Reviews? Not going to read them
JetJagaSushiMan
MemberMothra LarvaeApril 29, 20141511 Views3 RepliesFor this movie, which I have been anticipating so long, and following with great dedication and eagerness, I think I won't be reading any of the reviews. As a real Godzilla fan, I consider myself, rightly and without improper arrogance, to be higher authority on this than any random movie journalist. Here's my image of what a movie journalist does:
He sits down in the imax theatre, where he goes so often that he doesn't even notice the 3D or amazing sound effects anymore. He's done some shallow research on the movie beforehand, knows much less about it than I do, has no pre-existing notion of what Godzilla really is or should be. (I'm not saying that he should have such a notion, just implying that I DO have such a notion, and therefore I have more sensible things to say and think about Godzilla.) From the very beginning he watches the movie with a cynical view, tries to draw paralells to other movies to compare it to, probably to the 1998 version too, looks for elements that make it good according to him, often elements that no Godzilla or monster movie should even have. In the end what he feels about the movie doesn't matter, all he cares about is getting the story out and making it interesting. If he has no strong opion on the movie, he might fabricate a negative one because that's easier to write (I know this from experience, and have done this myself when writing a book review at my university. My review got graded very well, even though it was one big lie.) Now what I just gave you was the POSITIVE image, in reality, a lot of movie journalist never even see the film to begin with and copy the others, accumulating all the bad and good press and deciding on a middle road. Either that or, if there's a break in the movie, they leave halfway.
This isn't just a rant (And not a typhoon or an earthquake either). I know people who are in journalism and they acknowledge this, they don't think it's a big deal and they think people who read reviews know this. At the very most I myself would settle for a metacritic, rotten tomatoes kind of general overall score, but I'm sure if I read a review on this movie, I will regret it even if it's fairly positive. There's no reason to have high regard for any of these journalists beside the way in which they compose the article, as in, techincal writing skills or abillity to engage you.
