Watchmen

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

I'm not saying this is one of those cases, but a lot of my favorite shows and/or movies get bad reviews and ratings from the critics and public because the plot actually takes some brain power to comprehend. It pisses me off to no end, that I keep hearing terrible things about cleverly written media, or said media is canceled, because the world at large refuses to use their gray matter when watching something.

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You've never seen a single independent film in your entire life have you? You want to see intelligence being mocked look at the box office totals every weekend. Normally, not always of course, the most intellectually devoid movie takes the weekend and the amazing films are all shoved into limited release where only a few theaters show them. "The Wrestler" is a great example of that. It got stellar reviews but I can't see it because only one theater is playing it and it's 100 miles away from me. "Slum Dog" is an amazing movie and it just hit wide but still no ones really going to see it.

Critics watch a lot of movies, a lot more then you and most people. It's their job to nit pick and point out what's wrong with something. I use RT to gauge what my expectations are before I go into a movie. Honestly it's never steered me wrong. More often then not when a movie has lower then a 70% on RT I end up not liking it. Sometimes I check it out before I go see it and sometimes I wait till after to see if I'm alone in thinking it wasn't very good.

Problem for awhile was everything was average. Yeah the movie wasn't that bad but it wasn't grabbing me either. There are thousands of films out there so wasting my time on one that's just "okay" when there's tons that are stellar seems like a waste. Lately though things have been bad and in the last few months nothing really good has come out that's major. In fact the last several good movies I've seen were limited releases.

I don't let critics tell me what's good and what's not. I let them guide me if I'm really unsure cause some I normally agree with. There are cases where stuff I like has gotten bad reviews, like the last few Dirty Harry movies, and cases where I like something but I can see why critics ripped it apart.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

You've never seen a single independent film in your entire life have you?

No, I haven't. I spend all my time watching mainstream rubbish and absolutely nothing else.



These are a majority of what I'm referring to. I don't read every single review from around the world, but most of the independent film reviews that I've read, from both professionals and amateurs, are basically "This movie was boring, I couldn't follow the plot, oh, and I didn't like the camera angle in the first ten seconds of the second act" (that last one is usually exclusive to 'professionals').

Now, I don't watch a lot of independent films, unfortunately, but because they're not mainstream, they're a little tougher to get a hold of or catch in a theater. But the ones that I do watch are normally the mindteaser and mindscrews.

The only real problem I have with most independent films is the fact that they're often (thought not always), way too pretentious - they swagger with a self-awareness of being an indy film and they push that as their driving factor.

[IamtheKnight]

i dont care about watchmen

[ZariusTwo]

1. Why troll a thread if you don't care about the topic?

2. Your "news" was dated October 6th and isnt real info ya shmuck

[Drtooth]

Speaking of Batman, I can't wait to see how this will further put the prospects of the 60's show in jeopardy. Great maturity from 2 well managed companies.