[deebosong]

I concur. Even amongst buddies, colleagues, acquaintances, yada yada, those who insinuate that something is easy to do are often times insulated from the process/ grind, have little to no experience in the work, and/or are in positions of influence and power where they feel entitled to others doing it for them.

Same individuals, when put to the task to do the thing they claim is easy, either refuse constructive criticism from people with more experience and make something pretty bad in quality with many details overlooked and left unaddressed, or give up and come up with excuses.

Makes me think that even crappy movies that are easy to eviscerate, are still pretty dang difficult to make. This isn't to say crappy movies deserve coddling and undue praise when it fails at what it sets out to do, but focusing on the notion that just because something doesn't resonate with you as a consumer of the work of art, and because it appears simple, that somehow, you as the person who rejected it are just as, if not more capable, to make something slightly better, is 99 times out of 100 rooted in a delusional pride. I've def done this as well, and ate plenty of humble pie along the way (just to level the playing field, so to speak).