The poster looked cool and the trailer seemed enticing , so you risk the ticket price and invest your time and effort to make a showing. But 20 minutes in , you realize that the movie sucks.
If only you had some indicator to help you determine whether the film is worth your while ...and money.
Well lo and behold-!, we gratefully have film critics!
Traditionally film critics were found in new papers and major magazines, but now they're everywhere on the world wide web.
Not only that , there are companies that tally the total of box office receipts daily, purportedly providing an indicator to the public of a film's worthiness of their hard earned buck.
The question is: How valid are these indicators?
If a local bakery sells delicious danishes , but didn't show a projected profit according to local financial analysis, do I think to myself: " Wow, the bakery didn't earn as much money as projected, I guess the danishes aren't delicious anymore".
What?!!!
Does this make any sense? The danishes haven't changed!
If a 'journalist' visits an art museum and critiques a new exhibit panning it's worth and merit, and if I'm a member- the admission is free- so I go anyhow to check it out myself. While there ,I hear people lauding the exhibit and praising it's creativity- including myself!
More often than not, 'film critics' have trashed or slighted movie's I've actually enjoyed.
It's nearly impossible to get a fair evaluation of a CBM, SCI-FI, fantasy or action/ adventure film from critics. These four genre's of film are very rarely given the respect and reward they often deserve.
If you look at the ALL-TIME box office winner's ,only ONE- yes ONE-! IS NOT a film of these genre's.
Yet the 'critics' in mass media seem too sophisticated and intellectual to lower themselves to give recognition to such plebeian entertainment.
They'll site the film grosses as proof their review is ligit, but they don't account for the film's potential 'staying power' for a period of weeks... or even months! Some of these movies become huge! 'Star Wars' anyone?!
We fanboy's like to cheer on our movies like an athlete competing in an Olympic event. The 'sport' is the box office grosses , and the completion are the other movies in theaters at the time!
They're the 'horse ' in the race, and we want them to win, week after week!
And that's cool- I do it myself, but I don't let the "number's" dissuade me from seeing a film I'm fairly confident will be worth the investment!
Look, my final analysis is this: I trust the people who are fanboy/geeks like my self! People who enjoy comics, sci-fi, action/adventure, fantasy, etc., and thankfully YOU are ALL RIGHT HERE!
If you average out the thread comments over the last few days you'll discover that over 90% are positive in favor of "John Carter" for example.
If I allowed myself to be influenced by 'reviewer's', critics or box office receipts ,I would have cheated myself out of experiencing a very good movie!
I have you guy's to thank for that!
Headlopper