I really hate to make a personal attack on the critic here, but, hyperbole be damned, Rex Reed is by far the dumbest critic ever to review movies. This declaration has been brewing for some time, but I finally just have to come out and say it (on the glorious anonymity of the internet, no less!) I am constantly amazed by how many times Reed is "confused" by a fairly simple plot. Now, I have no problem with someone not liking a movie I liked, but Reed really has no business being paid to watch movies when he lacks the mental capabilities to follow the simplest plot lines. I first notices this when I saw a list of his worst movies of 2001 and noticed that any movie that involved the slightest bit of burden on the moviegoer to pay attention that year made the list- Mullholland Dr, Memento, Vanilla Sky, many of my favorite movies of the year. Again, simply not liking movies I like is fine, but it was quite clear that Reed was simply too dim to understand anything that falls out of the parameters of pure linear thought. It's almost comical, but really this review was the last straw. And he even calls the Bourne films confusing. The f***ing Bourne films!! I seriously don't know how even the most average filmgoer couldn't follow those, or Michael Clayton.
Whew. I've been wanting to say that for a while. God I hope he reads these comments. Of course, that would require being able to navigate a computer.
I really hate to make a personal attack on the critic here, but, hyperbole be damned, Rex Reed is by far the dumbest critic ever to review movies. This declaration has been brewing for some time, but I finally just have to come out and say it (on the glorious anonymity of the internet, no less!) I am constantly amazed by how many times Reed is "confused" by a fairly simple plot. Now, I have no problem with someone not liking a movie I liked, but Reed really has no business being paid to watch movies when he lacks the mental capabilities to follow the simplest plot lines. I first notices this when I saw a list of his worst movies of 2001 and noticed that any movie that involved the slightest bit of burden on the moviegoer to pay attention that year made the list- Mullholland Dr, Memento, Vanilla Sky, many of my favorite movies of the year. Again, simply not liking movies I like is fine, but it was quite clear that Reed was simply too dim to understand anything that falls out of the parameters of pure linear thought. It's almost comical, but really this review was the last straw. And he even calls the Bourne films confusing. The f***ing Bourne films!! I seriously don't know how even the most average filmgoer couldn't follow those, or Michael Clayton.
Whew. I've been wanting to say that for a while. God I hope he reads these comments. Of course, that would require being able to navigate a computer.