i remember back in the 90's when movie critics were good

[StraxStrax]

If you don’t do the art yourself, the critique doesn’t matter to me

 

[PortCityProphet]

Now is the perfect time to revive The Critic. Jay Sherman gotta shyt on this crap out.

That show used to have me
Now thats something that would be a dope reboot. All the ether that could be dropped now

 

[PortCityProphet]

The best critic is always gonna be yourself. If something looks dope from the trailer give it a shot and if it sucks then bush it and start something else.

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

It’s what reviews we are exposed to, I believe. It’s not that there aren’t some well written, critical movie reviews out there, it’s just that if you search for reviews from the direction of the movie instead of following writers, you’ll probably just run into positive reviews or reviews made to make the film move.

 

[zayk35]

Never cared for what critics said about shyt after age 13. I remember reading a review of New Jack City in my local paper and it was basically calling it the worst film ever made, it was called "a drug fueled fairytale of urban life " if I remember correctly. Same thing with "Boyz in the Hood" and most black movies. Then I'd see the actual movie and love it. And when I was 13 New Jack City was the best movie I'd ever seen up until that point. So since then it's always been fukk a critic

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Never cared for what critics said about shyt after age 13. I remember reading a review of New Jack City in my local paper and it was basically calling it the worst film ever made, it was called "a drug fueled fairytale of urban life " if I remember correctly. Same thing with "Boyz in the Hood" and most black movies. Then I'd see the actual movie and love it. And when I was 13 New Jack City was the best movie I'd ever seen up until that point. So since then it's always been fukk a critic

Interesting so at that time in my life I used to read the reviews in the Rocky Mountain News (rip) every Friday. Dude would give out grades and review the major movies dropping and I remember New Jack getting a very good review. I was legit surprised.

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Only critic opinion worth a damn is Your OWN

 

[MartyMcFly]

Only critic opinion worth a damn is Your OWN

Nah. Film room says you need to consult everyone and their moms, a tomato meter, meta critic, your local paper, Twitter, and then finally yourself. And if you disagree with them, they can’t be trusted. It’s the dumbest shyt

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Nah. Film room says you need to consult everyone and their moms, a tomato meter, meta critic, your local paper, Twitter, and then finally yourself. And if you disagree with them, they can’t be trusted. It’s the dumbest shyt

Damn if they gotta do all that I can only imagine how they choose their favorite cereal

 

[Zero]

I don’t trust critics or reviews for shyt when it comes to art

Music reviews are the fukking worst.

If you don’t do the art yourself, the critique doesn’t matter to me

 

[MartyMcFly]

Damn if they gotta do all that I can only imagine how they choose their favorite cereal

Mikeys taste test

 

[OVER]

Movie criticism always been fallible. A lot of Robin William's family movies were shytted on because some critics couldn't stand his style of humor and were waiting for his run to be over and now some of y'all call them "your childhood" https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/robin_williams

Comedy and horror you know you can't trust a critic.

The only thing now is that they seem more political like they'll overate or shyt on something for what they feel it represents.

 

[old pig]

They weren't good, you were impressionable. By you, I mean "we"

basically...and there were limited sources of reviews w/ little feedback from the general public outside of a handful of comments under newspaper reviews

 

[old pig]

Siskel and Ebert

I remember one of them was overly pretentious w/ his picks...I’m tempted to say it was the skinny bald one

 

[old pig]

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?

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