At a talk on making a living in the arts on Friday, one of the panellists said, we shouldn't judge local works by Western standards. Some people watch too much Spielberg and then see something like "Fifteen", which is all jagged, and say it's not good! You laugh but some people say that!
Took all my self-control not to jump up and say "Fifteen" is a bad movie! It is! It's incoherent (jagged?) and self-indulgent and far too long.
(But all the panellists were impressive in their own right, and at least they're out there arranging music/singing/writing. I'll hold my peace.)