do folks with generic movie tastes bother you?

you like what you like and others like what they like, what do you care what anyone likes? you ARE a snob

Not at all, to me films are primarily to entertain. It doesn't make a person smart because they like to over analyze films, often that can lead to a lack of enjoyment of many films because they are not good enough or "stupid". We have a poster on this board that seems to hate most movies and I think its because they expect more of them than a person should. Films are entertainment, anything they provide beyond that is bonus.

It doesn't bother me much, but I do find that people, even movie enthusiasts, don't have much exposure to pre 1970s movies... This is unfortunate and is only matched by people's ignorance of foriegn language cinema...

Pre-1970 American cinema is underexposed... In particular movies from the 50s and 40s, yet they are very watchable and accessible to our contemporary audiences... The colour movies and the black and white movies look great...

I think a great thing happens when we watch movies from before the 1970s, we reach beyond the movies that have influenced most people alive, including 'most' current filmmakers and critics, we get exposed to the sensibilities and ideas of a earlier generations and develop empathy for them when we recognise the humanity in their art... It really broadens our understanding of what film can do...

Plus, there are loads of great, fun and entertaining movies from the past... People are missing out 😉

I like to recommend earlier movies. Hitchcock is easy to recommend, as his thrillers from the 40s and 50s are so watchable and run circles around a lot of thrillers of today in terms of mood and atmosphere and sheer entertainment value... A gateway drug to that era... Elia Kazan movies, like Splendor in The Grass are worth recommending as dramas.. Very moving, beautiful people (Natalie Wood as eye candy😎)... etc...

I wouldn’t say it bothers me. To each their own.

I'm with you on this point.
One thing that may bother me, maybe bother isn’t the right word , perhaps surprises
Is a better word are people who won’t watch movies that are in black and white or won’t
watch foreign films.

If you’re a true movie fan why would exclude some of the greatest films ever made?

I would say way over half of my top 100 movies are either black and white or foreign.
Some are even BOTH ! I know , I know. **loudly gasps in astonishment**

Well what would you consider the right answer to this question? Hereditary?
Not everyone is into gruesome movies and that is okay.

No. Movies that are considered "generic" favorites tend to be very good, very impactful movies, which is what makes them common choices.

Kind of like the single from an album -- It's generally the best track, or at least the most marketable/playable/radio-worthy/catchy/etc.