Neither am I, that’s why I called him a “bloviating jack-ass”. The comment section is good because it’s other people, not him.

My favorite commenter over there is a guy who goes by jeffmcm. Here’s his site:

http://whenthedeadwalktheearth.blogspot.com/

Hmmm, Not a fan of Jeffrey Wells, (In fact I’m so little a fan, I can’t fathom reading his comments section for having to navigate that ‘pastel-grey-vomit’ of a website hollywood elsewhere. It makes me happy on some level that people are antagonizing him. He is about as relevant and interesting as rex reed – which is to say, not at all. I truly don’t know how he makes a living at blogging on film.

He’s Gallant to Harry Knowles’ Goofus. He writes the review equivilant of scanning the rotten tomatos page.

He writes reviews for people who are wondering what the most mediocre person on the planet is thinking about Zack and Miri Make a Porno:

“If 50% of the material in any comedy generates laughter, that movie is an unqualified success. Smith is well over the 50% mark here, provided this is your kind of comedy.”

So enter you variables and calculate the hillarity quotient.

He writes reviews you can read before you’ve seen the film. His milquetoast anemic opinion will be in no danger of influencing your viewing of the film.
Call me crazy, but I’d rather read the opinions of someone with something worth saying. Jim Emmerson, Devin Faraci, and the inimitable Vern (Kurt, you should really check out his Steven Segal book).
I also recommend the comments section of Jeff Well’s site. That bloviating jack-ass has managed to attract a top tier brand of trolls to antagonize him.

I’ve found some really smart discussions going on in the Von Trier message board. And especially in the cinematography / editing pages. It’s often people with some considerable background in the field discussing the finer points of the medium.

I was surprised as anyone.

Some are, some are not. Depends on the film and also depends which thread you hop into. There are some people in there that are true film fans witha some intelligence. But yes, hop into the Zoolander message board and it will hurt your head (more than a 3D movie even).

The IMDb boards are a total f’n wasteland of stupidity.

Ashely, Glenn Kenny’s blog is liked on our side bar (See: Some Came Running) – same great quality stuff, with the bonus of conversation and such in the comments sections. I lurk there often.

For after I see a movie I don’t have any particular favorites, but I do like to go to the IMDb and just skim through all the reviews posted there, or sometimes head into the message boards.

I also like the two in Entertainment Weekly and the People reviews. Their opinions aren’t as refined since they both write for broader audiences, but they make some good points. Liz Braun and Bruce Kirkland are also a lot of fun in the Toronto Sun.

Also, Outlaw Vern is also a favourite, and has been discussed at length in one thread or another.

Anyone else out there have favourite reads?

http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2346

Earl Dittman and Shawn Edwards being two of the absolute worst.

I don’t look for critics that agree with me, I look for critics that have interesting and insightful things to say. If anything, I’m more interested in critics with a very different opinion and how they got there. etc.

whaaaaaaaaaat?!?! booo sir, booo.

chuck

Oh Andrew. You silly silly boy.

http://www.rowthree.com/2008/09/19/friday-wtf-moment-stephen-chows-comic-book-movie#comment-16610

Andrew James September 23, 2008

You win, because I’m definitely not going to go look for it. But you also used to claim you never called comic books trashy until I pointed you to the post where you did. At which you claimed it didn’t count because you only said it once.

So no, I never said Roeper is a “great” or even “good” critic. I just said that he and I agreed quite often (and again, this was a couple of years ago) and therefore I would respect his opinion more than I would of someone like say, Henrik. I also trust Kurt’s opinion. If he says it is a really good movie, chances are I’m more inclined to check it out than some other nimrod who has a review on RottenTomatoes. Not because Kurt is smarter or has more experience, but because I’m familiar with his tastes comparative to mine. Much like a critic that I “trust.”

Also, Moxie I do the same thing. I love to go through the reviews and find the one person who stands out among the rest. They’re either usually an idiot or someone with a unique perspective or saw something I’d never seen before.

I trust Metacritic more than Rotten Tomatoes though. I like their formula explanation. But I don’t use either site a lot, maybe once a month.

Then they all agreed that Water World was a particularly terrible film. But not as terrible as the truly worst film ever made; The Thin Red Line, which was just boring and had no point.
I just sat there quietly and brushed it all aside. You just can’t expect everyone to have good taste in film.

Then someone compared TTRL to the only other film that could possibly challenge it for the title of worst film ever… Master of Disguise staring Dana Carvey. Then next thing I remember was waking up covered in everyone else’s blood.