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558062, "professional" reviews are 90% popmous, fart sniffing bullshit Posted by Cold Truth, Fri Mar-11-11 09:54 AM
>i mean, the first paragraph of Ebert's review makes me not >want to see this at all:
meh, these guys are entertainers, not reviewers. i could give a fuck about a professional review
i check the yahoo review overall grade to get a more accurate, overall perspective
like right now, the "pro's" give it a c; users give it an a-.
given that professional critics are a bunch of douchebags who often have far reaching criticisms, i take that c from 9 of them with a grain of salt. people will say "oh, if 9 of them say its a c... it must be a c!"....
but then, you know, 165 people who don't get paid to rip movies with actual budgets to shreds and actually watch movies to be entertained and not write a fucking dissertation on it, they give it an A-. but given that most people have shitty taste and are easily pleased, i take that with a grain of salt.
so i take those two, read a few reviews and arrive at a more plausable conclusion: the truth lies somewhere in the middle. it's probably a solid flick with some flaws.
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