Comments on: Movie Reviews - Declining Importance? http://www.ipatrix.com/movie-reviews-declining-importance/ Crossing Borders Crossing Cultures Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Patrix http://www.ipatrix.com/movie-reviews-declining-importance/comment-page-1/#comment-6999 Patrix Wed, 31 May 2006 02:35:36 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/2006/05/30/movie-reviews-declining-importance/#comment-6999 <strong>Bongo</strong>, possibly the reviewing system was always biased but you had the occassional objective eye whom you could trust. But you are right about summer blockbusters, people do not go to the theater for meaningful cinema; they just like to see stuff blow up. The Oscar material comes post-thanksgiving. Bongo, possibly the reviewing system was always biased but you had the occassional objective eye whom you could trust. But you are right about summer blockbusters, people do not go to the theater for meaningful cinema; they just like to see stuff blow up. The Oscar material comes post-thanksgiving.

]]> By: BongoPondit http://www.ipatrix.com/movie-reviews-declining-importance/comment-page-1/#comment-6993 BongoPondit Tue, 30 May 2006 21:37:04 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/2006/05/30/movie-reviews-declining-importance/#comment-6993 While waiting for the resident critic to answer, here are my unsolicited :-) views: 1. Who needs real ciritcs when production companies can invent them - remember <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/manning.html" rel="nofollow">David Manning </a>? 2. Roger Ebert mentioned once that movie critics at the previews are often handed cards with a favorable comment on them and asked to simply sign their name. 3. IMHO, people don't go to summer blockbusters expecting pathbreaking cinema (other than special effects - but even that has become so predictable) - so the panning by critics have little effect. As you mentioned, promotions through the internet, product tie-ins, publicity on TV etc does the job. So no need to pamper the press. For smaller independent films and foreign films, a good critic is still indispensible. While waiting for the resident critic to answer, here are my unsolicited :-) views:

1. Who needs real ciritcs when production companies can invent them - remember David Manning ?

2. Roger Ebert mentioned once that movie critics at the previews are often handed cards with a favorable comment on them and asked to simply sign their name.

3. IMHO, people don’t go to summer blockbusters expecting pathbreaking cinema (other than special effects - but even that has become so predictable) - so the panning by critics have little effect. As you mentioned, promotions through the internet, product tie-ins, publicity on TV etc does the job. So no need to pamper the press.

For smaller independent films and foreign films, a good critic is still indispensible.

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