Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 3

[Kram]

With critic reviews accessible from my pocket, I rarely watch bad new movies and TV series.

What I don't understand is people, often but not only in the What's the last movie you watched? thread, seeing bad stuff and going "Yeah this was shit".

Why do it to yourself?

Haven't many professional critics panned a lot of films initially that ended up being all time greats?

Maybe some people just want to see for themselves and don't need to be told what to think.

 

[Shell]

Nah i usually stick to reviewers.

The last seriously shit movie i saw was The Revenant and that was only to get out of 40 degree heat.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Haven't many professional critics panned a lot of films initially that ended up being all time greats?

Less common than people claim. Often they find a specific review and ignore the rest.

 

[Kram]

Less common than people claim. Often they find a specific review and ignore the rest.

More commonly they pump up movies that when you actually see them they are crap.

Not saying don't read them and take an opinion on board but I wouldn't base a decison to see a film purely based on what critics say.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Someone's going to bring up a specific movie that's been re-reviewed... and overlook the few hundred other movies from the same year that aren't any better or worse than critics thought. They might even conflate the box office with critical opinion in bad faith.

It's unlikely 2050 will decide Terminator 3-6 were misunderstood gems.

 

[Shell]

Oh actually Big fat Crazy Asians- that was srsly pumped up. My lord what a load of crap that was. Not even funny i think i laughed 3 times.

 

[FRUMPY]

If I learnt one thing from Ivan Milat, dumping bodies in the Belanglo forest isn't the best way to get away with a murder.

You either need to find somewhere more remote or go to the effort of burying your victims.

I'd never be a good serial killer, I'm just too lazy.

Serial killers are lazy by nature - you always hear about bodies being buried in a shallow grave - they would have got away with it if they had dug a deep grave......lazy bastards

 

[FRUMPY]

Jockey breaks the rules and whips his horse to come 2nd and almost wins the cup - pockets around $55,000 and gets fines $10,000 (and suspended for 7 days) - not really much of a deterrent to break the rule is there.

 

[Beerfish]

Oh actually Big fat Crazy Asians- that was srsly pumped up. My lord what a load of crap that was. Not even funny i think i laughed 3 times.

Wifey was trying to get me to watch that but I refused. It just screamed this is shit.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

I'd think at least half of the 'good' movies I've watched have been panned by critics/review sites, whilst a lot of the 'rave' movies I struggle to sit through. I'm at the point now where I'll watch something purely because I haven't heard of it before.

 

[Quivorir]

I just watch stuff I think I'll like and don't watch stuff I don't think I will.

 

[gaskin]

What is good and bad is subjective. I like to watch things for myself and make my own decisions rather than listen to what other people are saying.

I have found reviews from regular people more in line with what I think than reviews from critics.

 

[peternorth]

What happens if some critics pan a movie, and others praise it? What do you do then?

 

[Shell]

I'd think at least half of the 'good' movies I've watched have been panned by critics/review sites, whilst a lot of the 'rave' movies I struggle to sit through. I'm at the point now where I'll watch something purely because I haven't heard of it before.

Some examples? I'm assuming maybe Oscar winners.

 

[Scotland]

Dave Chappelle's Sticks and Stones Neflix special got embarrassing low reviews from critics and positive reviews from audiences. It's 35% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 99% audience score. It's also rated 8.5/10 on IMDB.

For the sake of comparison, Star Wars: The Last Jedi got 91% and 44% respectively. Why would anyone listen to what critics think? Even Game of Thrones Season 8 got 56% and 32%.

 

[Gough]

The Velvet Underground's album was pretty much ignored by critics but is widely acknowledged as a classic now, van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime.

 

[FRUMPY]

Some examples? I'm assuming maybe Oscar winners.

Best picture can throw up some shocking movies

 

[Kram]

That film Crash was garbage, didn't that win?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

The Velvet Underground's album was pretty much ignored by critics but is widely acknowledged as a classic now, van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime.

Remember The Union Underground

 

[Kram]

The Velvet Underground's album was pretty much ignored by critics but is widely acknowledged as a classic now

Who?

 

[Gough]

Who?

Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker and Sterling Morrison.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Was at this one!

 

[FRUMPY]

Posting video's of your favourite bands on random threads etc

 

[Billy ray]

When fight club came out it wasn’t given great reviews. Same for shawshank if i recall.
Two of greatest movies of all time