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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 8599776" data-attributes="member: 7028554"><p>Just like there are no credentials for making a movie, there aren't any for critiquing them. In practice it's really just--are you a good writer? And even that's debatable--IGN or Screenrant want someone who's fast, and maybe deft at clickbaity takes, not necessarily a wordsmith.</p><p></p><p>To me, a good critic is anyone whose perspective and writing you find interesting. That's it. Doesn't have to be someone you always agree with, or who's at a fancy outlet, and definitely shouldn't be someone whose university transcript you've scrutinized. I mentioned Matt Zoller Seitz upthread, who's definitely one of my favorites. I credit him with getting me to watch Annihilation during its tragically short, studio-hobbled theatrical run. MZS was a fanatic for that movie from his first screening, would write and tweet about it constantly, organized random groups to go watch it in NYC and get together afterward at a restaurant to discuss. I saw it in an empty theater the last week it was out, and it just about changed my life. I would have seen it and loved it on the small screen, but I would have absolutely kicked myself forever for missing out on watching it in that environment.</p><p></p><p>Priscilla Page is another great critic, and one that totally dismantles the straw man of critics as populist-hating snobs. She writes brilliant essays about John Wick and Michael Mann and car chases in general but also Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. After the 20th time she called the straight-to-video movie Avengement her favorite action movie (or something like that ) I finally watched it, and it's incredible! It's also the least "deep" or snobby, most gleefully pulp-trashy movie I've seen in years. </p><p></p><p>Great critics are worth their weight in gold, if nothing else because of the stuff they champion, in part because they do approach lots of films with intellectualism, including and especially the ones that aren't embraced by mainstream audiences or the arthouse crowd.</p><p></p><p>(Seriously, though, Avengement is great)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grendel_Khan, post: 8599776, member: 7028554"] Just like there are no credentials for making a movie, there aren't any for critiquing them. In practice it's really just--are you a good writer? And even that's debatable--IGN or Screenrant want someone who's fast, and maybe deft at clickbaity takes, not necessarily a wordsmith. To me, a good critic is anyone whose perspective and writing you find interesting. That's it. Doesn't have to be someone you always agree with, or who's at a fancy outlet, and definitely shouldn't be someone whose university transcript you've scrutinized. I mentioned Matt Zoller Seitz upthread, who's definitely one of my favorites. I credit him with getting me to watch Annihilation during its tragically short, studio-hobbled theatrical run. MZS was a fanatic for that movie from his first screening, would write and tweet about it constantly, organized random groups to go watch it in NYC and get together afterward at a restaurant to discuss. I saw it in an empty theater the last week it was out, and it just about changed my life. I would have seen it and loved it on the small screen, but I would have absolutely kicked myself forever for missing out on watching it in that environment. Priscilla Page is another great critic, and one that totally dismantles the straw man of critics as populist-hating snobs. She writes brilliant essays about John Wick and Michael Mann and car chases in general but also Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. After the 20th time she called the straight-to-video movie Avengement her favorite action movie (or something like that ) I finally watched it, and it's incredible! It's also the least "deep" or snobby, most gleefully pulp-trashy movie I've seen in years. Great critics are worth their weight in gold, if nothing else because of the stuff they champion, in part because they do approach lots of films with intellectualism, including and especially the ones that aren't embraced by mainstream audiences or the arthouse crowd. (Seriously, though, Avengement is great) [/QUOTE]
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