i remember back in the 90's when movie critics were good
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Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Siskel and Ebert 
The best movie critics imo are now on YouTube (Red Letter Media, YourMovieSucks, etc.). Only thing is that I wish I knew of some good black movie critics with a YouTube following. If y’all know of some, put me on
They weren't good, you were impressionable. By you, I mean "we"
Hell nah.. They used to always shyt on movies that went on to become classics ex. Big Trouble in Little China
This is the dumbest shyt I’ve seen here today. Critics have “opinions” and those opinions are just like yours. Sometimes they’re more informed because they come from people who study film but nothing has changed since the 90s. Or 80s. Or whenever. Movie criticism is an art not a science and the problem here is so many cats believe it’s the latter.
There are more than a handful of movies that are held up as classics now that were shytted on when they first dropped. The shining? shytted on. The thing? shytted on. It’s not about “trusting” a critic or not trusting a critic; that’s the most sheepish thought process you can have. If you find someone who’s taste aligns with yours then read that person and either let them be the final word or let yourself be the final word.
If you need a critic to tell you what’s worth seeing or not worth seeing then why are you in a place called the film room?
There are more than a handful of movies that are held up as classics now that were shytted on when they first dropped. The shining? shytted on. The thing? shytted on. It’s not about “trusting” a critic or not trusting a critic; that’s the most sheepish thought process you can have. If you find someone who’s taste aligns with yours then read that person and either let them be the final word or let yourself be the final word.
If you need a critic to tell you what’s worth seeing or not worth seeing then why are you in a place called the film room?
I dont give a damn about any movie critic...lol
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Veteran
Only critics you seen back in the day were industry vets writing for major magazines/newspapers and Siskel & Ebert which weren't that many excluding critics that wrote for local newspapers. With the internet you are exposed to 10 times more even armchair critics on forums
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Now is the perfect time to revive The Critic. Jay Sherman gotta shyt on this crap out. 
