The incorrectness of professional critics

[lilsniffs3]

Really, how many times have you seen a great movie but the critics say its bad? Or vise-versa? I read terrible reviews in the paper about Cloverfield, and I found the movie to be okay. I remember reading that the movie was "too fast-paced" and I was like "Dude, you think the monster is going to just rest everytime it attacks?"

Another movie I saw with similar professional critic reception was To Save a Life. My CCD class was going to see it and if you dont go you have to stay in class. So, wanting to skip class I saw the movie. It was kinda good. Yet.....critics called it horrible simply mocking it for being a Christian movie.

Anyone else see movies that were like these?

[Cerebus]

Well I'm not really one to watch movies a lot... but I do some times check critics or short review for certain games, which in some way, is kinda the same. More than once I've seen bad review about games I actually liked, or good review about games I didn't like. One thing you have to remember though is that no one likes the same things.

But I do agree some times critics are just... overacting or such.

[fruckert]

Everyone has disagreements with other people over things, these guys are just respected for it for...some reason.

[Darkfox]

They'll give good reviews to whatever will give them the most $$$, duh.

[Legacy of Elecrusher]

I've never been/cared about a critic. It's all opinionated BS.

[supasora]

Cloverfeild sucked, but thats my own opinion. If you liked it that's good for you, that means the time you spent watching it wasn't waisted. Critics are suppoused to help people decide if they like a movie or not, but I wouldnt be surprised if there was some money involved in some reviews. *cough* Avatar *cough*

[SaiKar]

Critics tend to make judgments about something's whole package. But the average moviegoer doesn't care about costuming and sound production, so if a critic approves of something's whole package where a lot of their approval is based on things the public doesn't care about, then the review tends to be fairly useless.

In short, critics don't really know their own audiences.

[Darkfox]

Look, people can say this and that, but in the end it is all money driven.

[SaiKar]

wtf @ your avatar

[Avnas]

I hated Transformers 2 and 2012.

[Darkfox]

wtf @ your avatar

See "Whoever Posts Last", it is incorrectly placed in an ad that is seen on eBuddy and some sites as a full popup.

[Prpl_Mage]

Critics are just people's opinions, and people's opinions differ between people. Would you give good critics to a chick flick with NO nakedness?
Would you give a bad score to a movie with a LOT of blood and explosions?

It's all about what people think about what they do.
And if a movie was really expensive to make - papers will praise it.

For example(although it's a game): FFXII recieved like 9/10 scores from most websites. But the game really suck. "It's the best final fantasy of all time" is pasted on my box. That's not true at all.
So there is money in praising movies and games, that's why companies have PR people - since critics found in papers or otherwise public networks need a job.

[HobomasterXXX]

Critics are just people's opinions, and people's opinions differ between people.
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"It's the best final fantasy of all time" is pasted on my box. That's not true at all.

Huh?

[Prpl_Mage]

Huh?

People who criticize games and movies are persons like you and me who have their own interests and things they like and dislike. Some people like animated action - others don't. You can read what a person thought of the movie but his opinion about movies can be very different from your opinions on movies.
Like - you think the matrix is an awesome movie. He thinks that the matrix is a silly movie with far too much sci fi and unrealistic scenes.

And about the other thingy. When I bought FFXII there were two stickers. first one said "The biggest game of the year 10/10"(from the official playstation 2 magazine) and "It's the best final fantasy of all time"(from somwhere else".
Of course the Playstation magazine will praise it. But that other thingy that called it the best final fantasy of all time deserves a kidney shot. I believed them to be gin with, and all other reviews and such. But when i finally completed the game I only felt emptiness since i wasted a good couple of hours on a game so crappy.

[X_marks_the_ed]

critics

audiences.

What?