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The Inception backlash begins
Submitted by Capt. Xerox on July 23, 2010 - 10:37pm.
It looks like a critical backlash against the science fiction movies Inception has begun. This article points out how the number of positive reviews for the film seems to be sliding from the early days. It theorizes that the earliest reviews were from those no-good, uncritical "bloggers" who don't know anything about movies when compared to those exalted, mainstream newspaper reviewers.
I'd argue that the latter group will tend to give the film lower marks because they have difficulty grasping original science fiction movies that aren't all about special effects and laser battles. It's a fairly common occurance to see mainstream critics give low marks to genre films that are beloved by fans who can be very demanding when it comes to what qualifies as a good science fiction film.
As this writer points out, a similar situation arouse when Eterntal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released. Many loved it, but a goodly percentage didn't understand it and hated it as a result. Inception director Christopher Nolan has already distinguishes himself in the eyes of genre fans with his movie the Dark Knight, but also for his underappreciated The Prestige.
On the subject of underappreciated science fiction movies, here's a top 10 list which is topped by my favourite, Gattaca. When someone revises the list in a decade or so, perhaps Inception will be there.
At least it's helping salvage a mediocre summer movie season.
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Newspaper critics
Newspaper critics are just failed journalists shoved into the movie critic role for lack of a better place to put them. That's my theory at least, consdering just about every single paper has a movie critic completely at odds with the majority of the movie-watching public opinion! It's also fair to say that a good proportion of critics enjoy being outspoken.. it serves to generate additional coverage for their papers when they slate something that just about the rest of the world can acknowledge is excellent!
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