When it comes to movies, it seems to me critics and audiences almost never fully agree. I usually check out Yahoo! Movies to see what sort of letter grade a new movie will average. And more often than not, the critics and the audience ratings are the opposite -- the audience will like it, averaging a letter grade of, say, an A-, and the critics will average something like a C+ on the same movie. I figure this usually happens because film critics are generally, well, more critical about a movie -- they'll take into account, and pick apart, everything from the plot, to the visuals, to the acting. I tend to respect their opinions more than "the audience", because as far as I'm concerned, there's gotta be a higher ratio of no-taste movie goers in a large audience than in a small group of critics (though, obviously, just because a critic likes something doesn't mean it's any good either -- proven by the fact that 'everyone' seemed to love the sixth Star Wars movie, when I thought it was (personally) one of the biggest wastes of my time and moola that I can recall). But in the end, I'll watch just about anything and everything, so I could care less what anyone else (save for my friends) has to say about it...

Anyway, I just went to see what they all had to say about the new movie Stealth, and I laughed! I remember a few months ago a friend and I went to watch some movie, and they showed a preview for Stealth, and after it was done he was like, "Yeah, that looks like a good movie" and then did the universal thumbs-down sign ... meaning, that looks like a load of crap. I think he was right. Check out what the critics said about it.

For your enjoyment, here's a quick summary:

"...a bomb."
"...recommend it to any and all audiences lacking higher brain functions."
"...an offense against taste, intelligence..."
"...apocalyptic in its stupidity..."
"...cringe-inducing."
"...loud, frenetic ooze-fest."
"...doesn't spring to life."
"...fairly pathetic."

When a movie gets trashed that badly, you know its gotta be pretty funny. And for once, "the audience" gave it almost-as-bad reviews.

On the same topic, a few days ago at work another summer student and I were laughing about a review of the movie The Devil's Rejects in the Toronto Sun. I can honestly say it was the funniest review of a movie I have ever read. First of all, the guy gave it a rating of -0 out of 5! He said he would have given it a minus infinity if he had been allowed. He started his review by saying that it was truthfully the worst movie he had ever watched, and he seen a lot of crap in his years. The rest of the article pretty much just went on to explain why, but man, it was hilarious. When a critic hates a movie so much he is downright passionate about it, it definitely says something about the movie. Of course, it's a Rob Zombie movie, so I can't suppose there are too many people expecting something fantastic. I mean, c'mon people -- his last name is Zombie. Rob Zombie? Geeeeeeez. I'd probably expect more from him if his name was Rob I-Like-To-Eat-Monkey-Poo. Actually, come to think of it, that'd be a pretty cool last name. Imagine instead of James Bond, his name was James I-Like-To-Eat-Monkey-Poo.

"The name is I-Like-To-Eat-Monkey-Poo. James I-Like-To-Eat-Monkey-Poo." And while they're laughing at him uncontrollably, he can snap their necks. Pure Genius.