Just watched all the Matrix's and now going to watch Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome.
It's not episode 8 that caught flack from me... it's episodes 7, 8, and 9 lol.Doing a bit of a Star Wars marathon. Just finished Episode VIII The Last Jedi.
I really don't understand why that movie caught so much hate. I've watched it a few times, I think it's pretty good, one of the better ones even.
Now on to Rise of Skywalker.
Man IMDb averages are such a joke. They rank The Shawshank Redemption as the best film of all time... umm what? It's a one watch film. Not re-watch worthy, I'd give it a 7.5/10 because it was a good film, just not... great. Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange fall well below a number of other blockbusters. What?! Many of my favorite 'watch a dozen time over films' average between 5-8/10 on IMDb which is sad, I wouldn't watch them over and over if they weren't 8-10/10. This just goes to show how subjective films are and that the very purpose and existence of film critics is questionable.
Yeah, I often agree with that. I've seen movies I LOVE with like 4-6 ratings and then some of those movies with 8 or 9 are pretty bad.
Consider, perhaps, you aren't 'average'?Recall how many millions of people are out there with no clue to what 'good' is, or those that spam up the ratings of films their cousin worked on. Ratings are subjective, but also the effect of a HUGE number of people...and folks like us don't really fall 'in the middle' as we are of superior intellect and taste*.
I've watched many a movie rated 3-4, and they were worth a 3-4 rating. *May have to take myself out of the 'we' for superior intellect and taste.
Did you know in some places they showed The Silence of the Lambs describing it as a "horror" to critics and in other places they showed it describing it as a "psychological thriller" to critics. On average, the critics who were told it was a psychological thriller had significantly more positive attitudes toward it in their reviews than those who were told it was a horror?
I didn't know that, but am not surprised in the least. You're dead on regarding critics being biased against horrorI kinda hope 'averages' on imdb (like rotten tomatoes) are more general public than real critics, as real critics have minimal connection to what real people like, IME.
That's what's irksome, is they usually link the Metacritic score page too, and critics are always so fucking off... like Roger Ebert, the most famous of famous critics, we disagree on most all of my favorite films. Like I said, film is subjective, and like you said, 'we' aren't average lol.I didn't know that, but am not surprised in the least. You're dead on regarding critics being biased against horrorI kinda hope 'averages' on imdb (like rotten tomatoes) are more general public than real critics, as real critics have minimal connection to what real people like, IME.
i always wanted to see jackie brown i use to always check the libary when i would goThat's what's irksome, is they usually link the Metacritic score page too, and critics are always so fucking off... like Roger Ebert, the most famous of famous critics, we disagree on most all of my favorite films. Like I said, film is subjective, and like you said, 'we' aren't average lol.
I like rotten tomatoes for general public averages. They're usually a little closer.
Fact of the matter is, my favorite films require second viewings due to complex plots, and that's probably not something the average film viewer cares for.
I re-watched Jackie Brown yesterday, easily Tarantino's least gory flick of all, and an amazing film full of social commentary. I love Tarantino's 'strong' female leads like Pam Grier and Umma Thurman. Such an underrated flick full of great music. The man is an artist, he lost it a bit in Django and Hateful Eight, but Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood really blew me away. Been watching it over and over lately.
i agree,I didn't know that, but am not surprised in the least. You're dead on regarding critics being biased against horrorI kinda hope 'averages' on imdb (like rotten tomatoes) are more general public than real critics, as real critics have minimal connection to what real people like, IME.
siskil and ebert review
I agree with this part, but I personally felt Django was among his most uninspired of films. It wasn't a bad film by any means and I quite enjoyed it, but most of his films were better imo.DiCaprio was robbed for a best supporting actor nomination for his role in that film, robbed!
I saw only the second half of this movie, but it was really good!Guns Akimbo (2019) - 4.5 Dick Shots - really enjoyed this! With Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving. Super impressed with her atm, this is the 6th movie I've seen her in and they've all been really good. You could describe this movie as Scott Pilgrim meets The Running Man. It's actually better going in to it not knowing much about the plot, but definitely give it a watch, it's really fun.
Guns Akimbo rocks, I loved it!I saw only the second half of this movie, but it was really good!
Shady's Fox said:I haven't saw a good movie in the last 3 fuckin years