[kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic Thunder

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I enjoy reading (good) film criticism. there is a kind of art to it. 
Some of the best directors began as film critics. Like Jean-Luc Godard. 
(Just like Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders began as a music critic -- 
people often think critics are the ones who can't do, so they bitch 
about what others do -- not so, necessarily!) Through some of the best 
film criticism I've come to appreciate many films on many different 
levels I otherwise wouldn't have. Still, nothing trumps my own ultimate 
judgment. And that for Lost In Translation was -- way, way overrated.

-Oliver


Leigh Newton wrote:

> Bill Murray carried Lost in Translation in his pocket. Michael Bay could've directed and it still would have been great (more explosions and probably a CG Giovanni Rabisi though). Critics can bite a dick all day. Don't give two shits what they think about stuff, only what I think about stuff.

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> Yes to Marie Antoinette being horrible though. I mean, I never saw it but it clearly sucks. What a shitty idea. And i can't stand Kirsten Dunst. 

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