I find that so many new movies these days just get poor reviews for the smallest of reasons, it makes me really wonder if people are giving genuine reviews or just have too high of standards for these new movies. I certainly agree that there are many new movies that are just not up to standard, and fail to entertain the audience in any way that is new, just end up being plain. Though there’s also movies that I personally find really good that have such mixed reviews for no reason, a good example being Jurrasic World Rebirth, one that I found amazing for its graphics, action, plot and acting (all of which people argue to be what makes the movie so bad). I even enjoyed Blue Beetle when it released. It could be just that I don’t go to the movie theater often, but I just find that people can’t like new movies these days.
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Have you read any actual reviews? Are you talking about your friends or coworkers?
Lots of movies get praise for their special effects while being criticized for their screenplay.
You sound more like you’re arguing that if something is mildly entertaining, it shouldn’t be negatively reviewed by anyone. I like movies I can shut my brain off for every once and a while, but I prefer things that challenge me intellectually.
Fuck man, Christopher Nolan is acclaimed for delivering movies that are as intellectually stimulating as they are blockbuster entertainment, and the reviews generally reflect that.
People are allowed their opinions, doesn’t mean they’re overly critical.
Maybe increased data points for producers to study, higher budgets, and a riskier landscape for success makes film executives try to play it safe so they overly micro manage creatives and only push existing IP slop designed by committee to chase past successes resulting in forgettable garbage which nobody involved in making was truly passionate about and that fully deserves criticism ?
people gonna hate but you’re not wrong
because there are a lot of people who like movie and don’t go online to write anything.
you will find hate/bad articles much easier, especially on Reddit.
Graphics and action? Sounds like you want a thrill ride rather than an actual story.
You have people who are over critical
Then you have the fact that many people refuse to form their own opinion and will decide on a movie based on someone else’s opinion. It’s okay in some respects to do this. After all you can save your own time this way. But don’t do that then pretend you have a critical analysis of a movie you’ve literally not seen.
Then you have people that can’t separate theatrical critique from the theme and tone of the movie. I went and saw superman, loved it. It’s not Casablanca. So I don’t critique it as such.
Treating films as they are presented is a much healthier and happier experience, I find. This doesn’t mean a movie isn’t low quality or makes poor choices but it definitely allows for a suspension of disbelief more compatible with the genre I may be watching. And I just avoid having an opinion on films I know I won’t like out the gate.
why do you think they are so critical? they hate it
You can like something someone else doesn’t like, doesn’t mean their opinions are invalid just because u think they’re being overly critical. Also, if you don’t watch that many movies, you might not have properly developed your own taste. You’re standards might be lower because a lot of what you see is new to you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter what someone else thinks as long as you’re enjoying it.
I mean i can’t say i blame them. I just watched 28 years later the other day and it was terrible. Imagine waiting 20 years to watch that lol.
People were always critical it’s just now we have social media to track everyone’s opinion
Just watched the new Superman movie, good film amazing graphics but it’s just CGI’d to death to the point is it an actual person
If a critique is justified then I’m not really sure why it bothers you, we should encourage these stories to have better writing and sfx, that’s how we progress.
The major factor that you only kinda touched on: we’re being told to not enjoy them.
It’s just simply a side effect of being more connected but before you watch anything, you’ve been hit by professional reviews, social media reviews, and probably some version of a peer review (who was probably influenced by the first two).
Whatever you personally thought about the film gets drowned out. We lose that sense of personal connection to things.
Yes and no, for video games yeah you can say haters can spit on a good video game and stuff, same for some series.
But for movies, from my experience, when a movie is spat on, it’s really shitty, while movie worth watching aren’t talked about or are defined by those who talk about them as good
Or they just stink…
It’s been like this for a while. Between 2008 and 2012 i’d go to the cinema regularly with friends, and the whole became about bashing the movie after. I got sick and tired of their cynicism and started going to certain movies on my own in the end, or just with my brother.
Movies which got slaughtered by criticism were:
– Casino Royale
– Zodiac
– Inception
– District 9
– Ticker Tailor Soldier Spy
– Rocky 4
– Sin City
– No Country For Old Men
Why does it matter? If you like it, watch it and ignore the reviews.
There’s a weird type of criticism with movies and other things today where people are so focused on the financials and how much money they make, it’s bizarre
Same thing with video games and even football, always using financial aspects to make arguments or prove how good something is like they benefit at all from the money it is or isn’t making
Lots of social media gets curated to elicit outrage or pander to certain audiences with clickbait to farm engagement. People spend too much time online, and most of the information they consume is negative. Like evaluate the next 10 reddit posts you scroll – how many are actually positive?
Here’s my take: there’s too many good options now. When I was a kid, you saw movies 3 ways: the video store (where you paid per video), the movie theater, or if you planned ahead maybe on tv with commercials. Made for TV movies were usually low budget, and there weren’t many of them. The US pretty much was the only country making significant media for years.
Now, you can get literally 100’s of movies or shows right on your phone anytime. England, Japan, Korea, India, South Africa. Everyone is making stuff now. And the budgets are huge. And the made for tv/subscription service movies are theatre quality. Adam Sandler movies used to be Summer Blockbusters, in theaters only. Now they’re first released on Netflix making them a lot easier to watch if you’re busy, have kids, or a demanding job.
People are inundated with amazing content that would have wowed audiences 20-30 years ago. Nothing is special anymore and people need more to feel the “wow” factor. We are getting movie quality tv shows like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things etc. and people complain about what would have been the tv event of a decade when I was a kid.
Movie industry is in a weird spot.
Indie films are largely dead. Now good lower budget to moderate budget movies with good original stories, great casting just dont get made anymore. How does the industry sustain itself when actors & directors dont get enough chances to ply their trade & develop?
Streaming has actually hurt the quality of productions. Netflix, Prime and others all are pumping out “original” content, but most of that content lacks quality. Quantity over quality.
The desperation for blockbusters. No studio wants to finance any film that doesn’t have good chance at being a blockbuster. The fixation with record breaking box office numbers is killing the industry. Yes I get investors & studios want to make money on films.
Hollywood needs to figure out how to put out enough high quality films that will entice people to go back to the theaters and to emotionally invest in film.
Just because simple minds are satisfied with low-effort, doesn’t mean that society should praise mediocrity.
I genuinely believe a lot of movies would have done a lot better of not for online reviews or social media. Social media is full of haters and people like u said that these movies don’t really stand a chance. I did enjoy Jurassic world rebirth though parts of it were generic. I mean dinosaurs, that’s cool. I’m a sit back and relax and try to enjoy the show type of movie watcher. Blows my mind that’s not the default for a lot of people. I read a lot of hate for the Minecraft movie before it came out. I enjoyed it and then it made bank
Movies used to be so good in the 90s/2000s.
Who gives a shit about reviews man. Just watch the movies. You don’t even have to google them. Just watch them and like what you like. Doesn’t matter who else likes it too.
My brother is so cynical and jaded he literally cannot enjoy anything
Im more critical of big budget movies with tons of ads that need to meet standards.
Im less critical of b movies.
It’s with everything nowadays. Everyone wants to be this pseudo journalist or they think having the contrarian opinion/looking into shit deep than everyone else makes them special or something.