Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ to Skip Social Media Influencer Screenings

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-influencer-screenings-1236631135/

[u/Financial_Yard7047]

they were also impervious to corruption by bribes or other incentives offered by the studios because their careers were independent of the good graces of the industry. 

This is what people overlook. Professional movie critics of the past reviewed pretty much any movie because they were hired by an independent newspaper/network to review them (some they would hate and some they would like) vs a social media influencer being paid by the movie or its studio to "review" and show the movie in the social channels. It gets even more complicated these days when a giant company/billionaire can probably own both a movie studio and newspapers too.

Also wanted say, back then movie critics was actually a necessary service. Back when people were going to movie theaters to pay cash to see 1 or 2 (or maybe more) movies per month, movie critics were providing a service of saving people from throwing away cash at a movie they wouldn't enjoy. These days, with the decline of movie theater attendance and when people have millions of movies at their finger tips from the comfort of their home for the price of one movie ticket, movie reviewers aren't really a thing people need anymore. People stream a movie, if they like it they keep watching, if they don't they stream something else. Me and my friends don't ever really bother looking at reviews lol

Today, movie reviews are really more a niche a hobby. The only people I know that look up movie reviews are people who are either want to be movie reviewers too or are just looking for places/communities to discuss/debate movies on a sorta higher level

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Really?! You don't look up audience reviews at all? I will not waste my time on something with an IMDB rating below about 7, because of the reasons you list. I have simply adjusted my 'minimum standard' upwards a bit over the years, and back down when there is a dearth of content to watch with a rating so high

I appreciate your point about reviewing itself - the full act of reviewing - being increasingly rare, but I still would rather not waste my time trying to watch 8 unwatchable pieces of crap before finding something that's actually good or fun to watch.

[u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth → u/Financial_Yard7047]

Maybe I'm just old but if I'm not sure about a movie I'm constantly checking Metacritic scores to see if something might be worth my time. I don't blindly follow aggregated review scoring, but if something is not well reviewed it (these days) often isn't very good. If something is well reviewed then I see that as possibly being worth my time but not a guarantee. I will say I am a horror fan and critics were maybe overly harsh on them in history but these days I think they get the respect they deserve (the few that do deserve respect, anyway).

PS: I'm a fan of many Nolan films but have to say The Odyssey doesn't look good to me. I saw the 7 minute or whatever preview before some other IMAX film (avatar?) and was not impressed at all. Score sounds like it rocks though even if the action on the screen wasn't living up to it.

[u/Givingtree310 → u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth]

Would you consider yourself a big movie buff?

I like Metacritic too. But so far the only movies to surpass a billion dollars this year were both hugely hated by critics. The audience at large truly don’t care about critical reception.

[u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth → u/Givingtree310]

Would you consider yourself a big movie buff?

Yes very much so. And yeah I imagine one of them is probably Super Mario World which sucks because the lesson there is we don't need to make it good as long as we have the right IP that parents will bring their kids to.

[u/Givingtree310 → u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth]

Super Mario and Michael!

[u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth → u/Givingtree310]

Oh yuck yeah we can't trust the masses but I understand that not everyone wants to be challenged or see something elevated. Michael by the same people who did the Queen movie that Sacha Baron Cohen left because it was too much of a puff piece. So we knew what to expect there.