How to Be a Movie Snob in 5 Easy Steps

Step 2. Use Information as a Weapon

Knowledge is great. Gaining knowledge is fun. Don€™t ever let anyone tell you that the pursuit and dissemination isn€™t worth the effort. Only a true fool would say that.

But a true snob is a cut above. A true snob understands that the only reason to learn something is to throw it in someone else€™s face to halt all conversation, kind of like a cement block in the middle of the freeway. Remember that if someone likes a scene, you must IMMEDIATELY begin citing other movies that had similar scenes that were better. The more obscure the better. If you can find an unsubtitled, black and white short film in Uzbekastanian on scratched celluloid, that€™d be great for telling your friends where Joss Whedon stole the shot compositions for The Avengers. This is especially true for Quentin Tarantino films. Now, just because it may seem like everyone knows that he constantly homages other films, and just because he himself talks about that, cites the filmmakers he loves, and describes in shot-for-shot detail what he took and why, that doesn€™t mean that anyone knows JUST HOW MUCH he stole more than you! Be sure to interrupt any of your friend€™s descriptions of their favorite moment or dialogue exchange by obsessively listing the old movies that Tarantino specifically said he took as influence. And remember: When all of your friends refuse to hang out with you, it€™s only because they are so jealous of that beautiful brain of yours. That loneliness you feel only means that you won at being smart.