Go See A Movie

So Johnny Depp has a new movie out, and it is a major blockbuster. Broke every record in its first 3 days of release. Should easily be a $300 million movie. What does this all mean? The critics, of course, HATE IT. Which brings up the question....why do we have critics? What is their major purpose in life?

The best I can figure is that movie critics are failed film school students who therefore have to convince people that their failure is the fault of the establishment, who obviously don't understand the knowledge and ability of the critic. They were judged, and deemed failures. But since they know everything about movies, the judges must be the real failures.

Here's the deal. A film is supposed to be ENTERTAINMENT. Especially when it is a blockbuster like Pirates. It isn't supposed to be "art".

In the end, the consumer will tell the critic what is good and what is bad. No matter how good a critic says a movie is, if it only makes $1 million at the gate, the consumer public has deemed it a failure. And all the awards and praise in the world won't make it a good movie in the eyes of the consumer public.

They tried their best in the weeks leading up to the release of Pirates to tell us NOT TO GO SEE IT! We ignored them. And it will continue to break all records. Critics be damned.