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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 think the Last Jedi really highlighted a lot of the problems with critics today, obviously talk about Disney having potential influence over them but also I think that the net and less qualified individuals doing these jobs has led increasingly to safe groupthink plus a tendency to let politics drive opinion. A lot of the fuss we had about "toxic fanbases" was I think clearly the media looking to cover itself after getting caught with its pants down.
I mean I'm politically very liberal yet when you have films that get caught up in such issues I take opinions on them with a massive dose of salt.
Generally I find critics are far more useful in highlighting smaller film releases were influence and politics aren't tied up as often, even then I pay little attension to most of them who are just blaggers who's bullshitted themselves into a role creating "content" for a website.