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Originally Posted by aberkok
This rang a bell so I checked out the above posts and I found out that the someone who said that was me! When I first made the statement I was very careful to qualify it by saying "professional" critics would not be missed. I stand by that. Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but these days when I want to see a movie, I'll check in with one of the advance reviews on Ain't it Cool News or even check a thread here on the TFP. I don't know how many of the submitters on AICN are pros, but aside from Harry Knowles, I don't think many of the reviewers make a living from it. They're just enthusiasts sharing their opinions. Same with those on the TFP. I trust average joes like that more than Ebert. Especially when he pans Rob Schneider movies while at the same time proclaiming that Episode III was "fun."
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Ain't It Cool News has possibly the worst movie reviews on the entire planet.
They're littered with fanboy rubbish that is generated from them being able to see a movie before everyone else. I've seen quite a few reviews from them proclaiming a movie would be the best of the year, followed by the movie opening and being a complete disaster. They're one of the reviewers that give the rest of the industry a bad name. I don't trust average joes because they're simply not trained to critique a movie based on a standardized scale. Of course, this all goes back to the reason people watch movies to begin with. I don't want to see a crappy movie that makes me laugh, I want to see a good movie that makes me laugh. Some people don't care as long as you laugh. I do.
I don't want to start a flame war here, I'm just saying that some people have different movie standards than others. And what's wrong with saying the Star Wars movies are fun? I sure had a great time watching them!
-Lasereth