Speaking of disagreeing with mainstream critics, I had a fun little exchange with Richard Roeper on Twitter a couple of days ago.
I tweeted a question in general to my own followers, wondering if GL was a movie the mainstream critics "just didn't get," but that fans would enjoy. I finished the tweet with, "For example, Roeper hated Fellowship of the Ring." Shortly afterward, Roeper got word of this (still not sure how!) and tweeted me back, saying, "Absolutely false. Gave it a mild thumbs-down and raved about the entire trilogy." So I replied with direct quotes of what he said on that particular show-- they're engraved in my memory, even now-- such as, "It never ends!" (and Ebert's shocked reaction!). I don't care if he liked the movie or not, but it annoys me that he's trying to go back and revise history now that he knows how great the trilogy was, and how well-regarded it is by almost everyone else. --Van On Jun 16, 7:23 am, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > Eh. RT is good if you want to see what mainstream critics are saying, > but pretty much all of the movies I have seen in the theaters and > enjoyed over the last few years have been "certifiably rotten" > according to them. (GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra being a prime example, > with a 33% rating but ranking as one of my favorite films of the > 00's.) > > On Jun 15, 10:16 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Link:http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/(viashareaholic.com) > > > Not looking good so far. 30 reviews, 20% approval rating. "Noisy, > > overproduced, and thinly written". -- 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.
