Some thoughts on film criticism
by: ThirteenDamnDollars
at: 11:48 PM
The danger of relative rating.
So I'm looking at my reviews and I'm seeing all 3 and 4 stars and I start to think, gosh, I should have some more 1 and 2 star reviews. BUT NO gentle reader, I should not! Consider that the TIFF programme is meant to represent some of the very best films of the year, and further consider that of this 300+ film catalogue, I specifically picked the films I thought I would enjoy the most. It's not surprising that the films I saw I rated positively I guess.
Film changes your brain
I was wondering aloud after Demain on déménage if I would have liked that film 5 years ago. After all, it has French people walking through a cow pasture occasaionally spouting lines of seeming nonsensical dialog.
The fact of the matter is, watching movies changes how you watch movies. This is the problem with film critics. Someone who is paid to watch lots and lots and lots of movies, movies they wouldn't watch if no one paid them to, eventually, they are going to appreciate different aspects of film from your average movie goer, in fact, they will probably grow to be bitter and twisted and hate movies.
I suppose my question is, if I keep this up for another 10 years, will I think The Dangerous Thread Of Things is a work of genius? No, probably not.
Posted by ThirteenDamnDollars at September 20, 2004 11:48 PM