I watch a lot of the setups Ben Mankiewitz & Eddie Muller do just for that, & don't watch the movies at all. (Just don't tell TCM.)
Amen. And y'know what I wish they'd do? Give a critic a weekly show, to explain what critics see in a film & how they rate it, then show that film.
Often, critics and viewers see films in different ways. Moreover, each critic has his own interpretation. True, it seems to me, after all, they stand to unite some context of the era in which it was made.
I act differently - I am looking for torrents. In Russia, TMC doesn't broadcast.
My point exactly. I want to understand why a critic praises something or doesn't. I may not agree, but at least I can understand it.
Thank you for this absolute non-answer that gives no information whatsoever.
Frankly, the time you spent being passive-aggressive in your answers instead of actually giving a simple answer to a honest question is... baffling.
That didn't go into nearly the level of detail I wanted; limiting to "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" was fine if all you wanted was to know if it was worth seeing. (It did help, there; if you knew what Roger liked, you'd know if you would. {In general, if he did, I'd hate it.
}) I'm after something akin to what the difference between two & three stars is.Honestly - I share your feelings.
First of all, this show is not ancient - the main images and language of American pop culture have just acquired a modern look exactly in the 80s (IMHO). Secondly ... in general, the idea isn't bad. Especially if the attention will be paid not only to the "famous", but some films are much less known - in order to attract the attention of new generations.That was a key point of the ancient(1980's) Siskel and Ebert movie reviews. For those folks not familiar with that program, those two Chicago based film critics would both review the same currently released movies. They'd typically evaluate 3-5 movies per week and they frequently disagreed and would elaborate why they appreciated a movie - or not... after a few minutes of pithy discussion, each would give a "thumbs up/thumbs down" rating for a film. The guys knew their stuff, and their presentation was such that you could easily arrive at your own opinion of whether you'd like the movie, or not. Murphy's Law: my wife was a Siskel guy and I usually preferred Eberts evals....
