Do Critics Actually *Watch* Films?
I've been reading the critical reviews of one of my old favourites (John Carpenter's "In The Mouth of Madness"), and they're making my head hurt. Mainly because so many of them miss things that are almost *shouted* at them from the script. One critic finds a huge problem with Trent (Sam Neil's character) going to Hobb's End despite not reading the books... er, you mean, after he read some of them, and made a map of the state out of Sutter Caine's own damn book covers? (The critic also misses the obvious "I wrote you" bit...)
Another thinks of it as a King homage. Er, no. Lovecraft homage... y'know, the big elder beasties are a pretty HUGE CLUE, RANDOM FILM CRITIC IN RANDOM NEWSPAPER! *pant pant pant* Yeah, so King wrote stories mainly based around the Maine area... so? Lovecraft mainly wrote his stories around the town of Arkham, and its local Massacheusets environs... and had a lot more in common with this film than King's work.
Yeesh. Do these people actually watch the films, or do they just write random distasteful comments about stuff, while occasionally writing a piece saying "OMIGOD, THIS IS SO L33T IT'S AMAZING!"
Yes, I know, completely random bilious attack. You get used to them around me.
Another thinks of it as a King homage. Er, no. Lovecraft homage... y'know, the big elder beasties are a pretty HUGE CLUE, RANDOM FILM CRITIC IN RANDOM NEWSPAPER! *pant pant pant* Yeah, so King wrote stories mainly based around the Maine area... so? Lovecraft mainly wrote his stories around the town of Arkham, and its local Massacheusets environs... and had a lot more in common with this film than King's work.
Yeesh. Do these people actually watch the films, or do they just write random distasteful comments about stuff, while occasionally writing a piece saying "OMIGOD, THIS IS SO L33T IT'S AMAZING!"
Yes, I know, completely random bilious attack. You get used to them around me.