Friday, May 13, 2005

Rating System

You know I believe the movie "rating" system is flawed. I'm not referring to
the mpaa rating, I'm referring to the stars system by critics. They judge
every movie by the same system, even though we aren't sure what that system
is, aside from being extremely subjective. Now the truth of the matter is
that not every movie is designed to be a cinematic masterpiece, and this is
where the crux lies. Why would we judge a film that is designed to be
entertaining, on its artistic brilliance?

For example lets say I make the best horror film ever, the kind that had
reports of making people urinate on themselves in the theatre, the kind that
old people are banned from seeing due to the risk of heart attack. Now lets
say everyone loves this movie and it changes the genre for ever, what do you
think the critics would say? They would say 3 stars this movie had no brain,
it was designed just to scare you, blah blah blah. Why are they comparing
the "Godfather" with "28 days later?" hello its a HORROR movie! Why not just
judge it on its genre, why not judge it based on what it was designed to do,
TO BE ENTERTAINING! You know though I think most people are aware of this
and have lost respect for the critics, everyone knows they take themselves
too seriously, like the movie industry made movies just for them to
criticize.

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