Why you should not trust American movie critics

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Victor

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I read the movie critics and have stopped believing their opinions.

Generally, they seem to very overrate movies or underrate them.
Very few movies deserve 100% rating, as on Rotten Tomatoes site.
By the way, rotten tomatoes is owned by one of the big studios.

If a movie is very original, it gets a good review, even if it is awful.
If a movie reveals social and racial injustice--great review because critics like that.
Critics enjoy violent movies, with some exceptions.
Most importantly, they often do not explain WHY the movie deserves their rating.

They don't care what seniors think.
We are not in the demographic target.
 

You're right, Victor, they don't care much about the Senior market. So many of us are on limited incomes, and would rather rent the movie at home rather than go out.

I give very little attention to critic's ratings. I don't watch a lot of movies anyway.
 
As a life long movie goer,for yrs I would watch weekly syndicated movie review show'Siskel&Ebert at the Movies'
Gene Siskel was the movie reviewer for Chicago Tribune, Roger Ebert at the rival paper,Chicago Sun Times
I always like hear what they thought of the films they were reviewing,giving either a thumbs up or down.I also liked the banter between the two
Gene died in 1999,Roger in 2013 Sue
 

Over the past few years, I have come to the conclusion that most movies are directed at those who are about age 14. The story line is usually almost non-existent, and the bulk of the movie is loaded with noisy special effects. I really haven't had an urge to go to a movie in the past couple of years.
 
DW and I don't go to movie theaters and watch very few American films. A good 75% of our TV watching are British films or TV series we get through Netflix or library. Another percent are foreign language films, again through Netflix or library. There are hundreds of good films and series out there ---- just not made (mostly) in the USA. We like characters, dialog, and plot. Brit films have this in spades. American films have violence and special effects with little character or plot. There are a lot of good, classic films from many European countries.
Just ignore the U.S. film market, don't worry about the 'senior market'. Look to other countries for good TV and film.
 
I liked Siskel and Ebert, too. Then Richard Roeper filled in.

Two things to remember: most movie critics enjoy movies, overall, more than the rest of us
so they are willing to overlook major faults and noise.
Also, it is in their best interests to encourage the public to go to movies, now more than ever
when everyone waits for the DVD.
 
Yeah, I agree. Movies are made for either 14 year old boys, or 20 something females. Those are the ones , who go to movies. I haven't been to a theater in decades. Since that is the audience for most movies, "critics" are "shills" for the movie industry. Ya know, don't bite the hand that feeds you.
And my pet peeve about cable TV Movies is the commercials. They average 3 minutes of "edited" movie to one minute of cable TV commercial. These are TV ads-, the $19.95 ads for junk stuff, which are on at least 10 times an hour.
 
Well, there are a few, very few movies every year that are worth
spending money to see on a large screen, depending where you live.
Used to be that summer and Christmas were the best times for movies,
but not any longer. I liked Christopher Robin last year (About Winnie the Pooh)
The large screen makes a huge difference.

I heard andsaw producer Gene Roddenberry speak( from Star Trek) say that the purpose
of television is to sell things--not to entertain. Period.
 

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