Movie reviews are bull$hit most of the time.... for me anyway 😕 (films, theater)
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Okay I know opinions are subjective but judging movies by movie reviews is not the way to go IMO. Roger ebert gave the new mad max movie a 5/5 but I absolutely hated that movies!!! It was the most boring and stupid movie I have every seen. Movies that get bad reviews like the movie girl in the spiders web are infinitely more watchable imo.
97% critic approval for the 2015 Mad Max? Something very odd there. It did very little for me as well. Went well over my threshold of "tolerable violence". A lot of people do seem to seek out gratuitous violence though - Quentin Tarantino has built a successful career out of catering to their desires.
I have always ignored the critics. What they value has little relation to what I seek. I do find the audience evaluations to be far more helpful.
It is very interesting when a movie becomes a box office smash in spite of low ratings by both critics and audience alike. Decent example is the Transformers series: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tra..._of_the_fallen
Change what you view....most independent films or art films are full of tasteful,
quality viewing....
IMO, most blockbusters....made to make lots of money with scientific effects and loud, loud noise with lots of violence. Is that REALLY what you want to watch?
Try Turner Classic Movies on cable, independent films at the theater or Netflix etc. Develop a REAL taste of film.
Since there are 7.5+ billion people in the world, with 7.5+ billion different personalities, it only stands to reason that some people's likes/dislikes of movies will agree and disagree with those that are considered "professional" critics/reviews who get paid doing it for a living. I would take any review, especially when dealing with art, be it movies, TV, music, etc. with the biggest grain of salt!
It is interesting to see what places like Rotten Tomatoes say, but all those reviews has never caused me to want to see a movie or not want to see a movie, I'm my own person. Having said that and knowing how "sheeple" people can be, I can see how many just end up agreeing with whatever the critics say, good or bad.
Okay I know opinions are subjective but judging movies by movie reviews is not the way to go IMO. Roger ebert gave the new mad max movie a 5/5 but I absolutely hated that movies!!! It was the most boring and stupid movie I have every seen. Movies that get bad reviews like the movie girl in the spiders web are infinitely more watchable imo.
The Roger Ebert "brand" lives on forever! Basically, people who work for RogerEbert.com review movies, then the review is posted as a Roger Ebert review. In the case of Mad Max: Fury Road, Brian Tallerico was the guy who actually wrote the review for the Roger Ebert brand.
The Roger Ebert "brand" lives on forever! Basically, people who work for RogerEbert.com review movies, then the review is posted as a Roger Ebert review. In the case of Mad Max: Fury Road, Brian Tallerico was the guy who actually wrote the review for the Roger Ebert brand.
Ahh. That would explain President Lincoln liking "King Kong" on facebook. We live in a strange existence.
This is true harry but if I recall his widow Chaz retained the authority/rights to the Roger Ebert brand, thus it is still "alive" after his passing. He was a very beloved commentator and critic in Chicago.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ˈiːbərt/; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.
Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic", Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as "the most powerful pundit in America", and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America".
97% critic approval for the 2015 Mad Max? Something very odd there. It did very little for me as well. Went well over my threshold of "tolerable violence". A lot of people do seem to seek out gratuitous violence though - Quentin Tarantino has built a successful career out of catering to their desires.
I have always ignored the critics. What they value has little relation to what I seek. I do find the audience evaluations to be far more helpful.
It is very interesting when a movie becomes a box office smash in spite of low ratings by both critics and audience alike. Decent example is the Transformers series: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tra..._of_the_fallen
The Mad Max films don't skimp on brutality. Beyond Thunderdome is the only one that got toned down some.
In the second film, The Road Warrior (1981), we see:
A close-up of fingers severed;
Myriad injuries and deaths caused by arrow/bolt/pistol/shotgun;
A protagonist is nailed in the back by Lord Humongous' steel spear;
Death by steel boomerang to the head;
Countless people run over by the tires of heavy armored vehicles;
More deaths by explosions and collisions galore...
Maybe the Mad Max saga simply isn't for you. It's not about a caravan of peaceniks spreading the message of joy.
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