Who Are Movie Critics?
Who Are Movie Critics?
I have always wondered what criteria it takes to be a movie critic. You can also add, theater, food, and art. If these areas are purely subjective, why does anyone persons opinion matter over others?
People put their heart and soul into creating stuff and one person’s view on it can destroy it. I don’t get it. I probably have different tastes in all the above areas than someone who critics it on tv or newspapers. Just because they have an opinion one way or the other on something does not mean I would agree.
It is kinda like the Academy Awards. Very rarely do the give picture to the one that grossed the most money. That would be too easy. The public said what the best picture was. No, they like to pat themselves on the back and give the award to a movie that has more “artistic merit.”
I believe all critics in their respective fields be required to actually produce a film, music or open a restaurant before they can critic others work. Kinda like college professors who don’t try to succeed in the business world, but teach what is good business.
The Teddy Roosevelt “Man in the arena” speech is needed to remind critics that it is not they who dared but the ones who tried to create something. It is so easy to be a critic, you just need to be someone who can’t make it the profession they like and give them a platform to bitch.
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