Movie Critics

dude, you need a critical mind to critique movies. movie critics aren't necessarily conservative, they just review in a sense that they are looking for the best of the best. there are plenty of progressive movies that get really good reviews. do you think apocolypse now, american beauty, full metal jacket, run lola run, the city of lost children, 28 days later and kill bill are conservative movies? hell no. dude my guess is either you aren't very old, or you aren't very critical. critiquing movies should be objective, but it is also comparative. the butterfly effect is not going to get a very good review in comparison to movies like the thin red line. besides ashton is a horrible actor and lets face it - the movie (although i haven't seen it), was marketed to teenagers - that usually spells not very good review - regardless of biases.
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Mr. Cranky's rating: Consistently annoying

There's a quote at the beginning of this film regarding chaos theory: specifically, the idea that a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a catastrophe on the other side of the world. This film is one such catastrophe.


Those who enjoy something that gets to the point will have better luck watching a chess match between Andy Dick and Stephen Baldwin. Directors Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber (it takes two people to make something this bad?) start by focusing on the tragic childhoods of Evan and his sweetheart Kayleigh. When Evan (Kutcher) grows up and life hasn't turned out quite right for him or Kayleigh (Amy Smart), he realizes that the blackouts he had as a child are actually the key to traveling back in time to alter the present.

Though this plot makes about as much sense as a George W. Bush State of the Union address, the directors hardly sweat the details. Exacerbating the confusion at my screening was the distracting sound of cracking neck vertebrae as Kutcher fans watched the concept of chaos theory sail right over their tiny heads.

Each time Evan changes the past, it produces increasingly frustrating results. Kayleigh leads a troubled life and no matter what Evan does, his efforts don't make things better. In one particularly disturbing sequence, Evan returns to the present to find that he's dating Demi Moore. Evan's final solution is truly a message for our times: Do nothing. Do yourself a favor if you're considering seeing this one: Take the film's advice.

I am 20 years old dude, i think im pretty old for someone on this site... but movie reviews are bullshit... I just dont like how they can make someone not see a movie cause of an opinion. yes, there are some skills that goes into critquing a movie.. but I just think they ask to much for what they get sometimes





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I'd have to agree with LineBoarder I think. After reading a lot of reviews I have to sit there and think, well mr. reviewer dude, what have you done that's so great that gives you the right to slag off someone else's work that they've put a great deal of time and effort into. Where's your movie? Where's your work of art? Tell me that sir and then I will give your opinion some credit.

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Actually, Roger Ebert did direct a movie about 20 years ago that got horrible reviews, apparently.

no don't get me wrong, i don't entirely defend the opinion of a critic and the academy that is a very obnoxious group of elitest trendlovers. it all depends on the critic, sometimes they are entirely wrong. to give credit to your arguement lineboarder, often times i find that old rotten farts like ebert, are unable to transcend their agae difference and relate to slick movies made by much younger refreshing directors and writers. and it sucks when critics so established cant truely be objective. all i'm saying is that to be a critic you have to be an asshole, and that means being really critical. theres a billion people out there that britney spears' garbage, but she will never be seen as a credible musician. unlike the average guy (not to say that you are average), a critic can tell the difference between what is really entertaining, and what is really well done. a good movie needs to nail all the aspects. good story line, good development, etc. i guess i'm really skeptical of the movie. i do admit that i havent' seen it, although now i will have to.
the white n word

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Since most people are artistically illiterate, I'll put it this way. It's the difference between you walking into the Firenze Boticelli display and deciding whether the art is good or bad, and a 16th century painting instructor doing it.

By the way, the Boticellis were incredible... not that anyone here cares, 'cause hey, who has time for great art these days...

See maybe I just like different types of movies that critics wouldn't like, then again maybe not. It just seems as if critics are so one minded, and already have an image of what the movie should be like before they see it. Being a pothead probably makes things alot different for me then for most critics, but then again who says they aren't either. I dunno, it just seems as if they are too conservative, or close minded for that matter





'I'm far from broke, got enough bread and mad hoes, ask Beavis I get nuttin Butt-head' - Big L

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there should be a bunch of differnt people to review movies. like old women, 13 year old girls, single middle aged men, gay people, potheads, killers, that way you choose the review that best suits you.
-chris

Yeah thats what im tryin to get it.. it seems like the only people who write reviews are people who are the same and think somewhat of the same... maybe im wrong





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i saw boticellis in madrid, i can't deny his talent, but i go for the modern stuff.
the white n word

Alpinecowboy84 is a fucking fag