Why trust movie critics?

The problem with movie critics is that many of them dont know how to approach a film, a lot of them approach it in such a serious way that they miss the humor in it. Every time I see a movie with somebody, they always check the reviews and if the reviews say something bad or if one person says its bad then they dont wanna see it. And when they do see it, they have a fixation that it will be bad, that when I tell them that the movie is good and to just watch it, they set their expectations to high or openply look for faults that are not important or trivial. I just read the plot of the films and ignore the reviews, and most of the time it works out well, here are some films that got bad or mediocre reviews that I liked.

eight legged freaks ( a good campy movie)

running scared ( brutal and action packed)

silent hill ( not great, but an ok game adaptation)

wind chill

the quiet earth

The problem with movie critics is that many of them dont know how to approach a film, a lot of them approach it in such a serious way that they miss the humor in it. Every time I see a movie with somebody, they always check the reviews and if the reviews say something bad or if one person says its bad then they dont wanna see it. And when they do see it, they have a fixation that it will be bad, that when I tell them that the movie is good and to just watch it, they set their expectations to high or openply look for faults that are not important or trivial. I just read the plot of the films and ignore the reviews, and most of the time it works out well, here are some films that got bad or mediocre reviews that I liked.

eight legged freaks ( a good campy movie)

running scared ( brutal and action packed)

silent hill ( not great, but an ok game adaptation)

wind chill

the quiet earth

 

Film-Guy

I have never even heard of any of the movies you listed.

I actually recetly saw 2 movies which i liked, but apparently did not do well.

1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2. Joy Ride ( I know the story is not original, but I liked it)

I actually recetly saw 2 movies which i liked, but apparently did not do well.

1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2. Joy Ride ( I know the story is not original, but I liked it)

Film-Guy

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was really good, I liked it too.:) 

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

basersx

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

Do people actually make decisions based on other peoples opinions? Are people really that stupid/pathetic they can't tell if they want to see a film or not? I'm all for reviewing films to get your opinion out there but its just that, nothing more. Apollo5000

Maybe some, but movie reviews, like game reviews, show you if the movie was well made or not. Usually they aren't accurate but only the "stupid people" would take these reviews 100% seriously. 

[QUOTE="basersx"]

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

Film-Guy

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

You called the movies I listed crap!?!?  Those are some of the best movies of all time!!!  Your an idiot!  And you call yourself film-guy... LOL!!  What a joke!

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="basersx"]

I dont like many new movies. Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars.

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man etc.

90% of movies today total suck! Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

basersx

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

You called the movies I listed crap!?!? Those are some of the best movies of all time!!! Your an idiot! And you call yourself film-guy... LOL!! What a joke!

The critics insist on comparing films like "Land of the Dead" to deep classics. Just because I can't write a paper for film study class on it doesn't make it bad. Imagine if a hardcore shooter fan reviewed every game based on the criteria they look for in a game.  Every game that wasn't developed to satisfy them (shooters) would be shot down because it didn't hold up to a criteria it wasn't created to fit. Comedy movie doesn't have a believable plot? I could give a crap. I want to see a guy get hit in the balls and not have to think about what the director was trying to say with the scene.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="basersx"]

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

basersx

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

You called the movies I listed crap!?!?  Those are some of the best movies of all time!!!  Your an idiot!  And you call yourself film-guy... LOL!!  What a joke!

Your movies suck.  Oscar movies are the most overrated pieces of crap out there...I can't believe you liked zodiac...

[QUOTE="basersx"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="basersx"]

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

MM555

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

You called the movies I listed crap!?!?  Those are some of the best movies of all time!!!  Your an idiot!  And you call yourself film-guy... LOL!!  What a joke!

Your movies suck.  Oscar movies are the most overrated pieces of crap out there...I can't believe you liked zodiac...

what is so bad about the zodiac? it was a really good character based crime drama, I fail to see what is bad about it. Unless you are talking about the slasher zodiac from 2005 then yes I agree that that movie was bad.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="basersx"]

I dont like many new movies.  Usually the movies I like are the ones nominated for Oscars. 

I like classics like Casablanca, all Kubrick Films, Godfather, The Graduate, China Town, One Flew Over the Cooku's Nest, North by Northwest, Double Indemnity, The 3rd Man  etc.

90% of movies today total suck!  Little Miss Sunshine was very good last year though!

basersx

you gotta look beyond the crap dude, there have been some great recent movies, dont just look for oscar movies ( the oscars usually pick not very good movies anyway) here are a few films I enjoyed recently.

Point of fear

The Zodiac

Breach

sunshine

hot fuzz

the fountain

the listening

You called the movies I listed crap!?!?  Those are some of the best movies of all time!!!  Your an idiot!  And you call yourself film-guy... LOL!!  What a joke!

when did I call the movies you like crap:| I said look past the crap in MODERN movies and you will find gems.

My theory on movie reviews is that it's just filler in the entertainment section of the newspaper.  Nothing more.

like all reviews you really can't judge the review on what the score is.  Review scores are very speculative opinions that highly depend on what you value from a film.

For example: I give 300 a 9.0 on a 10 scale.  That's pure opinion.

Now if I was to review the film I'd then put my observations which can be seen as opinion but it's a much more tangable opinion.

"300 has alot of cool slow motion action scenes." now alot is based on the films I've seen before I feel 300 has more slow motion action than your average action film.  I also said these were cool which is purely opinion.  In reading this you can expect to see slow motion in the film, and that can be taken almost as a fact.

"I felt the film was as emotional as it should of been"  now here I state that this is mostly my opinion.  I hint that the director tries to pull on some emotional strings, but in my personal case he failed.

Now how I rate each success and failure comes to my final score, and most likely there's going to be people that agree w/ you and people that disagree no matter what.  The best thing to do as a critic is to help the reader explore whether they will like the film or not based on your observations. 

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

The problem with movie critics is that many of them dont know how to approach a film, a lot of them approach it in such a serious way that they miss the humor in it. Every time I see a movie with somebody, they always check the reviews and if the reviews say something bad or if one person says its bad then they dont wanna see it. And when they do see it, they have a fixation that it will be bad, that when I tell them that the movie is good and to just watch it, they set their expectations to high or openply look for faults that are not important or trivial. I just read the plot of the films and ignore the reviews, and most of the time it works out well, here are some films that got bad or mediocre reviews that I liked.

eight legged freaks ( a good campy movie)

running scared ( brutal and action packed)

silent hill ( not great, but an ok game adaptation)

wind chill

the quiet earth

 

basersx

I have never even heard of any of the movies you listed.

You're on a gaming forum and you've never heard of Silent Hill?