Much of the time when film directors receive bad reviews from critics, some standard excuses come into play. One of those excuses that always makes me laugh is the standard, “People who can do; people who can’tteach, and people who can’t do or teach . . . criticize.” Well, I seriously doubt that most film critics started out wanting to be directors, producers, actors, or otherwise involved in the process of filmmaking. Sure, maybe a few critics probably only exist to fulfill a personal vendetta of jealousy against those who “do” or whatever, but I’d say those are the rare cases. Many, if not most, film critics probably started out as writers and/or movie lovers who, somewhere along the way, stumbled into a practical method of combining two things that they positively adore. That’s what happened to me, anyway. So, yeah . . . fuck the haters and let the critics hate the films that deserve to be hated.
Speaking of shitty films, last year certainly contained more than its usual share of cinematic crap, and the Pajiba critics actually had to work a bit to narrow things down to just the ten crappiest films. See which ones made the cut for The Worst Films of 2008.
P.S. Frank Miller, I thought we was tight. Sniff.
