Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A New World
This is my first step into a world I didn't know too much about. Give me some time so I can get some more personality breathed into this page and it could be worth your time.
A joke from the critics
Seriously. When has it ever been acceptable for a respectable publication to refer to an actor in a film as being "one cool dude". Did they intentionally lift that line from "Zoolander" to prove a point? ("Listen to your friend Billy Zane. He's one cool dude.")
I often think about film reviews and the journalists that conduct those reviews, mainly because I initially started my studies to become one. Whenever I hear that a mediocre film gained a good review, I'm skeptical. Case in point: MacGruber. Now, this was before I saw it's score on Rotten Tomatoes (45% which, hell, still kicks the shit out of Sex and the City 2, which currently stands at 16%).
Maybe it's a sign of boredom in my everyday life whenever I begin to blatantly distrust film reviews. When I heard people were giving MacGruber good reviews, I could only think of one reason why: A joke cleverly orchestrated by Film Critics' from around the world in order to draw audiences into a theater where they sit insufferably for an hour and a half as their souls softly die with each failed joke.
Perhaps it would be payback for the massive audience out there that flock to go see such critically disregarded films of the past, such as "Soul Plane" or, well, anything starring Snoop Dogg or Larry the Cable Guy. Now, I know those films do have their audiences and those studios make lots of money from said audiences, but still, wouldn't it be nice to see film critics just prey upon one really terrible flick?
Imagine Ebert giving House of the Dead a Four Star review, a film so plagued with errors that if one were to make a drinking game out of them then one would die (While on the topic, how the hell did they score Clint Howard? Was he desperate for money? I mean, sure he's Clint Howard, but for God's sake, he's Clint Howard!).
I'm sure that journalistic integrity prevents any credible source from even thinking about doing that, but seriously. Pick one really BAD movie, something cringeworthy. Give it Stellar reviews. Hell, have the studio take out money for special advertisements that hype it up even more. They'll make their money back. I think the masses may be able to forgive ill-advised film reviews. After all, for the two people who liked Gigli, do they hold grudges against all of the negative reviews that film had? Okay, bad example...
I often think about film reviews and the journalists that conduct those reviews, mainly because I initially started my studies to become one. Whenever I hear that a mediocre film gained a good review, I'm skeptical. Case in point: MacGruber. Now, this was before I saw it's score on Rotten Tomatoes (45% which, hell, still kicks the shit out of Sex and the City 2, which currently stands at 16%).
Maybe it's a sign of boredom in my everyday life whenever I begin to blatantly distrust film reviews. When I heard people were giving MacGruber good reviews, I could only think of one reason why: A joke cleverly orchestrated by Film Critics' from around the world in order to draw audiences into a theater where they sit insufferably for an hour and a half as their souls softly die with each failed joke.
Perhaps it would be payback for the massive audience out there that flock to go see such critically disregarded films of the past, such as "Soul Plane" or, well, anything starring Snoop Dogg or Larry the Cable Guy. Now, I know those films do have their audiences and those studios make lots of money from said audiences, but still, wouldn't it be nice to see film critics just prey upon one really terrible flick?
Imagine Ebert giving House of the Dead a Four Star review, a film so plagued with errors that if one were to make a drinking game out of them then one would die (While on the topic, how the hell did they score Clint Howard? Was he desperate for money? I mean, sure he's Clint Howard, but for God's sake, he's Clint Howard!).
I'm sure that journalistic integrity prevents any credible source from even thinking about doing that, but seriously. Pick one really BAD movie, something cringeworthy. Give it Stellar reviews. Hell, have the studio take out money for special advertisements that hype it up even more. They'll make their money back. I think the masses may be able to forgive ill-advised film reviews. After all, for the two people who liked Gigli, do they hold grudges against all of the negative reviews that film had? Okay, bad example...
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