TIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violence
TIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violence
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Normally when critics don't like it it's a good movie.
Lots of critical have liked lots of good movies
On Rotten tomatoes the movies I've disliked most have 90s and my favourite movies are below 50
Critics don't judge entertainment they judge "art". Artistic films are not made to entertain, they are made for concept or to "get a message across". A Critics opinion is not for the public, it's for pretencious "artists"
You're being downvoted but in a way you're right.
You cant be a food reviewer and review a pepperoni pizza as "the worst soup I ever had". You need to review things as what they set out to achieve.
Most film critics do judge on entertainment value though. The difference is that film critics are watching like 200 movies a year (or more) so a lot more stuff is going to seem like tired retreads to them.
I also think there's a certain...let's slide into whiskey, for a minute. Whiskey affectionados, the ones who know when to spell it with or without an E, own their own glencairn glasses and such, tend to dislike Crown Royal effectively because it's a basic bitch whiskey. There's way more exciting whiskies out there than Crown. Crown Royal sells a LOT of whiskey, a lot of it to people who don't even recognize it as whiskey. In their mind, "it's Crown Royal."
So the whiskey critic who went to booze school and got a master's degree in liquoroloy will pan it, and folks who just want something easy to drink over rocks or to booze up a diet coke will read the expert review and say "This man is obviously a rock chewing idiot."