Critiquing the Critics
April 21st 2010 14:30
For every legendary piece of literary work, priceless artifact or cinematic masterpiece that stands the test of time; there is a critic waiting to lay praise on or bring this piece of culture into perspective.
From the beginning of time there have always been critics.
Critics to help the masses understand the things that are in front of our faces and critics to steer us away from wasting our time and hard earned money on events that aren’t worth the price of admission.
As much as the movie industry has evolved, the movie critic still plays an important role in the industry.
The role of confidant, friend, judge, jury and executioner.
A wise man once referred to these polarizing figures as the gate keeper to separate the potential memorable night out from an evening that could easily turn into disaster if the wrong choice is made.
As the role of the critic is well understood, what we have to examine is how the ever present face on the Friday night newscast and names that once stood just as tall as blockbuster flicks have now been reduced to one voice among many in a world of mass information.
Mass information that offers full length movie clips and millions of pro and con reviews for the same movie at the click of a button…
In the valley of a million voices the sound can become deafening leaving the movie fan to rely on other instincts. Instincts that will take us back to a time before society became reliant on television, radio and the internet to lay out our weekend plans for us.
There is no longer a Siskel or an Ebert who can stand tall with an expert analysis to influence our judgment leaving us to only rely on our gut.
The same gut that made the mistake of going to see the comedy that used the best parts of the movie in the extended trailer just as well as the same gut that jumped on the bandwagon of the sneak preview three months before a classic masterpiece was on the tips of everyone’s tongue at the water cooler.
The modern role of the critic may be the same but it is lost in a never ending abyss of needless information that would rather analyze why we all are annoyed by certain actors rather than the merits of a movie and how much we may or may not enjoy the experience.
At this point in movie history we have all evolved into our tastes of what we are looking for in a movie based on the genre it was created in. No matter how bruising the review or the bravado that is carried with the praise or attacks it is not likely to change our decisions of whether or not to take a chance on discovering something new.
What it does do is give us perspective on what we will or will not be seeing and creates a world where we can no longer shake our fists or give praise to the critic because it is no longer his job to make the decisions.
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From the beginning of time there have always been critics.
Critics to help the masses understand the things that are in front of our faces and critics to steer us away from wasting our time and hard earned money on events that aren’t worth the price of admission.
As much as the movie industry has evolved, the movie critic still plays an important role in the industry.
The role of confidant, friend, judge, jury and executioner.
A wise man once referred to these polarizing figures as the gate keeper to separate the potential memorable night out from an evening that could easily turn into disaster if the wrong choice is made.
As the role of the critic is well understood, what we have to examine is how the ever present face on the Friday night newscast and names that once stood just as tall as blockbuster flicks have now been reduced to one voice among many in a world of mass information.
Mass information that offers full length movie clips and millions of pro and con reviews for the same movie at the click of a button…
In the valley of a million voices the sound can become deafening leaving the movie fan to rely on other instincts. Instincts that will take us back to a time before society became reliant on television, radio and the internet to lay out our weekend plans for us.
There is no longer a Siskel or an Ebert who can stand tall with an expert analysis to influence our judgment leaving us to only rely on our gut.
The same gut that made the mistake of going to see the comedy that used the best parts of the movie in the extended trailer just as well as the same gut that jumped on the bandwagon of the sneak preview three months before a classic masterpiece was on the tips of everyone’s tongue at the water cooler.
The modern role of the critic may be the same but it is lost in a never ending abyss of needless information that would rather analyze why we all are annoyed by certain actors rather than the merits of a movie and how much we may or may not enjoy the experience.
At this point in movie history we have all evolved into our tastes of what we are looking for in a movie based on the genre it was created in. No matter how bruising the review or the bravado that is carried with the praise or attacks it is not likely to change our decisions of whether or not to take a chance on discovering something new.
What it does do is give us perspective on what we will or will not be seeing and creates a world where we can no longer shake our fists or give praise to the critic because it is no longer his job to make the decisions.
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