Post by Heineken Skywalker on Oct 20, 2006 9:50:18 GMT -5
All IMDB proves is that like professional critics, the average moviegoers have opinions too. There's a revelation, huh?
I try not to put too much weight on either, because that's all they are, opinions. But I will put a little more weight on the movie critic's total scores over at rottentomatoes than the total scores at IMDB.
I just think that some of the IMDB opinions can't be backed up with intelligent reasons, ie: "That was so Kewl!", "Gawd, that sucked!", "So overrated!", etc., whereas most film critics, whether you agree with them or not, can at least argue their point somewhat intelligently.
Also, most critics have seen far more movies than the typical filmgoer, especially if it's a younger moviegoer. I think that counts for something too as, of course, the critic is going to have a lot more filmgoing experience to base his opinions on. Critics typicaly have a greater knowledge of film history, so they're quicker to catch typical movie cliches, poor technical (directing, editing, etc.) work, stereotypical characters, etc.
If a 15 year old has never seen ANIMAL HOUSE than he's going to think that OLD SCHOOL is pure genius and highly original. Or you get comments like, "The Sandler version of THE LONGEST YARD is great, but the original one is boring and sooo old 'cause it's from waaay back in the 70's.". Or even worse, "Sandler's LONGEST YARD is a remake???". No sense of film history.
Let there be no mistake, I don't live or die by the opinions of film critics. I too have enjoyed films that maybe critics were less than kind too, and have also, from time to time, disliked films that they raved about. But there have also been cases where I've not cared for films that "regular" movie fans raved about too. One of my best friends and I regularly argue/debate about movies because we have almost completely different standards. He feels I'm too tough on movies and I think he too easily gives a pass to almost everything. He says stuff like, "You hate everything!", but all I have to do is point to my collection of hundreds and hundreds of movies on dvd to show him all the films I didn't hate.
Well, like I said, we agree to disagree, and we've totally derailed this thread so let's get back on topic.
How about that Terry Gilliam, huh?
I try not to put too much weight on either, because that's all they are, opinions. But I will put a little more weight on the movie critic's total scores over at rottentomatoes than the total scores at IMDB.
I just think that some of the IMDB opinions can't be backed up with intelligent reasons, ie: "That was so Kewl!", "Gawd, that sucked!", "So overrated!", etc., whereas most film critics, whether you agree with them or not, can at least argue their point somewhat intelligently.
Also, most critics have seen far more movies than the typical filmgoer, especially if it's a younger moviegoer. I think that counts for something too as, of course, the critic is going to have a lot more filmgoing experience to base his opinions on. Critics typicaly have a greater knowledge of film history, so they're quicker to catch typical movie cliches, poor technical (directing, editing, etc.) work, stereotypical characters, etc.
If a 15 year old has never seen ANIMAL HOUSE than he's going to think that OLD SCHOOL is pure genius and highly original. Or you get comments like, "The Sandler version of THE LONGEST YARD is great, but the original one is boring and sooo old 'cause it's from waaay back in the 70's.". Or even worse, "Sandler's LONGEST YARD is a remake???". No sense of film history.
Let there be no mistake, I don't live or die by the opinions of film critics. I too have enjoyed films that maybe critics were less than kind too, and have also, from time to time, disliked films that they raved about. But there have also been cases where I've not cared for films that "regular" movie fans raved about too. One of my best friends and I regularly argue/debate about movies because we have almost completely different standards. He feels I'm too tough on movies and I think he too easily gives a pass to almost everything. He says stuff like, "You hate everything!", but all I have to do is point to my collection of hundreds and hundreds of movies on dvd to show him all the films I didn't hate.
Well, like I said, we agree to disagree, and we've totally derailed this thread so let's get back on topic.
How about that Terry Gilliam, huh?
