Harsh Criticism

After many nights spent up late spewing hate and disgust about James Cameron’s Avatar over Facebook I finally realized who is chiefly responsible for this awful movie’s commercial success: Film Critics.

The same critics who unjustly trashed Gentlemen Broncos, a good movie that could have been successful, poured boatloads of cash into Cameron’s pockets due to a positive review. But enough about Avatar, I’ve bagged that movie enough for one week.

Let’s talk about Film Critics.

Why is Roger Ebert’s opinion considered greater than mine just because he gets paid to do it? Are all Critics simply Norse gods in human form who know the absolute true value of every square inch of film cinema? Now, I know this may come off as Ironic from the guy who harshly criticized Rick Riordan’s books on his first entry into the blogosphere, but honestly my opinion doesn’t necessarily count for anything, that’s just my interpretation..For all I know Percy Jackson and the Sorcerer’s Stone * I mean The Olympians could be the next “War and Peace”.

But everyone perceives a Critic as Solid, Why? Why do we even count these people’s opinions?

I guess we’re a nation so full of incompetent pillocks that we need a Yea or Nay on everything we buy from Lamp Shades to underwear. Gentlemen Broncos is movie that got a sucker punch from Ebert and thus couldn’t keep its head above water. How is that fair? If Ebert had been around in the 1600s he could have caused the down fall of Hamlet if he just shook his head and booed.

I’ve learned the important lesson that other people’s opinions never reflect my own, I witnessed that first hand when I played Metal Gear Solid IV a game that I HATED with every inch of my grey matter yet everyone applauded and gave 5 stars. Now, let me just close with this: Harsh Criticism is by no means bad..In fact I applaud it. But no one should ever immediately judge something poorly just because some snarky Critic thinks so.


-Seth