comes down to what you choose to notice, of course: I'm very good at blowing off things I can't be bothered with, other people be damned. There's no way I'm going to line up for a Star Wars movie, for example. Some things stick in your mind while others don't, too: I can still remember the first time I saw A Clockwork Orange and North By Northwest rather well (since we were talking about Hitchcock and Kubrick in another thread here the other day), but despite having seen Caddyshack at least a couple of times by now, the only thing I really remember about it is the gopher and Kenny Loggins' cringe inducing "I'm Alright."
I don't know, but I have a lot of great memories of goofing around with my friends about movies like Caddyshack and Star Wars. I guess I'm one of the sheep with low tastes in film! Or maybe it's childhood fondness. Movies are a very social thing I think. Certain generations have their defining movies and it sort of creates a connection for those people. A common ground. Whatever! I can't explain it. I know though that I was always able to relate to people a lot older than myself because I was a huge fan of older movies and television too. Again, I think it creates some sort of connection. Movies are more than just another art form. And even if that's how you judge moives, you can't hold every movie up to one standard of what is acceptable art. Or not. Just babbling now. ??)
I remember when I first saw A Clockwork Orange too. Love that movie despite my initial viewing at a VERY young age. Don't think I should have been watching it at seven or eight, but that's what comes from letting an older brother babysit. It was that Singin' in the Rain sequence that got my attention being a big Gene Kelly fan at that age. Surprise, surprise! Anyway, it did set off a minor obsession with the book and movie in my teen years.
Anyway, I think every type of movie has its place. They can't all be Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Truffaut. I can love a horrible B movie as much as anything if that's what I'm in the mood for. But yeah, it's not for everyone. It's funny because my brother recently accused me of not being a movie buff because I didn't want to watch some horrible straight to video movie with Armand Assante! He thinks movie buffs watch anything and everything. I don't know about that! I mean, if a movie has Dolf Lundgren in it, I'm pretty sure I don't need to watch it.
Sorry to be off topic Bill! But I love talking about movies almost as much as I love talking about music! Sorry!