Most cliché things done by critics

[Addendum]

The overuse of "The Movie of The Year has arrived"

It sucks when it's used in January, even worse during the summer, and damn annoying in the Winter

 

[hpwiz89]

The overuse of "The Movie of The Year has arrived"

It sucks when it's used in January, even worse during the summer, and damn annoying in the Winter

Yeah I hate when they say thar it gets on my nerves.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I hate in ads when they say "#1 comedy in America" when it's like #3 in teh Box Office but #1 and #2 are actions or dramas.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Usually on DVD covers you get quotes from critics you've never heard of praising a movie that bombed when it was in theaters.

 

[ultimatefan]

It´s always depressing when it´s july already and a critic says "the first summer movie to live up to the hype"...

 

[imdaly]

"Greatest dialogue since Episode II !"

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Most cliché things done by fanboys:

Praise critics when they happen to have the same opinion.
Bash critics when they happen to have a different opinion.

Happens so, so often.

 

[JLBats]

Could I complain about critical FANBOYS in here for a moment?

In particular, the people at TWoP.

Not only do they all have the same opinion on everything, with no room for dissent, but they use the same ****ING ANNOYING vague quirks and quotes. For example: Someone will say something amusing or odd. IE, "My penis is caught in this fence."

The next poster's reaction will be either "Bwah!" or "heh."

WTF IS BWAH, YOU PRETENTIOUS BASTARDS?!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

sounds like a chicken to me..."Bwah Bwawk buh- COCK!"

 

[Erzengel]

Maybe it's someone with a speech impediment.

Take off your bwah. Yah, that's weally hawt.

 

[xwolverine2]

Usually on DVD covers you get quotes from critics you've never heard of praising a movie that bombed when it was in theaters.

well... what do you expect?...negative reviews on the dvd??

 

[thealiasman2000]

Things the movie critics at the Argentinian newspaper "Clarin" often do:

-praise all artsy movies and bash all mainsteam popcorn movies

-constantly whine that horror movies are "nothing but a calcavade of blood and guts".

-NEVER compare a movie to it's source material,m specially if it's a comic book/graphic novel

-dedicate an entire page to a review of a movie they liked, and giving a small square at the foot of a page to a movie they didn't like

-whine about veteran actors like DeNiro or Pacino not being what they used

-do an article about a movie a week before it's released

-praise every animated movie that comes out, no matter how bad it is

-praise crappy movies, and bash underrated gems

-write misinformation articles (like saying the Sarah Michelle Gellar Alice movie will be based on the book)

-forget all about Tom Cruise's Scientology/couch-jumping related oddities and just talk about the time he said he wanted to eat his kid's womb and umnilical cord

-keep posting articles about every little thing Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do

-bash sci-fi movies just because they don't like that genre

-spoil the ending and/or important plot points of a movie

-get movie plots awfully wrong (like saying Ash in "Army of Darkness" is "a young boy", saying that Courage the Cowardly Dog only fights alien beings, or saying "Rat Race" is a remake of "It's a Mad Mad Mad World").

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

"two thumbs up"

 

[livrule]

well... what do you expect?...negative reviews on the dvd??

Lol ... that would be refreshing.

'Average at best ... rent something else instead'

'Its OK ... 2 Stars !!'

 

[Spidey-Bat]

well... what do you expect?...negative reviews on the dvd??

I expect no reviews on the DVD package

 

[Obi-Ron]

"A non-stop roller coaster ride of thrills, chills, and spills..."

"If you see just one movie this year..."

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Everything critics do is fine by me, as long as it's their opinion.

This is the worst thing (apologies if it's been noted already) - poster quote ****es. Critics who will enthusiatically praise anything to get their name on the movie poster. In the UK, Paul Ross is infamous for it. Just about every mediocre or flat-out lame major release gets his excited backing for their poster - and no-one else's.

For instance, I believe he described The Scorpion King as, 'the greatest action movie of all-time.' Fine if he actually BELIEVES that, but it seems unlikely, doesn't it? Empire magazine once had a list of his most ludicrous ravings, and it's funny and sad at the same time.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Praising ****ty movies and bashing good ones.

 

[The Chairman]

Praising ****ty movies and bashing good ones.

That's not cliched in the least. It all depends on your definition of ****ty movies and good movies.

 

[The Dark Defender]

That's not cliched in the least. It all depends on your definition of ****ty movies and good movies.

Right, and since I was the writing, it was being done my perspective.
IMO That's exactly what they do on a regular basis, hence I've come to know it as a cliche of critics.

 

[ultimatefan]

- Oh, the most cliché of all: to praise boring, depressing, unintelligible, pedantic self-important "artsy" movies just because they´re "anti-Hollywood"

 

[xwolverine2]

I expect no reviews on the DVD package

you will NEVER get a job at advertising