Right Hook Movie Critic - Wrong Career?

Raiser

Who is the Movie Critic on Newstalk's The Right Hook?

He slated Inglourious Basterds yesterday on the show from every angle and on every conceivable level sometime shortly after 6pm.

Now of course there's perception, subjective factors and his own personal opinion to take into account here - but he seems to be pretty much on his own in rating this Movie as a flop :eek:

Surely a film critic has to deliver a measured review that comprehensively presents it to his audience for what it is?

- I'm worried he might be in the wrong career!!!

faceman

Dont the Right Hook have a few film critics? There is the older guy obsessed with classic films (that most people have never heard of) who hates modern film.

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

Maybe he dislikes Tarantino? I dont blame him, hes an awful director who has made awful movies. (although Jackie Brown was his best)

humanji

Maybe he has a point? I haven't seen it myself, but maybe he took the various elements of the film and felt that they didn't work on their own or together. Was there anything in particular you remember him slating about it?

MoominPapa

Sunday Times only gave it * - maybe it is sh1t, maybe it isn't - I won't know until it I can watch it on telly for free cause there is no way I would pay into one of his movies after Kill Bill II

kraggy

faceman wrote: »

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

They're on the Last Word with Matt Cooper.

ntlbell

faceman wrote: »

Dont the Right Hook have a few film critics? There is the older guy obsessed with classic films (that most people have never heard of) who hates modern film.

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

Maybe he dislikes Tarantino? I dont blame him, hes an awful director who has made awful movies. (although Jackie Brown was his best)

Yup I think they have three. one is john wayne bloody mad

TonyD79

faceman wrote: »

Dont the Right Hook have a few film critics? There is the older guy obsessed with classic films (that most people have never heard of) who hates modern film.

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

Maybe he dislikes Tarantino? I dont blame him, hes an awful director who has made awful movies. (although Jackie Brown was his best)

IMO Tarantino is a great director who has made some great movies but Im not a huge fan of Jackie Brown!!

Movie reviews are opinion based but unfortunatley many crap reviewers get on tv /radio shows.Just because your good at putting words down on paper doesnt mean your a good judge of a film!!!

omerin

i think his main problem was that it was too drawn out, one scene he mentioned in a cafe was a half hour long and should have been 10 mins in his opinion.

i'll reserve judgement until i see it

][cEMAN**

TonyD79 wrote: »

IMO Tarantino is a great director who has made some great movies...
Just because your good at putting words down on paper doesnt mean your a good judge of a film!!!

I agree. Especially reading some of the replies in various threads on this forum. The same people who sit on a high horse about how their opinions are so superior for whatever reason yada yada yada.

One of them is knowledge - they've seen more movies than others. So i'll give em that. In this case, when you see all of the movies Tarantino has ripped off, and seen how much better the original directors did them, you tend to rethink how great he is. I used to think he was fantastic, then saw a few of the films/shorts that he ripped off.

The thing is though, a lot of critics tend to get up their own asses sometimes over films, because they feel their opinion is so important that they have to go a certain way on reviewing something. Style, detail, cinematography...forgetting that sometimes an enjoyable film is good on the merit of being able to just relax and enjoy it. It doesn't always have to be special. Especially the 1 post poster reply in the batman thread, and making out the people liked the film only because of how old they were then. Well what's wrong with that. Kids movies aren't masterpieces, but they can still go down as classics in people's opinions. If a film is aimed at an age range, and hits the mark, is that a bad thing?

When a film makes an impression on us in a good way, for whatever reason, are you right in ripping it to shreds just because it doesn't grade up in your clinical grading of moving pictures?

*rant over for now...*

Karl Hungus

Opinions from critics can be as varied and as extreme as they are from average movie going joes. Even here on boards the opinion on Quent's new film isn't 100% positive, so you can hardly expect every critic to praise the film, and it certainly doesn't mean they're in the wrong career.

gogglebok

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[cEMAN**;61718033']When a film makes an impression on us in a good way, for whatever reason, are you right in ripping it to shreds just because it doesn't grade up in your clinical grading of moving pictures?

No-one comes out of a movie they have enjoyed and decides to slate it for "clinical" reasons. Critics can differ from the average audience, but here are good reasons for that. They have probably seen fifty times as many films as the average cinema-goer. That would make them more impatient with cliche, and fanatically grateful for anything new.

Critics don't have to represent the taste of the audience either. Who needs a newspaper to tell them how popular a movie is? You just have to look at the charts.

irish_bob

faceman wrote: »

Dont the Right Hook have a few film critics? There is the older guy obsessed with classic films (that most people have never heard of) who hates modern film.

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

Maybe he dislikes Tarantino? I dont blame him, hes an awful director who has made awful movies. (although Jackie Brown was his best)

no , your thinking of the two reviewers who are on the last word with matt cooper which is on thursday at 6.30 , the movie reviewer on the right hook is on wednesday at 6.30 and he is a pain in the ass , pretensous twat who as you mentioned , rabbits on about films from the 1950,s that most have never heard of

faceman

TonyD79 wrote: »

IMO Tarantino is a great director who has made some great movies but Im not a huge fan of Jackie Brown!!

Movie reviews are opinion based but unfortunatley many crap reviewers get on tv /radio shows.Just because your good at putting words down on paper doesnt mean your a good judge of a film!!!

Tarantino is great at creating plastic characters, with no character development and shooting scenes that have no relevence to the plot

senordingdong

Newstalk do have very poor movie critics.
They have little or now public speaking/journlism skills, and often mis-represent their opinions as facts.

Scruff

Then there is another slot with a bloke and a girl, one from Hot Press and the other from Crime Always Pays, i find them hit and miss though tbh.

kraggy wrote: »

They're on the Last Word with Matt Cooper.

Maybe yer wan was just having a bad day yesterday but my god she could barely put 4 words together while doing her reviews without going "am, am, am, am, am", "the, the, the, the, the" or "but, but, but, but, but" or combinations of them. Her review of Inglourious Basterds was particularly inaudible and inarticulate. It wasnt like she had a stammer more like brain freeze.

That said i always though between the 2 you would get a fairly balanced review. One normally liking it and the other not.

faceman

I like film critics to be entertaining. A film critic wont often to convince me to go or not to go to a movie. But i do like my critics to be entertaining and intelligent.

We just dont a Mark Kermode in Ireland unfortunately.

quickbeam

Scruff wrote: »

Maybe yer wan was just having a bad day yesterday but my god she could barely put 4 words together while doing her reviews without going "am, am, am, am, am", "the, the, the, the, the" or "but, but, but, but, but" or combinations of them. Her review of Inglourious Basterds was particularly inaudible and inarticulate. It wasnt like she had a stammer more like brain freeze.

No, she always talks like that. It's extremely annoying and has me turning off occasionally.

I like the Right Hook reviewer actually. I can't remember his name, but he and Hook have a good banter, as Hook clearly likes his movies too. The Matt Cooper pair aren't bad on their opinions if only the female side presented herself a bit better.

Magic Eight Ball

faceman wrote: »

I like film critics to be entertaining. A film critic wont often to convince me to go or not to go to a movie. But i do like my critics to be entertaining and intelligent.

We just dont a Mark Kermode in Ireland unfortunately.

Mark Kermode is the only critic I pay any attention to.













+ He also plays double bass in a rockabilly band. legend!

spadder

I remember when “Jackie Brown” was released the critics slated it, when I got around to watching it I thought it was great. Not like “pulp fiction” or “reservoir dogs” which the critics were obviously comparing it to, but a great stand alone movie.
Critics are full of it.

Greyfox

faceman wrote: »

Tarantino is great at creating plastic characters, with no character development and shooting scenes that have no relevence to the plot

Well in the absolutely breathtaking masterpiece that is Pulp Fiction the genius that is Tarantino decided to do things a little differently...In PF he manages to have good character development without needing it to push the story along...the film focuses on individual stories for each character rather than an overall plot and thanks to writing the best dialogue in any film ever the films works!

ShagNastii

faceman wrote: »

Tarantino is great at creating plastic characters, with no character development and shooting scenes that have no relevence to the plot

I think Basterds main plus was there are some really really memorable characters (Aldo Rein, Lander)

deadhead13

Raiser wrote: »

Who is the Movie Critic on Newstalk's The Right Hook?

That would be Phillip Molloy.

http://www.4fm.ie/profile.asp?id=21

irish_bob

spadder wrote: »

I remember when “Jackie Brown” was released the critics slated it, when I got around to watching it I thought it was great. Not like “pulp fiction” or “reservoir dogs” which the critics were obviously comparing it to, but a great stand alone movie.
Critics are full of it.

i love jackie brown , worth it alone for the delicious pam grier

callmescratch

There are plenty critics on either side of this fence. Can't sack all the ones who don't like it.

faceman

Greyfox wrote: »

Well in the absolutely breathtaking masterpiece that is Pulp Fiction the genius that is Tarantino decided to do things a little differently...In PF he manages to have good character development without needing it to push the story along...the film focuses on individual stories for each character rather than an overall plot and thanks to writing the best dialogue in any film ever the films works!

Pulp Fiction was the worst for pointless scenes and zero character development. In essence, the film has no purpose.

Scruff

i thought it was almost worth it for this bit alone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Yp2L6c2KM