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Last Jedi is rated too high but it doesn't mean that every big movie deserves 90% like how Gene Shalit use to rate them??? It deserved more than star wars for sure. Are you trolling?
Last Jedi is rated too high but it doesn't mean that every big movie deserves 90% like how Gene Shalit use to rate them??? It deserved more than star wars for sure. Are you trolling?
Last Jedi is rated too high but it doesn't mean that every big movie deserves 90% like how Gene Shalit use to rate them
There always seems to be a disconnect at least recently between the audience and the critics,for example, critics love star wars last jedi but fans hate it. Infinity war was massively received by fans, while critics only have it at 83% on rotten tomatoes.
I used to read critic reviews, now I avoid them. They all seem to piggyback off each other, that is...if the critic consensus is that a film is good, other critics parrot this. The same for if the film is considered bad.
I feel that today especially, films are reviewed based on merits outside of the quality of the actual film. For example certain films seem to get high reviews because they adhere to leftist socio-political standards. As an example of that example, I feel last jedi only got good reviews because it had a diverse cast, not because of the merit of the film.
I feel the same way slightly about Black Panther. I think it is a great film, but overhyped due to the wrong reasons.
Anyone else feel this way?
Why do you think critics and fans don't agree? And do you think films are reviewed by critics based on the wrong things?
I trust @Clippy more than Rotten Tomatoes
I used to enjoy watching Siskel & Ebert on Sunday mornings as a kid. Obviously people didn’t always agree with them but for the most part they were pretty good. Critics today seem to be the super poor mans version of them extra mean cheesie etc.
I lost some respect for them when they would re-review movies. For example, they re-reviewed Ace Ventura and gave it thumbs up. I mean, ive changed my mind on films before, but I wasn't watching with critical eyes.
Same here. He used to be my #1 most reliable movie reviewer.
After he gave The Last Jedi a positive review, not addressing its obvious faults I know he would have noticed in the two times he watched the film before posting his review.
Critics skewered the prequels, but they almost universally praise the new movies... because of Disney.
Who's eyes were you watching with
Who's eyes were you watching with