Not only do most movie reviewers not speak for real men, they usually don't speak for real women either!
Posted on 08/17/2008 8:53:48 PM PDT by terbatime
Have you ever watched a highly rated film, as reviewed by the New York Times or some other pompous metro-sexual publication, only to find the movie an incredible piece of crap? I know I have. Why the disconnect?
First of all, how many real men do you know who are hired as film reviewers by TV, magazines, or newspapers? The answer is probably… none. There aren’t any. At least not any I’ve ever seen or read. (My apologies to any real men out there who do review movies. You probably reside in ‘fly-over country’ and don’t get published to the same extent as your metro-sexual brethren.)
In any event, how can these reviewers possibly speak for real men, when in fact they’re metro-sexuals, homosexuals, and/or women? Answer: they can’t. They don’t know us and they don’t know how we think. And even if they did, they’re more concerned with what they think than what you think.
Now, they think they know how we think. They believe we’re a bunch of primitive, unsophisticated, three-toed sloths who can’t tell the difference between a Bordeaux and Burgundy. O.K., they might be right about the wine. But I bet they couldn’t tell a Bud Light from a Coors Light. Generally, they not only scoff at people who don’t think like them, they go out of their way to show their contempt and disdain for them.
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Got it in one!!! Contravention of Rule 1 is viewed most dimly by those who know of such things.
George Pal/Paramount Pictures, 1953
Steven Spielberg/Dreamworks, 2005
Michael Latt/The Asylum 2005
Timothy Hines/Pendragon Pictures, 2005
First time I realized the major movie critics were a contrarian indicator for me was with T1.
Is that from In Living Color?
If so, what a show that was.
Go see Transformers next year.
Not only do most movie reviewers not speak for real men, they usually don't speak for real women either!
...mama mia. Here I go again. My, my....
Scarface!
I’ve rarely seen any movie that accurately depicted average Americans. They’re all effete Hollyweird screenwriters ideas of Americans. Naturally the protagonists are hard-core libs. If it’s a family, one of the siblings has to be a homosexual. The teens all smoke dope. They’re all sensitive. The kids, especially the youngest ones, are all wise beyond their years and prone to wisecracks making smart-aleck comments about their parents constantly. The scripts are many times the story of one unfortunate teen dweeb who can’t fit it with the rest of the school.. the antagonists are usually nasty, right-wing types who need to see the error of their ways.
I go to “Arrow in the Head” for my horror movie reviews.
John Fallon is a real man!!
My Baker’s Dozen:
The Wild Bunch
The Professionals
The French Connection
The Outfit
Point Blank
Near Dark
Out Of The Past
Thief
To Live And Die In L.A.
The Thing From Another World
Extreme Prejudice
The Usual Suspects
Predator
Jack.
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