It’s easy to dismiss Vern at first glance but he’s got a fantastically unique perspective. Like the greatest critics he’s a chronicler of his times.

Also Chud is a great site, pretty much anyone who writes over there has an uncanny knack for combining humor and insight. People go crazy for J. Smith (and he writes some stagering editorials) but I prefer Mr. D.Faraci and I love Nick’s sense of humor, his (nonfilm related) colum Nick’s Shrinking Pants Bulge is hi-larious. So in general, I’m a fan of the chudettes.

I don’t really get the Berardinelli love. Ebert’s always been a big fan of that guy which never made any sense to me until he named Roper his new co-host. Then it clicked together, they’re both the exact same flavor of bland. I place very little importance on whether or not I agree with a critic. I don’t read reviews to find out what movies to see.

Does anyone else read reviews after they see the movie?

try iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73802698

MUCH easier way of getting the show. Fuck that BBC site, I’m not sure if I’ve even ever been there.

No single persons, but I guess I use my friends, too.

Kermode was considered the 10th best critic ever back in 2002 at aged 40, the youngest in that list, like Spielberg his love for film is artistic-entertainment based.

However, I was in a state of respect and awe toward Mick Lasalle of the San Francisco Chronicle after I read the following quote which may be the only absolute truth in the known universe:

“Take a wretched premise. Imagine the worst picture that could be made from it. Then imagine something even worse. That’s Alien vs. Predator.”

Case in point his recent review of the Trailer Park Boys movie.

I usually like to use sites that show critical consensus like Metacritic or Rottentomatoes to get a feel for how a movie is being received. (Yes, I am lazy.) And while I like a few other critics out there, I read all of Mr. Snider’s reviews without fail.

I like his style because he fuses technical knowledge of film, a passion for watching movies and this sort of “normal” movie-goer quality into his reviews. His articles are often humorous as well and, as an online critic, he takes advantage of the freedom he has to add observations (and language) that a daily paper wouldn’t normally print.

This is a good topic though because I have some new (to me) writers to check out.

I regularly read Edward Copeland‘s reviews which I tend to agree with, Paul Martin is a regular dude from down under with a little blog I love – he usually does weekly updates which I love to read because they’re concise, well thought out and even though I don’t always agree he’s an excellent writer and I always wish he wrote more posts. Surprisingly, one place that always seems to be pretty accurate and in sync with my tastes are the guys over at Film School Rejects. I don’t dig their podcast much but I do enjoy their reviews.

And I like reading the reviews here. Again, I don’t always agree but they’re always a good read.