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Originally posted by Cube Inmate@Oct 12 2005, 11:24 AM
Objectively, you clearly don't understand the meaning of the word "objectively."
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objectivity
n : judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
Casablanca is a better film than Deuce Bigelow. That statement is based entirely on observable phenomena, and is uninfluenced by my emotions.
I'm not so sure that Casablanca is a better film than Citizen Kane (Edit: I think this is what Cube Inmate was getting at with his list of films). I personally prefer the latter, but I can't objectively state that one is better than the other since the craftsmanship of both is at relatively equal level; it'd be like comparing Mozart to Beethoven.
Or to put it a different way, I
like Goldfinger better than Casablanca. That is purely a subjective opinion, but objectively I recognize Casablanca is the better film.
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Saying it doesn't make it so:
Canada is indisputably a better country than America.
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Objectively, Canada has a greater life-expectancy and lower rate of violent crime than America. So in those narrowly-defined aspects, yes, Canada is a better country than America. Subjectively, though, someone might prefer America for any number of reasons. There are also plenty of objective areas where the US is better than Canada.
The same cannot be said about Deuce Bigelow vs. Casablanca. In every conceivable category, such as acting, writing, cinematography, directing, music, and so on, Casablanca is clearly the better picture...unless you want to make "number of penis jokes" a measurable category.