- Joined
- Jun 10, 2016
- Messages
- 28,937
- Reaction score
- 18,780
There always seems to be a disconnect at least recently between the audience and the critics,for example, critics love star wars last jedi but fans hate it. Infinity war was massively received by fans, while critics only have it at 83% on rotten tomatoes.
I used to read critic reviews, now I avoid them. They all seem to piggyback off each other, that is...if the critic consensus is that a film is good, other critics parrot this. The same for if the film is considered bad.
I feel that today especially, films are reviewed based on merits outside of the quality of the actual film. For example certain films seem to get high reviews because they adhere to leftist socio-political standards. As an example of that example, I feel last jedi only got good reviews because it had a diverse cast, not because of the merit of the film.
I feel the same way slightly about Black Panther. I think it is a great film, but overhyped due to the wrong reasons.
Anyone else feel this way?
Why do you think critics and fans don't agree? And do you think films are reviewed by critics based on the wrong things?
I used to read critic reviews, now I avoid them. They all seem to piggyback off each other, that is...if the critic consensus is that a film is good, other critics parrot this. The same for if the film is considered bad.
I feel that today especially, films are reviewed based on merits outside of the quality of the actual film. For example certain films seem to get high reviews because they adhere to leftist socio-political standards. As an example of that example, I feel last jedi only got good reviews because it had a diverse cast, not because of the merit of the film.
I feel the same way slightly about Black Panther. I think it is a great film, but overhyped due to the wrong reasons.
Anyone else feel this way?
Why do you think critics and fans don't agree? And do you think films are reviewed by critics based on the wrong things?