[HPFGU-Movie] POA Box Office Figures (was Re: visual depth)

[clshannon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/17/04 5:39:32 AM, bd-bear at verizon.net writes:


> I don't think reviews are always the be all and end all of whether or not a
> movie is good. Regardless, I never said reviewers or movie critics didn't
> like the movie, I said there were loads of negative comments from fans on
> the IMDb and Yahoo Movies who felt disappointed as I did. And ultimately,
> whether or not the movie critics make a living at reviewing movies, their
> review is still their opinion. I don't necessarily think their opinion is
> any more valid than the opinions of other fans, myself included.
> 

I don't really want to get into a debate about reviewers and such, but I 
didn't say that the reviewers opinions were more valid, but they do review movies 
for a living, something none of us can claim. And I can send the urls so you 
can read the reviews for yourself, some of them are quite in depth and bring 
out points that no one on this list nor I would venture on the imdb boards has 
mentioned ;-) The reviews are for the 'film' of POA not a comparison of the 
book vs the movie.
However, I do think that there is some validity to reviews by professionals - 
you can't just discount them out of hand because you don't agree with them. 

Anyway, like I said, I don't want to get into a back and forth here. Frankly, 
it exhausts me. I loved the movie and won't apologize for it or even change 
my mind. You didn't like it and nothing I say will change your mind. So we can 
agree to disagree ;-)

Cindy


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