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>How many reviews of movies have you seen from a senior, experienced reviewer got a film really totally wrong? Tons. Even legendary critics like Ebert got movi

>How many reviews of movies have you seen from a senior, experienced reviewer got a film really totally wrong? Tons. Even legendary critics like Ebert got movies wrong. He gave thumbs down to Full Metal Jacket, Blue Velvet, The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Usual Suspects, Ace Ventura, Tommy Boy, and many more.

djur 4y ago
I was nodding along with you until you got to Ace Ventura, which is probably regarded worse today than it was at the time.
- unfocussed_mike 4y ago
  It intrigues me that as time goes on, Jim Carrey will become better known for arty seriousness than for the box-office smash gurning that got him to the screen from late night talk show comic slots. Like the opposite of Leslie Nielsen: a man now really only recognised for comedy, when he got his start in comedy by satirising his own serious roles in mainstream potboilers. I only wish for the same for Adam Sandler, who made one film (Punch Drunk Love) that so completely changed who he could be that it might one day, maybe, perhaps, just possibly, correct the damage he did to western culture with Little Nicky. ;-)
- ChoGGi 4y ago
  One of those odd movies where the sequel is better than the original.
unfocussed_mike 4y ago
Mm, but Ebert is now decades into the past, isn't he. I think critics are generally aligning better with audience understanding. It's ironic that Ebert misunderstood a film like Fast Times, considering he co-wrote a film with bloomin' Russ Meyer isn't it! I will have to look up those reviews (as a Brit I was not routinely exposed to Ebert; for us it was Barry Norman). I don't expect film critics to like every movie, and I do expect them to engage in criticism of films they like, for example of weak parts of dialogue, of spoiled shots, etc. Unpopular opinion: Blue Velvet is a bad film.

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>How many reviews of movies have you seen from a senior, experienced reviewer got a film really totally wrong? Tons. Even legendary critics like Ebert got movi

by casefields 4y ago

djur 4y ago
I was nodding along with you until you got to Ace Ventura, which is probably regarded worse today than it was at the time.
- unfocussed_mike 4y ago
  It intrigues me that as time goes on, Jim Carrey will become better known for arty seriousness than for the box-office smash gurning that got him to the screen from late night talk show comic slots. Like the opposite of Leslie Nielsen: a man now really only recognised for comedy, when he got his start in comedy by satirising his own serious roles in mainstream potboilers. I only wish for the same for Adam Sandler, who made one film (Punch Drunk Love) that so completely changed who he could be that it might one day, maybe, perhaps, just possibly, correct the damage he did to western culture with Little Nicky. ;-)
- ChoGGi 4y ago
  One of those odd movies where the sequel is better than the original.
unfocussed_mike 4y ago
Mm, but Ebert is now decades into the past, isn't he. I think critics are generally aligning better with audience understanding. It's ironic that Ebert misunderstood a film like Fast Times, considering he co-wrote a film with bloomin' Russ Meyer isn't it! I will have to look up those reviews (as a Brit I was not routinely exposed to Ebert; for us it was Barry Norman). I don't expect film critics to like every movie, and I do expect them to engage in criticism of films they like, for example of weak parts of dialogue, of spoiled shots, etc. Unpopular opinion: Blue Velvet is a bad film.