
Naturally, Dunkirk is his favorite movie of 2017 (see previous UTDF post). I
imagine my disdain for Peter Travers stems from an all-around disdain for film
critics.
I love film criticism, yet I despise the critics. Their opinions are
the epitome of homogenization, and they rarely break from a predictable
pattern. They cling to particular filmmakers; one can always count on Travers
to gush all over any Spielberg film.
Meanwhile, they seem to pass their most cynical judgments
against films obviously not made for critical acclaim. In other words, I simply
do not believe a person that compares Get
Out to Daddy’s Home 2. Seriously,
what is the fucking point? I just watched Travers’s end-of-the-year episode of “Popcorn,”
and he claims that the point is to keep bad movies out of our lives.
It seems
to me that we should keep the critics out of our lives.
If you listened to the
critics, Travers included, the Transformers movies are awful and Get Out is so, so incredible. They’re
probably right, but their continual and identical iterations are far less useful
than any of the Transformers movies.
Author's note: I often agree with Travers about many movies. I love a ton of movies though, so the overlap is bound to happen with any random critic. Remember, the critics say Citizen Kane is the best film of all time. That does not mean that it has to be your best film of all time. It is certainly not mine.
Author's note: I often agree with Travers about many movies. I love a ton of movies though, so the overlap is bound to happen with any random critic. Remember, the critics say Citizen Kane is the best film of all time. That does not mean that it has to be your best film of all time. It is certainly not mine.