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Re: Samuel L. Jackson slams film critic over "Avengers"
Everybody's a critic, as the old saying goes.
You can see it from both sides. We're all critics, and we like what we like and that's just that.
But at the same time, if you're Samuel L. Jackson and you just did this movie, and you worked really hard (even as an actor) and you came off from it, and looked around at your collegues and others and said "wow, after all these years that might be the best film i've ever done", and everyone agrees, then the movie gets released, and first review out of the gate is even "ehh", you're gonna flip.
Roger Ebert and Vincent Gallo got into an infamous, nasty, war of words years ago over some flick he did.
Re: Samuel L. Jackson slams film critic over "Avengers"
misterID wrote:Critics are very, very sensitive to shots at their profession and any criticsm aimed at them is how they take it.
I've seen this several times in the past. Am I reading it wrong or is this article favoring the critic?
Yeah, they definitely favor the critic.
Artists get pissed when some nobody (in their mind) is tearing their work apart and being snarky on top of it. Critics are very sensitive that their profession isn't taken seriously because they aren't creating anything. It's the same in the sports world.
Roger Ebert has never acted a day in his life, but he can breakdown and analyze a character, and the actor protraying them, better than anyone I've ever seen.
They both have their places. But critics are a dime a dozen, with just a few who mean anything.
People have different tastes and it's hard to rely on a person who prefers one genere and hates another.
