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Movie critiques that were terrible in hindsight
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:48 pm
The top 3 movie thread sent me down a rabbit hole and I found the following concerning Predator:
“Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times described the film as "grisly and dull, with few surprises."[29] Dean Lamanna wrote in Cinefantastique that "the militarized monster movie tires under its own derivative weight."[30] Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times proclaimed it "arguably one of the emptiest, feeblest, most derivative scripts ever made as a major studio movie."[31] Variety wrote that the film was a "slightly above-average actioner that tries to compensate for tissue-thin-plot with ever-more-grisly death sequences and impressive special effects."[32] Adam Barker of The Monthly Film Bulletin found that "unfortunately, special effects have also been substituted for suspense" and that "the early appearance of the Predator makes the final gladiatorial conflict predictable, and the monster's multiple transformations also exhaust interest in its final appearance."
Good stuff.
What are some of your top critic review gaffes?
“Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times described the film as "grisly and dull, with few surprises."[29] Dean Lamanna wrote in Cinefantastique that "the militarized monster movie tires under its own derivative weight."[30] Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times proclaimed it "arguably one of the emptiest, feeblest, most derivative scripts ever made as a major studio movie."[31] Variety wrote that the film was a "slightly above-average actioner that tries to compensate for tissue-thin-plot with ever-more-grisly death sequences and impressive special effects."[32] Adam Barker of The Monthly Film Bulletin found that "unfortunately, special effects have also been substituted for suspense" and that "the early appearance of the Predator makes the final gladiatorial conflict predictable, and the monster's multiple transformations also exhaust interest in its final appearance."
Good stuff.
What are some of your top critic review gaffes?
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 9:50 pm
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Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:53 pm to Sun God
With all the shitty reviews ever written about great films, you pick a review written about Predator?
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:55 pm to Kafka
Kafka you son of a bitch
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:56 pm to Kafka
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:02 pm to Kafka
Didn't Pauline Kael hate Star Wars?
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:02 pm to Sun God
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:05 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:so do I
Didn't Pauline Kael hate Star Wars?
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:07 pm to SoonerK
Siskel and Ebert were fricking idiots.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:10 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:Siskel was terrible and knew nothing about films or filmmaking.
Siskel and Ebert were fricking idiots
Wasn't a huge fan of Ebert either but he was certainly preferable to Siskel, who got his job b/c he happened to be working at a paper when the movie reviewer position opened up
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:11 pm to Kafka
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My guess is that The Godfather will be a quickly forgotten as it deserves to be.
This guy posts here.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:35 pm to dbeck
The Shining’s critiques were terrible. I’ve read the Shining, and sorry, Kubrick’s rendition was better.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:43 pm to dbeck
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My guess is that The Godfather will be a quickly forgotten as it deserves to be. This guy posts here.
That’s because it’s not that good, simple as that.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:44 pm to Sun God
The bigger point about this is the amazing picture of how times have changed. Back then Siskel and Ebert were the portal for the majority of people to know what was good cinema and what was bad. They were the original movie critics. There was no Internet and there was no rotten tomatoes.
I have no issue with their thoughts on this movie. It’s just interesting to look back in time And see how industry was reviewed by critics back then.
Obviously aliens was a fantastic movie but we get the privilege of hindsight whereas they didn’t.
I have no issue with their thoughts on this movie. It’s just interesting to look back in time And see how industry was reviewed by critics back then.
Obviously aliens was a fantastic movie but we get the privilege of hindsight whereas they didn’t.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:47 pm to SquatchDawg
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Obviously aliens was a fantastic movie but we get the privilege of hindsight whereas they didn’t.
They critiqued the movie before watching it?
No wonder their reviews are terrible.
Posted on 6/29/22 at 12:05 am to Sun God
Ebert gave Die Hard (2 stars out of 4).
Thrillers like this need to be well-oiled machines, with not a single wasted moment. Inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot and prevent it from working.
Thrillers like this need to be well-oiled machines, with not a single wasted moment. Inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot and prevent it from working.
Posted on 6/29/22 at 1:07 am to Sun God
Posted on 6/29/22 at 2:28 am to Sun God
Critical circle jerks over films like American Beauty and The English Patient.
Posted on 6/29/22 at 2:47 am to meansonny
quote:Walt Disney was told by virtually everyone in Hollywood his outrageously expensive color full length animated dwarf movie was going to be a disaster. "Disney's Folly". His own wife said he was a fool
They critiqued the movie before watching it?
No wonder their reviews are terrible.
Snow White garnered $12 million in 1937, becoming the most successful film of all time at that point, shattering The Jazz Singer's $6 million record. It made more internationally than Jazz Singer did total. In 1937 millions of people who had never seen any movie ever, were traveling miles to see Snow White. Cover of Time Magazine 1 week after release. Critics universally amazed by the animation, calling it required viewing, a work of art fit for a museum. Adjusted for inflation it is still a top 10 all time grossing film, the #1 all time grossing animated film. And a continuing merchandising/franchising property for Disney generating millions.
Posted on 6/29/22 at 2:52 am to Sun God
Critics are writers with great vocabularies and no creatve talent.
Posted on 6/29/22 at 2:57 am to DaleGribble
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Critical circle jerks over films like American Beauty and The English Patient.
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