When a film maker is scared to show a movie to the critics, it is usually a signal that the movie is a turd.
Not at all. Paramount knows nothing good will come from leftist movie reviews of a pro-patriotic, pro-American, God, guns, and apple pie movie, so they are going to let the public decide whether or not the movie reviews are positive or negative. To let your enemy test your product and cut the legs out from under you before you start selling it, isn't smart business. More power to Paramount, I say.
Not really. The last critically acclaimed movie I watched was, “The Reader”. Filled with graphic sex, guilt, and sympathy for Nazi gaurds. Now that was a real turd of a movie. On the other hand, critics tend to hate the action adventure type movies because in general the critics themselves are sissy-lib journalist types.