Criticism?
So, we have been getting a lot of new movies coming to the theater near us. As usual. There is so many movies to go around that we could spend a lot of time seeing them if we wished it. Of course, humans are selective, so no one wouldn't just any movie.
But what is the criteria do decide which movie is worth the two hours it takes from your life?
Some people pay attention to what their friends say. This could be good for them, so long as they share a generally common opinion with their friends, or respect their opinion about movies. Of course this situation is fairly uncommon.
Other see what movie critics say. Have you ever stopped to analyze their opinion? These "critics" are people selected from an elitist group whose only interest in movies are those which make them think, or in my playful point of view, movies which get very interesting when using marijuana. I've seen a lot of movies and read the reviews, and I find that their opinion many times couldn't be farther away from mine. Guess to some people they could serve the criteria purpose.
Internet sites of movie reviews?! Same problem as before, except that these people are not all with the same opinion, but they go to the limit with the word critic. It's not that most movies ARE good, most of them aren't, but to them, everything is a defect. It's less about being an enjoyable film or not, and more about finding what's wrong with it. I'd say their opinion is as respectable as one from a slug. But hey ^^, some people like it.
So if you're not in the above situations, where are you?! On the side of those who simply DON'T CARE. People who don't care what the critics said, what their friends think and what is the gossip on the internet. They may take in consideration all that they hear, but in the end their on opinion is taken much stronger than others'. This category will fail to see movies of their liking less than other, but have an incredibly higher chance of wasting two hours of their lives. Bring something to do in the theater in this case XD.
The thing is. There will never be a way to know how good is something before time. But it is up to us to chose what is more worth, wasting two hours to possibly get a good movie, or not seeing the movie and risking to never see a perfectly good movie.
This applies not only to movies, but to books as well, and to any other art or entertainment. The simple question if is worth your time. There are some many good movies out there, good books, good game, beautiful scenery and wonderful foods. We don't have time to enjoy them all, and that's why we are do demanding.
But next time you find yourself wasting completely two hours, just think that you could have risked seeing a great movie.
Just one last thing that I don't get. When did we get so critic about cinema? You see many great, or simply interesting movies, and for some reason I don't get everyone is talking bad about it. When did old morals, those seen in many Disney movies, turn to a bad thing? I've seen a lot of people criticize badly a movie just because it preaches morals of good, honesty, friendship, righteousness and honor. Why? Some people say a movie is not good because it has nothing NEW. Come on people, we all know that we used much more than most people could imagine, it's freaking hard to create something unseen. Just because a movie uses some catch that has been used a lot, doesn't mean it's a bad movie.
I for one, have very few regrets of movies seen. Some I like to joke saying they don't deserve the name they carry, but I think they're good nonetheless. I see children movies, comedies, romantic movies, thriller, some drama, I've seen some horror, scientific fiction and of course action movies. They're all nice to me, serve the purpose of wasting two hours of my life
with an enjoyable movie. Of course I prefer some genres, and some movies I've seen only to make company to someone, but none of them were as bad as I hear people talking around about some movies. I wonder why?