Worshipping Hollywood
For instance, in commenting on John Travolta's latest, Katzman writes, "Battlefield Earth is one of the worst movies ever made. It's that simple." Or if you've thought about seeing Me, Myself and Irene, you might want to consider the following observation, "People starve to death in this world, and (Carrey) makes 20 million dollars per film for mugging like the bozo he seems to be in real life."
The point here is not nastiness for nastiness' sake. It's that bad movie reviews are worse than bad movies, because they mislead us into plunking down our hard-earned money on films that are deeply flawed and appeal to the lowest common denominator. Given the current hype to get our butts into the seats for Hollywood's latest crop of summer blockbusters, such honesty is refreshing.
Katzman discusses with the NetSlaves why most movie reviewers are so soft and unearths the psychological roots of our celebrity culture. Katzman also explains why it's overly sentimental to think that movies used to be better.
The Trouble With Movies 769 KB, 3:17 min.
Jason Katzman explains why most Hollywood movies are so bad.
The Trouble With Movie Reviewers 782 KB, 3:21 min.
Why movie reviewers are rarely honest about bad movies.
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Why the truth about what goes on in Hollywood is rarely reported.
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Katzman discusses why people elevate celebrities to godlike positions.
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