I stated that most people I've talked to have really hated the movie, and that at midnight on opening night it was swarming with younger kids.

I was not saying you have to listen to critics, just that I find it odd that a movie I have heard very little good about, from critics and non-critics, is making so much money. I never said you have to like movies only critics like.

There's no need to take offense or take my post as a personal attack, and I'm sorry if you feel like it was.

And where's your blog? I'm always looking for another good one.

I stated that most people I've talked to have really hated the movie, and that at midnight on opening night it was swarming with younger kids.

I was not saying you have to listen to critics, just that I find it odd that a movie I have heard very little good about, from critics and non-critics, is making so much money. I never said you have to like movies only critics like.

There's no need to take offense or take my post as a personal attack, and I'm sorry if you feel like it was.

I stated that most people I've talked to have really hated the movie, and that at midnight on opening night it was swarming with younger kids.

I was not saying you have to listen to critics, just that I find it odd that a movie I have heard very little good about, from critics and non-critics, is making so much money. I never said you have to like movies only critics like.

There's no need to take offense or take my post as a personal attack, and I'm sorry if you feel like it was.

And where's your blog? I'm always looking for another good one.

It is possible to like both Transformers 2 and The Godfather, so is that person an idiot and smart?

I mean you say many people agree with the critics, and the flip side is many don’t, and the world keeps turning. Who knew?

Statistically, in the US population
10% have an IQ of 120+ (meaning they qualify academically & psychologically as intelligent to genius level people)
10% have an IQ of 80- (meaning they neurologically or developmentally handicapped)
80% have an IQ of 80-120 (meaning the mass populace is somewhere between dumb-as-bricks to borderline intelligent).

Just because Trans2 made gobs of money and is popular with the general public, doesn’t mean It’s not idiotic. In fact, usually movies that do extremely well with the MASS populace ARE idiotic.

It’s not necessarily egotistic or insulting to give a bad review of a movie. Obviously many people agree with the critics who think the movie was moronic. You just happen to not be one of them so you are vehemently trying to defend yourself by catering to the masses by saying “Hey-you’re not dumb! I’m with you!”. A clear case of pandering in need of validation.

Get over yourself. In the end, i don’t really care what the critics think – BUT i do look to them for previews of what i might expect – so i do listen to what they say – at least the intelligent ones. Asking a carte blanche question like “Do you care what critics think” stems from the same lowest common denominator thinking that drives Michael Bay’s style.

And btw – as far as “piss[ing] in [y]our punch” – I may not have the right to do it literally, but i have EVERY right to do it figuratively. It’s called freedom of speech – the same right that allows you to post inane articles like this one.

So – to quote your own article “shut the fuck up” and stop bitching because you’ve been outed as an idiotic critic.

Statistically, in the US population
10% have an IQ of 120+ (meaning they qualify academically & psychologically as intelligent to genius level people)
10% have an IQ of 80- (meaning they neurologically or developmentally handicapped)
80% have an IQ of 80-120 (meaning the mass populace is somewhere between dumb-as-bricks to borderline intelligent).

Just because Trans2 made gobs of money and is popular with the general public, doesn’t mean It’s not idiotic. In fact, usually movies that do extremely well with the MASS populace ARE idiotic.

It’s not necessarily egotistic or insulting to give a bad review of a movie. Obviously many people agree with the critics who think the movie was moronic. You just happen to not be one of them so you are vehemently trying to defend yourself by catering to the masses by saying “Hey-you’re not dumb! I’m with you!”. A clear case of pandering in need of validation.

Get over yourself. In the end, i don’t really care what the critics think – BUT i do look to them for previews of what i might expect – so i do listen to what they say – at least the intelligent ones. Asking a carte blanche question like “Do you care what critics think” stems from the same lowest common denominator thinking that drives Michael Bay’s style.

And btw – as far as “piss[ing] in [y]our punch” – I may not have the right to do it literally, but i have EVERY right to do it figuratively. It’s called freedom of speech – the same right that allows you to post inane articles like this one.

So – to quote your own article “shut the fuck up” and stop bitching because you’ve been outed as an idiotic critic.

Terminator Salvation – $323,469,391
Star Trek – $369,332,179

I'd love to have a failure that clocked up over 300 million. We really must look at worldwide as it gives a clearer picture. These films haven't brought in that different sums it seems.

Anyway money is a terrible way to gauge a film.

Terminator Salvation – $323,469,391
Star Trek – $369,332,179

I'd love to have a failure that clocked up over 300 million. We really must look at worldwide as it gives a clearer picture. These films haven't brought in that different sums it seems.

Anyway money is a terrible way to gauge a film.

Terminator Salvation, on the other hand, was released to generally negative reviews and the movie underperformed in its opening weekend. It fell hard in its second weekend, and has only made around $120 million domestically. If Star Trek hadn't had such positive word of mouth, it wouldn't have had nearly as much staying power at the box office.

Another example from this summer is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. That movie made close to $90 million in its opening weekend, despite generally negative reviews. However, the movie dropped by nearly 70% at the box office in its second weekend. Granted, that was also the weekend that Star Trek was released, but it was a huge fall nonetheless. Some movies are critic-proof (Transformers 2), but others are not (Terminator Salvation).

Terminator Salvation, on the other hand, was released to generally negative reviews and the movie underperformed in its opening weekend. It fell hard in its second weekend, and has only made around $120 million domestically. If Star Trek hadn't had such positive word of mouth, it wouldn't have had nearly as much staying power at the box office.

Another example from this summer is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. That movie made close to $90 million in its opening weekend, despite generally negative reviews. However, the movie dropped by nearly 70% at the box office in its second weekend. Granted, that was also the weekend that Star Trek was released, but it was a huge fall nonetheless. Some movies are critic-proof (Transformers 2), but others are not (Terminator Salvation).

That also doesn't cover Terminator Salvation. They had a lot of great marketing, with some of the best trailers that I've seen. But when the film came out, the reviews were pretty negative. The movie underperformed in its first weekend and has only made about $120 million domestically.

I'm not saying that critics matter for every movie. The people who saw Transformers 2 this weekend had made up their mind to see the movie the minute they saw a trailer for it. They didn't go based on the positive review of a movie critic. But critics still matter for some films, as Star Trek and Terminator Salvation prove.

Ad-hominem attacks on the moviegoing public is disingenious at best.

Whatever happened to objective critique?