Chris
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The score isn't bad. (to answer the question above).
Ok, here I will disagree, not with your review- you're entitled to that, but we sometimes fall into the kind of trap you present.. a movie is "misunderstood" because the critics don't like it. I'll admit, there are films that I deeply "love" that never received a giant ammount of critical praise. (Bis Ans End Der Welt as an example). However, I think it's important to say: I understnad other people didn't like it, I found it likable, rather then to imply critics seems to have a personal distaste against a genre or type.
I'm trying to think, but I think Scott and the Washington Post, etc. have been very fair with their openness to all sorts of films, but sometimes, you have to do what others won't, and that's to call something a turkey.
Admittedly, I really didn't like -National Treasure- (although it's a lot better then Alexander, at least it has a story with clear characters). But I know a lot of people who did. If I hated it, and they loved it, more power to them.
I have always considered "Postcards from the Edge" to be one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen. I still cannot last more then 20 minutes into the film, it drives me batty. But I know other people who love it.
To each there own, that's the basis of a review, lots of different opinions round out the whole.
I'm not saying this to you directly Mark, I'm saying this because I had just listened to someone talking about Alexander on NPR and the movie rep basically said "I don't think a lot of people "get" this film on the first watch." And then went on to imply "it could be like this year's Shawshank Redemption.. a slow builder until DVD"
Somehow, I don't think so.
Ok, here I will disagree, not with your review- you're entitled to that, but we sometimes fall into the kind of trap you present.. a movie is "misunderstood" because the critics don't like it. I'll admit, there are films that I deeply "love" that never received a giant ammount of critical praise. (Bis Ans End Der Welt as an example). However, I think it's important to say: I understnad other people didn't like it, I found it likable, rather then to imply critics seems to have a personal distaste against a genre or type.
I'm trying to think, but I think Scott and the Washington Post, etc. have been very fair with their openness to all sorts of films, but sometimes, you have to do what others won't, and that's to call something a turkey.
Admittedly, I really didn't like -National Treasure- (although it's a lot better then Alexander, at least it has a story with clear characters). But I know a lot of people who did. If I hated it, and they loved it, more power to them.
I have always considered "Postcards from the Edge" to be one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen. I still cannot last more then 20 minutes into the film, it drives me batty. But I know other people who love it.
To each there own, that's the basis of a review, lots of different opinions round out the whole.
I'm not saying this to you directly Mark, I'm saying this because I had just listened to someone talking about Alexander on NPR and the movie rep basically said "I don't think a lot of people "get" this film on the first watch." And then went on to imply "it could be like this year's Shawshank Redemption.. a slow builder until DVD"
Somehow, I don't think so.
