Well, critics are supposed to be biased. It's their job to have an opinion, which will often be at odds with the general public. I know several, and they are film geeks who have seen far more cinema (and a greater variety) than the average person ever will. One of my good buddies is a film critic, and though we have often disagreed about movies (He was underwhelmed by "Star Trek;" I loved it.), I have never doubted his sincerity in forming an opinion about something. Like Cary said, Roger Ebert, in particular, has praised plenty of big popcorn movies.
On Jul 2, 7:09 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Money != art. Pirates of the Carribean 3 made 1 billion including DVD sales. > Like I said, I like some stinkers too; just be able to admit they smell. > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:12 AM, matisleonhart > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Yeah that why it already has 250+ mill! > > > On Jul 1, 10:56 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I can understand disagreeing with a critic, but unimaginative Ebert > > > ain't. Biased? Maybe, but I don't think so. He's spoken well of action > > > flicks in the past; the only bias is against poorly made movies. > > > Poorly made may have no impact on your enjoyment of a film (I loved > > > Starship Troopers, but can admit it's a stinker). > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Sionede <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Critics are biased and unimaginative. The movie was very good. Where > > > > the first one focused on humans, the second one was more aligned with > > > > the cartoon and focused on the Autobots v Decepticons. It involved > > > > great fight scenes, and the dialog did push the envelope for its PG-13 > > > > rating. No one in the theater seemed to notice the length of the movie > > > > until it was over. > > > > > On Jun 27, 10:49 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm sitting this one out; the bad ratings have turned me off of it. > > > >> The > > > >> quote that did it was from Roger Ebert:"*Transformers: Revenge of > > > >> the Fallen > > > >> * is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated > > > >> by three > > > >> or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot > > > >> humping the > > > >> leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save > > > >> yourself > > > >> the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing > > > >> the music > > > >> of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. > > > >> Then close > > > >> your eyes and use your imagination." > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:34 PM, matisleonhart > > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > >>> Who saw the new transformers movie and what did you think. I just > > > >>> came > > > >>> back from seeing it in imax and I thought it was awesome. I did > > > >>> however that there were way too many sexual joke in the movie for > > > >>> that > > > >>> to be pg-13- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
