Roeper's never said anything about video games. Ebert never said they were crap, only that they weren't art. That was one of the few dumb things he's ever written, by the way. It's a shame that's the only reason a lot of people have even heard of him.Gigahart627
Considering how freakin expensive movies are nowadays, I do listen to them. But in any case, the golden rule is
Friends>Critics I don't give a damn about
TboneKing
I'm of the opposite opinion. Most of my friends are idiots, and wouldn't know a good movie if it bit them on the ass.
Of course, a lot of film critics don't know anything either. But there are a lot of film critics, so it's not that hard to find critics who don't suck.
I'm of the opposite opinion. Most of my friends are idiots, and wouldn't know a good movie if it bit them on the ass.
Of course, a lot of film critics don't know anything either. But there are a lot of film critics, so it's not that hard to find critics who don't suck.
MrGeezer
Ditto to that. I have a tendency to either wait until movies go to the cheap theater, or just wait until they come out on DVD. There are a few that I will see in a theater (my choosing of course), and obviously, if on a date, you have to let the woman pick. I never listen to film critics though. They spend all their time analyzing a movie, and no time enjoying it.
When Star Wars came out, And I'm talking about the original release of Episode 4 in 1977, every film critic bashed it. They called it garbage, the worst sci-fi movie of all time. All of the papers in Philly gave it 1 star or less. I then went to the drive through theatre with my parents and saw that amsterpiece. That was the last time I ever took a critics opinion to heart.
It seems the further media gets, the easier it is to judge anything. Game critics I generally agree with. Movies critics are varried though, like there's always a half who likes it and a half who doesn't. With books, the critics are ALLLL over the place. Award winning books are very often complete snores and vice versa.
I don't have a lot of money to spend on watching movies so I can't go see everything that might interest me. If the movie's getting tons of bad reviews, that's not to say I wouldn't enjoy it, but I'd rather not risk it.
Yeah sure, if the movie has a good buzz then it might get me interested in watching it even more. But I usually just watch the films I was interested with from the beginning and find out the hard way.
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