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A couple of things: People today confuse reviews with criticism. The two are not the same. A review is a consumer recommendation, i.e. should you pay to see th

A couple of things: People today confuse reviews with criticism. The two are not the same. A review is a consumer recommendation, i.e. should you pay to see this movie? Criticism is discussion of a piece of art. Both are inherently subjective. Second, how many new movies did you watch this year? I'm guessing for most people, it's >10 (data seems to suggest it's even lower). If you are a film critic and you watch 50 movies a year, you're more likely to gravitate towards the less bombastic, crowd-pleasing movies. Same with games. If you've played 50 FPS's, then that indie-platformer is more likely to grab your attention. Personally, I like guys like Mark Kermode, who can say "this movie was complete and utter nonsense and I had a great time" or "this was a really smart movie, but it just didn't work".

CharlesW 5y ago
> People today confuse reviews with criticism. The two are not the same. They are if you're talking about journalistic film criticism (vs. academic film criticism): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_criticism > Personally, I like guys like Mark Kermode, who can say "this movie was complete and utter nonsense and I had a great time" or "this was a really smart movie, but it just didn't work". I think you're implying that Mark isn't a film critic, but that's what he calls himself (his bio: https://www.markkermode.co.uk/ https://www.markkermode.co.uk/). Also, movie critics recommend "bad" movies (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-2-cruise-control-1997 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-2-cruise-control-19...) and dump on "beloved" movies (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-usual-suspects-1995 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-usual-suspects-1995) all the time.