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| TalbainEric 5945th Post
 
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|  "Critics suck!"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 15:32
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
Egh. Just blowing off steam. What's your guys' opinions?
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| OmegaDog 1177th Post
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Fri 2 Apr 17:07
quote:
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
Egh. Just blowing off steam. What's your guys' opinions?
It's a matter of finding out which critics are best aligned with your own interests. Though several critics might give similar opinions, I don't imagine all critics have the same opinion of what makes a perfect movie. Don't know how you'd start a search for critics in that way, though -- I just kept reading different reviews until I found a reviewer I liked.
... it might even depend on what you're in the mood for at the moment.
I went to go see Kung Pow in the theaters with local friends. I was in the mood for a more intelligent kind of movie at the time, but I decided to leave that feeling behind so that I could remain with friends. The movie ended up being horrifically painful to watch at the time. [My friends enjoyed the experience -- both of watching the movie and of watching me writhe in pain in my seat.]
A couple years later, I again was with friends, chatting around the TV, when it was decided we should watch Kung Pow. I was in a jollier mood, but I had the memory that it was painful to watch. Still, I decided to stick around -- and I ended up laughing my ass off. (... though the heroine's squeals were still painful to hear.)
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| Minuteman
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Fri 2 Apr 19:18
quote:
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
Egh. Just blowing off steam. What's your guys' opinions?
You failed to even mention what movie is exactly ticking you off...and "The Passion" (from what I've seen) is widely acclaimed, multiple **** reviews. What reviews are you reading?
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| luisinan 823th Post
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| "Re(2):Critics suck!" , posted Fri 2 Apr 22:28
FYI, I usually say, 'don't listen to critics and opinions, form your own.' But sometimes it does help to get an opinion on stuff, and when that happens, I go to this website: rottentomatoes.com. The site tabulates movie reviews, averages them and gives the film a grade based on the averages. Maybe Eric is mad because Home on the Range got a 47% positive review rating. Hellboy got a 76% positive review ratiing. Shaolin Soccer got 87% positive review rating.
Remember how no one talked trash about Episode 1 when it first released. And then time passed and we all woke up from our comas. ha.
Sometimes its wise to listen to opinions, sometimes not. I really liked Torque but that movie got terrible reviews. You should also listen to people with similar tastes as yourself. And of course, never listen to people who only gush praise or say 'yeah, that's good' but don't go into detail or anything. Or 'yeah it sucks' but don't explain why either.
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| VariantX
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Fri 2 Apr 23:10
quote:
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
Egh. Just blowing off steam. What's your guys' opinions?
Their lives, so to speak, are to just watch movies and give their opinons about them. I honestly dont see a purpose for the existance of that career field to begin with other than some guy who didnt want to get a REAL job. It has no real world benefit.
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| DarkZero 693th Post
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Fri 2 Apr 23:11
quote:
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
The proper authorities have been made aware of the fact that someone's opinion, somewhere, differs from yours. The Police, Fire Department, National Guard, and US Marine Corps have all been dispatched. They should be arriving at your residence soon, in proper tactical attire, for the purpose of welcoming you to Planet Earth and telling you to STFU and deal with it.
Also, I'd just like to point out that someone making an off-topic post on a video game message board bitching about how other people have opinions that aren't the same as theirs just claimed that someone else, who writes for a LIVING (rather than in his extremely busy, social, and all-around "life-ful" spare time), has no life.
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| Kamui
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Sat 3 Apr 00:01
Reviewers are getting tougher and tougher with reviews becuase the movie industry in general is getting worse. Random movies based on very little are bieng pumped out at an alarming rate simply to please people who don't want to think and just want to be strait up entertained with over the top thrills. The human race, after comming home from a miserable day of work, deosn't want art, they don't want complications, they don't want to have to think, they want to be simply and easily entertained.
Whats wrong with this? Well nothing technically. There isn't anything wrong with someone wanting easy watching after a hard week. However, this deosn't help the quality of the movies comming out. The type of movie that sells in the US is the same type of movie that reviewers hate, the movie made to please stupid people. Movies not made to actually say something important in the eyes of the creater, movies not made to make the audience question and think, movies that do nothing visually new, movies not made to be works of art. Becuase these types of movies sell, we see less and less of the movies I consider works of art.
Reviewers bieng anal about what they deem good is a positive thing for the most part. If you want the movie industry to thrive in a positive manner you will agree.
Oh and for the record, IMO The Passion got the reviews it deserved. Using anger and guilt to push a religous idea on people instead of focusing on the positive aspects of that religion's teachings is ridiculous. The people falling for that kind manipulation should take a second look at the movie from a more seperated point of view.
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| Cain Highwind 350th Post
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| "Re(1):Critics suck!" , posted Sun 4 Apr 00:39
quote:
I'm talking about movie critics,I don't know about how y'all feel,but they piss my ass off.
It's like they expect every movie to be like other blockbusters these days and don't give it another thought. And I still say they all suck for giving "Passion of the Christ" a rotten rating. They're looking for perfections. They all suck.
Now,true,some movies do deserve harsh criticism,ala the Scooby Doo ones,(can't say much for Doo 2,haven't seen it),but the first one sucked. And Gigli deserved it,too. But other movies don't deserve the slams and jeers they get. Critics disect everything and look for every single flaw. Obviously half don't have lives.
Egh. Just blowing off steam. What's your guys' opinions?
You know, it's funny how you're talking about this, and you're absolutely clueless when people (namely me) hate how you flame Pixar movies for no good reason:
"Finding Nemo is overrated crap!"
"Have you seen it?"
"No"
"...."
Now, to be fair, there ARE some critics that are really picky and do what you say. That's one of the main reasons I hate Richard Roeper. He will do that most of the time. He'll always bash his fellow critic veteran, Roger Ebert (a man who I respect in the Movie Critic society) just because he sees the good in a film and Roeper makes himself sound all "superior" actually saying flat out that he's right and Ebert's wrong, end of story. Like Jackie Chan's The Medallion
Ebert: Nothign too exciting, but still has some great action sequences and is a worthy reccommendation. Thumbs Up.
Roeper: Thumbs Down! I can't believe you bought into this garbage. It's just the same old same old action. And that Medallion makes no sense, it should!
Ebert: You want a *logical* medallion?
Roeper: YES!
Ebert: 0_o
I agree with Omega Dog and Luisinan's thoughts too. Make your own opinions, however, finding a critic you "connect" with is helpful and that way you can have a decent idea of what a movie/game/etc is like before you spend your money on it.
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